India v South Africa, Nagpur

India 215/10 & 173/10

South Africa 79/10 & 185/10

India won by 124 runs

India v South Africa 2015 · 3rd Test Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur 25–27 Nov 2015

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it far tougher than India.

India

1.13× +13%

South Africa

0.88× -12%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

India's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

JP Duminy South Africa

54 +79

F du Plessis South Africa

49 +54

CA Pujara India

52 +48

S Dhawan India

51 +45

HM Amla South Africa

40 +41

Best bowling

Top match figures

R Ashwin7/66

R Ashwin5/32

Imran Tahir5/38

RA Jadeja4/33

Top score

M Vijay · India

Biggest stand

5th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–3

3 wkts for 3 · South Africa

Match facts

TossIndia, bat

ResultIndia won by 124 runs

Length3 days

India

215 /10 (78.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
M Vijay	lbw b M Morkel	40	84	3	1	47.62
S Dhawan	c & b D Elgar	12	23	2	0	52.17
CA Pujara	lbw b SR Harmer	21	43	2	0	48.84
Virat Kohli	c DJ Vilas b M Morkel	22	55	2	0	40.00
AM Rahane	b M Morkel	13	25	0	1	52.00
Rohit Sharma	c AB de Villiers b SR Harmer	2	28	0	0	7.14
WP Saha	c JP Duminy b SR Harmer	32	106	4	0	30.19
RA Jadeja	b K Rabada	34	54	6	0	62.96
R Ashwin	b Imran Tahir	15	44	1	0	34.09
A Mishra	lbw b SR Harmer	3	9	0	0	33.33

Extras 21 (b 15, lb 3, w 2, nb 1)

Total 215/10 (78.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	16.1	8	35	3	2.16
K Rabada	17.0	8	30	1	1.76
SR Harmer	27.2	3	78	4	2.85
D Elgar	4.0	0	7	1	1.75
Imran Tahir	12.5	1	41	1	3.19
JP Duminy	1.0	0	6	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-50 (S Dhawan, 13.6)·2-69 (M Vijay, 21.2)·3-94 (CA Pujara, 30.1)·4-115 (AM Rahane, 37.2)·5-116 (Virat Kohli, 39.2)·6-125 (Rohit Sharma, 46.2)·7-173 (RA Jadeja, 63.6)·8-201 (WP Saha, 72.6)·9-215 (R Ashwin, 77.6)·10-215 (A Mishra, 78.2)

South Africa

79 /10 (33.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	b R Ashwin	7	35	1	0	20.00
S van Zyl	c AM Rahane b R Ashwin	0	7	0	0	0.00
Imran Tahir	b RA Jadeja	4	12	1	0	33.33
HM Amla	c AM Rahane b R Ashwin	1	10	0	0	10.00
AB de Villiers	c & b RA Jadeja	0	6	0	0	0.00
F du Plessis	b RA Jadeja	10	20	1	0	50.00
JP Duminy	lbw b A Mishra	35	65	1	2	53.85
DJ Vilas	b RA Jadeja	1	15	0	0	6.67
SR Harmer	b R Ashwin	13	10	2	0	130.00
K Rabada*	not out	6	17	1	0	35.29
M Morkel	c & b R Ashwin	1	2	0	0	50.00

Extras 1 (lb 1)

Total 79/10 (33.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
I Sharma	2.0	1	4	0	2.00
R Ashwin	16.1	7	32	5	1.98
RA Jadeja	12.0	3	33	4	2.75
A Mishra	3.0	0	9	1	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-4 (S van Zyl, 3.1)·2-9 (Imran Tahir, 6.5)·3-11 (D Elgar, 9.5)·4-12 (HM Amla, 11.1)·5-12 (AB de Villiers, 12.3)·6-35 (F du Plessis, 16.6)·7-47 (DJ Vilas, 22.2)·8-66 (SR Harmer, 27.2)·9-76 (JP Duminy, 32.1)·10-79 (M Morkel, 33.1)

India

173 /10 (46.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
M Vijay	c HM Amla b M Morkel	5	15	1	0	33.33
S Dhawan	c DJ Vilas b Imran Tahir	39	78	6	0	50.00
CA Pujara	b JP Duminy	31	45	5	0	68.89
Virat Kohli	c F du Plessis b Imran Tahir	16	30	2	0	53.33
AM Rahane	c JP Duminy b Imran Tahir	9	13	1	0	69.23
Rohit Sharma	c D Elgar b M Morkel	23	39	1	1	58.97
WP Saha	c HM Amla b Imran Tahir	7	13	1	0	53.85
RA Jadeja	b SR Harmer	5	6	1	0	83.33
R Ashwin	lbw b M Morkel	7	22	1	0	31.82
A Mishra	b Imran Tahir	14	18	2	0	77.78
I Sharma*	not out	1	3	0	0	33.33

Extras 16 (b 8, lb 5, nb 3)

Total 173/10 (46.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	10.0	5	19	3	1.90
SR Harmer	18.0	3	64	1	3.56
K Rabada	5.0	1	15	0	3.00
JP Duminy	2.0	0	24	1	12.00
Imran Tahir	11.3	2	38	5	3.30

Fall of wickets

1-8 (M Vijay, 4.2)·2-52 (CA Pujara, 17.3)·3-97 (S Dhawan, 26.5)·4-102 (Virat Kohli, 28.1)·5-108 (AM Rahane, 30.3)·6-122 (WP Saha, 34.1)·7-128 (RA Jadeja, 35.3)·8-150 (R Ashwin, 41.4)·9-171 (Rohit Sharma, 45.4)·10-173 (A Mishra, 46.3)

South Africa

185 /10 (89.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	lbw b R Ashwin	18	58	1	1	31.03
S van Zyl	c Rohit Sharma b R Ashwin	5	29	0	0	17.24
Imran Tahir	lbw b A Mishra	8	7	2	0	114.29
HM Amla	c Virat Kohli b A Mishra	39	167	2	0	23.35
AB de Villiers	lbw b R Ashwin	9	21	1	0	42.86
F du Plessis	b A Mishra	39	152	3	1	25.66
JP Duminy	lbw b R Ashwin	19	44	2	0	43.18
DJ Vilas	c WP Saha b R Ashwin	12	16	1	0	75.00
SR Harmer*	not out	8	24	0	0	33.33
K Rabada	c Virat Kohli b R Ashwin	6	17	1	0	35.29
M Morkel	b R Ashwin	4	8	1	0	50.00

Extras 18 (b 9, lb 5, nb 4)

Total 185/10 (89.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
I Sharma	15.0	6	20	0	1.33
R Ashwin	29.5	7	66	7	2.21
RA Jadeja	25.0	12	34	0	1.36
A Mishra	20.0	2	51	3	2.55

Fall of wickets

1-17 (S van Zyl, 7.4)·2-29 (Imran Tahir, 11.1)·3-40 (D Elgar, 17.5)·4-58 (AB de Villiers, 23.4)·5-130 (HM Amla, 69.6)·6-135 (F du Plessis, 71.5)·7-164 (JP Duminy, 81.1)·8-167 (DJ Vilas, 81.6)·9-177 (K Rabada, 87.4)·10-185 (M Morkel, 89.5)