A test match for the ages and the history books. Second day of IND vs SA Test It all happened on the first day in Cape Town. Looking to avenge their defeat on the second day of the Test, India came fully armed. Dean Elgar, playing his final Test match, won the toss and elected to bat first. Mohammed Siraj expressed his anger by scalping 6 wickets.

South Africa became a victim when it recorded the lowest number of tests in India. The Proteas were eliminated after just 55 runs. joined by Siraj, Bumrah and Mukesh Kumar to take 2 wickets each to end proceedings as the match entered an early lunch period.

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Then came India's time and they started well. Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli added important runs before Lungi Ngidi caused India's collapse. Indian cricket team lost 6 wickets without adding a single run. In the end, India were bowled out for 153 runs with a lead of 98 runs.

South Africa struck again on the first day. Aiden Markram and Dean Elgar started the match well. However, Mukesh Kumar, playing his second Test match, scored a quickfire double. He sent Dean Elgar and Tony de Zorzi. Bumrah then scalped Tristan Stubbs. South Africa finished the first day at 62/3, conceding 36 runs. A total of 23 goals were scored that day.

Mohammed Siraj spits fire

The Indian pacers were a class above the rest in the first innings of the match. He recorded his best test result, namely 15/6. Desperate and looking for revenge, India started the match strong. He continued to bowl for a long time and managed to scalp all his wickets in just 9 overs, including 3 first overs.

Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Tony de Zorzi, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynn and Marco Jansen have all fallen victim to Siraj's powerful spell. South Africa, with 55 players, recorded the fourth lowest total in Test cricket in Cape Town.

The collapse of the Indian subordinate order

It is not only South Africa that is collapsing, but also India, which is at the bottom of the ladder. India were comfortable at 153/4 when Ngidi dismissed KL Rahul. This causes the guests to faint. The remaining 6 were lost in the next 11 balls without adding a single run. 6 Indian fillings are stuffed into the duck.

Also, as time went on, the pitch started favoring the batsmen more and more and the Proteas started the game well. only Mukesh Kumar scored 2 wickets and Bumrah scored an additional wicket.