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Test No. 2189

South Africa tour to India 2015-16
2015-16 season
India vs South Africa - 3rd Test
25-27 November, 2015 (5-day match)

India led the 4-match series 2-0

Venue : Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Toss : India won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : India won by 124 runs


India 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Murali Vijay lbw b Morkel
40 
84 
3 
1
47.62 
»
 Shikhar Dhawan c & b Elgar
12 
23 
2 
0
52.17 
»
 Cheteshwar Pujara lbw b Harmer
21 
43 
2 
0
48.84 
»
 Virat Kohli c Vilas b Morkel
22 
55 
2 
0
40.00 
»
 Ajinkya Rahane b Morkel
13 
25 
0 
1
52.00 
»
 Rohit Sharma c de Villiers b Harmer
2 
28 
0 
0
7.14 
»
 Wriddhiman Saha c Duminy b Harmer
32 
106 
4 
0
30.19 
»
 Ravindra Jadeja b Rabada
34 
54 
6 
0
62.96 
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin b Imran Tahir
15 
44 
1 
0
34.09 
»
 Amit Mishra lbw b Harmer
3 
9 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Ishant Sharma Not Out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 15, LB 3, W 2, N 1
21
Total : (all out in 78.2 overs)
215
 RR : 2.74

Fall of wickets : 1-50 (Dhawan, 13.6 ov), 2-69 (Vijay, 21.2 ov), 3-94 (Pujara, 30.1 ov), 4-115 (Rahane, 37.2 ov), 5-116 (Kohli, 39.2 ov), 6-125 (RG Sharma, 46.2 ov), 7-173 (Jadeja, 63.6 ov), 8-201 (Saha, 72.6 ov), 9-215 (Ashwin, 77.6 ov), 10-215 (Mishra, 78.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Morne Morkel
16
 .1
7 
35 
3
2.16
1
0
»
 Kagiso Rabada
17
8 
30 
1
1.76
0
2
»
 Simon Harmer
27
 .2
2 
78 
4
2.85
0
0
»
 Dean Elgar
4
0 
7 
1
1.75
0
0
»
 Imran Tahir
12
 .5
1 
41 
1
3.19
0
0
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy
1
0 
6 
0
6.00
0
0

South Africa 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dean Elgar b Ashwin
7 
35 
1 
0
20.00 
»
 Stiaan van Zyl c Rahane b Ashwin
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Imran Tahir b Jadeja
4 
12 
1 
0
33.33 
»
 Hashim Amla c Rahane b Ashwin
1 
10 
0 
0
10.00 
»
 AB de Villiers c & b Jadeja
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Faf du Plessis b Jadeja
10 
20 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy lbw b Mishra
35 
65 
1 
2
53.85 
»
 Dane Vilas b Jadeja
1 
15 
0 
0
6.67 
»
 Simon Harmer b Ashwin
13 
10 
2 
0
130.00 
»
 Kagiso Rabada Not Out
6 
17 
1 
0
35.29 
»
 Morne Morkel c & b Ashwin
1 
2 
0 
0
50.00 
Extras LB 1
1
Total : (all out in 33.1 overs)
79
 RR : 2.38

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (van Zyl, 3.1 ov), 2-9 (Imran Tahir, 6.5 ov), 3-11 (Elgar, 9.5 ov), 4-12 (Amla, 11.1 ov), 5-12 (de Villiers, 12.3 ov), 6-35 (du Plessis, 16.6 ov), 7-47 (Vilas, 22.2 ov), 8-66 (Harmer, 27.2 ov), 9-76 (Duminy, 32.1 ov), 10-79 (Morkel, 33.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ishant Sharma
2
1 
4 
0
2.00
0
0
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin
16
 .1
6 
32 
5
1.98
0
0
»
 Ravindra Jadeja
12
3 
33 
4
2.75
0
0
»
 Amit Mishra
3
0 
9 
1
3.00
0
0

