Team India learned a lot over the nearly month-long safari expedition. During this tour, India had both significant wins and crushing losses. Let’s examine the takeaways from the South Africa series in this particular setting.
Team India captain Rohit Sharma and South Africa captain Dean Elgar accepted the trophy together because the series was tied. Team India left on the safari tour following the Twenty20 series against Australia, and they saw a lot of things this month.
After drawing the T20 and Test series with South Africa, the Team Indian side prevailed 2-1 in the ODI series. India used this tour to test a lot of young players. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah participated in the South Africa series for the first time following the ODI World Cup loss. They all participated in tests.
Finally, let’s get down to business: South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first. collapsed in the first inning, giving up 55 runs. India then finished the first innings with 153 runs. India now had a commanding 98-run lead in the first innings. In the second innings, South Africa scored 176 runs thanks to a century by Markrum (106).
India set a target of 79 runs after surrendering the first innings lead. In 12 overs, Team India lost three wickets to reach their objective. Rohit Sharma scored 17 runs without being out and Yashaswi Jaiswal scored 28 for the Indian team’s hitters. Andre Burger, Kagiso Rabada, and Marco Jansen were the three safari bowlers who each claimed a wicket.
In the second Test match, India defeated South Africa by a margin of seven wickets. In Cape Town, India emerged victorious as the first Asian team. India tied the two-match series 1-1 with this win. After nine tours to South Africa, Team India just twice tied the Test series. Notably, they were defeated the other seven times.
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