South Africa v India, Cape Town

South Africa 55/10 & 176/10

India 153/10 & 80/3

India won by 7 wickets

India v South Africa 2023 · 2nd Test Newlands, Cape Town, Cape Town 3–4 Jan 2024

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

0.95× -5%

India

0.72× -28%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, India led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

AK Markram South Africa

108 +231

Virat Kohli India

58 +109

Rohit Sharma India

55 +82

Shubman Gill India

46 +63

YBK Jaiswal India

28 +31

Best bowling

Top match figures

Mohammed Siraj6/15

JJ Bumrah6/61

L Ngidi3/30

K Rabada3/38

Top score

106

AK Markram · South Africa

Biggest stand

2nd wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–0

3 wkts for 0 · India

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultIndia won by 7 wickets

Length2 days

South Africa

55 /10 (23.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AK Markram	c YBK Jaiswal b Mohammed Siraj	2	10	0	20.00
D Elgar	b Mohammed Siraj	4	15	0	26.67
T de Zorzi	c KL Rahul b Mohammed Siraj	2	17	0	11.76
T Stubbs	c Rohit Sharma b JJ Bumrah	3	11	0	27.27
DG Bedingham	c YBK Jaiswal b Mohammed Siraj	12	17	2	70.59
K Verreynne	c Shubman Gill b Mohammed Siraj	15	30	1	50.00
M Jansen	c KL Rahul b Mohammed Siraj	0	3	0	0.00
KA Maharaj	c JJ Bumrah b Mukesh Kumar	3	13	0	23.08
K Rabada	c SS Iyer b Mukesh Kumar	5	13	0	38.46
N Burger	c YBK Jaiswal b JJ Bumrah	4	11	1	36.36

Extras 5 (b 4, lb 1)

Total 55/10 (23.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JJ Bumrah	8.0	1	25	2	3.12
Mohammed Siraj	9.0	3	15	6	1.67
M Prasidh Krishna	4.0	1	10	0	2.50
Mukesh Kumar	2.2	3	0	2	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-5 (AK Markram, 3.2)·2-8 (D Elgar, 5.3)·3-11 (T Stubbs, 8.3)·4-15 (T de Zorzi, 9.2)·5-34 (DG Bedingham, 15.2)·6-34 (M Jansen, 15.5)·7-45 (K Verreynne, 17.5)·8-46 (KA Maharaj, 19.6)·9-55 (N Burger, 22.6)·10-55 (K Rabada, 23.2)

India

153 /10 (34.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
YBK Jaiswal	b K Rabada	0	7	0	0	0.00
Rohit Sharma	c M Jansen b N Burger	39	50	7	0	78.00
Shubman Gill	c M Jansen b N Burger	36	55	5	0	65.45
Virat Kohli	c AK Markram b K Rabada	46	59	6	1	77.97
SS Iyer	c K Verreynne b N Burger	0	2	0	0	0.00
KL Rahul	c K Verreynne b L Ngidi	8	33	1	0	24.24
RA Jadeja	c M Jansen b L Ngidi	0	2	0	0	0.00
JJ Bumrah	c M Jansen b L Ngidi	0	2	0	0	0.00
Mohammed Siraj	run out (N Burger)	0	1	0	0	0.00
M Prasidh Krishna	c AK Markram b K Rabada	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 24 (b 4, lb 10, w 5, nb 5)

Total 153/10 (34.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	11.5	3	38	3	3.21
L Ngidi	6.0	1	30	3	5.00
N Burger	8.0	2	42	3	5.25
M Jansen	9.0	2	29	0	3.22

Fall of wickets

1-17 (YBK Jaiswal, 2.1)·2-72 (Rohit Sharma, 14.2)·3-105 (Shubman Gill, 20.6)·4-110 (SS Iyer, 22.2)·5-153 (KL Rahul, 33.1)·6-153 (RA Jadeja, 33.3)·7-153 (JJ Bumrah, 33.5)·8-153 (Virat Kohli, 34.2)·9-153 (Mohammed Siraj, 34.4)·10-153 (M Prasidh Krishna, 34.5)

South Africa

176 /10 (36.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c Rohit Sharma b Mohammed Siraj	106	103	17	2	102.91
D Elgar	c Virat Kohli b Mukesh Kumar	12	28	2	0	42.86
T de Zorzi	c KL Rahul b Mukesh Kumar	1	7	0	0	14.29
T Stubbs	c KL Rahul b JJ Bumrah	1	14	0	0	7.14
DG Bedingham	c KL Rahul b JJ Bumrah	11	12	2	0	91.67
K Verreynne	c Mohammed Siraj b JJ Bumrah	9	7	1	0	128.57
M Jansen	c & b JJ Bumrah	11	9	2	0	122.22
KA Maharaj	c SS Iyer b JJ Bumrah	3	4	0	0	75.00
K Rabada	c Rohit Sharma b M Prasidh Krishna	2	12	0	0	16.67
N Burger*	not out	6	20	1	0	30.00
L Ngidi	c YBK Jaiswal b JJ Bumrah	8	10	0	0	80.00

Extras 6 (lb 1, nb 5)

Total 176/10 (36.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JJ Bumrah	13.5	0	61	6	4.41
Mohammed Siraj	9.0	3	31	1	3.44
Mukesh Kumar	10.0	2	56	2	5.60
M Prasidh Krishna	4.0	1	27	1	6.75

Fall of wickets

1-37 (D Elgar, 10.2)·2-41 (T de Zorzi, 12.1)·3-45 (T Stubbs, 15.2)·4-66 (DG Bedingham, 17.6)·5-85 (K Verreynne, 21.1)·6-103 (M Jansen, 23.5)·7-111 (KA Maharaj, 25.2)·8-162 (AK Markram, 31.4)·9-162 (K Rabada, 32.1)·10-176 (L Ngidi, 36.5)

India

80 /3 (12.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
YBK Jaiswal	c T Stubbs b N Burger	28	23	6	121.74
Rohit Sharma*	not out	16	22	2	72.73
Shubman Gill	b K Rabada	10	11	2	90.91
Virat Kohli	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	12	11	2	109.09
SS Iyer*	not out	4	6	1	66.67

Extras 10 (b 1, lb 2, w 6, nb 1)

Total 80/3 (12.0 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	6.0	33	1	5.50
N Burger	4.0	29	1	7.25
M Jansen	2.0	15	1	7.50

Fall of wickets

1-44 (YBK Jaiswal, 5.4)·2-57 (Shubman Gill, 8.3)·3-75 (Virat Kohli, 11.1)