The first day of the first Test between India and South Africa at Eden Gardens in Kolkata has ended. At stumps, India scored 37 runs for the loss of one wicket. At the crease, all-rounder Washington Sundar is on six off 38 balls, while KL Rahul is on 13 off 59 balls.
The first day’s play ended in drama. Due to low light, 90 overs were not bowled on the first day, and only 75 were possible. Before the final over of the day, South Africa delayed making field changes. They wanted to field a player at mid-wicket, but shin pads and a helmet were required, and it took a long time to get them onto the field. At a time when South Africa could have pressured Washington and forced another wicket, they wasted time unnecessarily.
5 wickets for jasprit Bumrah
The first match of the two-match Test series between India and South Africa is being played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah bowled brilliantly, taking five wickets, as the visiting South Africa were bowled out for 159 runs in the first innings.
This is the 16th time Jasprit Bumrah has taken a 5-wicket haul in his 51st Test match. With this, he has surpassed Indian spinner Ravindra Jadeja. Ravindra Jadeja has achieved the feat of taking 5-wicket hauls 15 times in Test cricket. Now he is jointly at 5th position with legendary leg spinner B Chandrashekhar in terms of taking 5-wicket hauls in Test cricket for the most number of times. Now, in this matter, he is ahead of Ravichandran Ashwin (37), Anil Kumble (35), Harbhajan Singh (25) and Kapil Dev (23).
Jasprit bowled Ryan Rickelton in the first session and then had Aiden Markram caught by Rishabh Pant. After lunch, he had Tony de Georgi lbw for his third wicket. He then broke Simon Harmer’s defense and dismissed Keshav Maharaj lbw with a yorker to end South Africa’s first innings. This took his Test wicket tally to 231.
In the first Test of the series against South Africa, Jasprit Bumrah took 5 wickets for 27 runs in 14 overs. This is his second-best performance against South Africa in this format. He had taken 6 wickets for 61 runs against South Africa in the 2024 Test in Cape Town.