India 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Murali Vijay c Amla b Morkel
5 
15 
1 
0
33.33 
»
 Shikhar Dhawan c Vilas b Imran Tahir
39 
78 
6 
0
50.00 
»
 Cheteshwar Pujara b Duminy
31 
45 
5 
0
68.89 
»
 Virat Kohli c du Plessis b Imran Tahir
16 
30 
2 
0
53.33 
»
 Ajinkya Rahane c Duminy b Imran Tahir
9 
13 
1 
0
69.23 
»
 Rohit Sharma c Elgar b Morkel
23 
39 
1 
1
58.97 
»
 Wriddhiman Saha c Amla b Imran Tahir
7 
13 
1 
0
53.85 
»
 Ravindra Jadeja b Harmer
5 
6 
1 
0
83.33 
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin lbw b Morkel
7 
22 
1 
0
31.82 
»
 Amit Mishra b Imran Tahir
14 
18 
2 
0
77.78 
»
 Ishant Sharma Not Out
1 
3 
0 
0
33.33 
Extras B 8, LB 5, N 3
16
Total : (all out in 46.3 overs)
173
 RR : 3.72

Fall of wickets : 1-8 (Vijay, 4.2 ov), 2-52 (Pujara, 17.3 ov), 3-97 (Dhawan, 26.5 ov), 4-102 (Kohli, 28.1 ov), 5-108 (Rahane, 30.3 ov), 6-122 (Saha, 34.1 ov), 7-128 (Jadeja, 35.3 ov), 8-150 (Ashwin, 41.4 ov), 9-171 (RG Sharma, 45.4 ov), 10-173 (Mishra, 46.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Morne Morkel
10
5 
19 
3
1.90
0
0
»
 Simon Harmer
18
3 
64 
1
3.56
0
0
»
 Kagiso Rabada
5
1 
15 
0
3.00
1
0
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy
2
0 
24 
1
12.00
1
0
»
 Imran Tahir
11
 .3
2 
38 
5
3.30
1
0

South Africa 2nd innings
(Target: 310 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dean Elgar lbw b Ashwin
18 
58 
1 
1
31.03 
»
 Stiaan van Zyl c Sharma b Ashwin
5 
29 
0 
0
17.24 
»
 Imran Tahir lbw b Mishra
8 
7 
2 
0
114.29 
»
 Hashim Amla c Kohli b Mishra
39 
167 
2 
0
23.35 
»
 AB de Villiers lbw b Ashwin
9 
21 
1 
0
42.86 
»
 Faf du Plessis b Mishra
39 
152 
3 
1
25.66 
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy lbw b Ashwin
19 
44 
2 
0
43.18 
»
 Dane Vilas c Saha b Ashwin
12 
16 
1 
0
75.00 
»
 Simon Harmer Not Out
8 
24 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Kagiso Rabada c Kohli b Ashwin
6 
17 
1 
0
35.29 
»
 Morne Morkel b Ashwin
4 
8 
1 
0
50.00 
Extras B 9, LB 5, N 4
18
Total : (all out in 89.5 overs)
185
 RR : 2.06

Fall of wickets : 1-17 (van Zyl, 7.4 ov), 2-29 (Imran Tahir, 11.1 ov), 3-40 (Elgar, 17.5 ov), 4-58 (de Villiers, 23.4 ov), 5-130 (Amla, 69.6 ov), 6-135 (du Plessis, 71.5 ov), 7-164 (Duminy, 81.1 ov), 8-167 (Vilas, 81.6 ov), 9-177 (Rabada, 87.4 ov), 10-185 (Morkel, 89.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ishant Sharma
15
6 
20 
0
1.33
4
0
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin
29
 .5
7 
66 
7
2.21
0
0
»
 Ravindra Jadeja
25
12 
34 
0
1.36
0
0
»
 Amit Mishra
20
2 
51 
3
2.55
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: R Ashwin (India)
Umpires : IJ Gould (England) and BNJ Oxenford (Australia)
Third Umpire: AK Chaudhary (India)
Referee : JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire: C Shamshuddin (India)
Close of Play
Day 1 : South Africa 1st innings - 11/2 (D Elgar 7*, HM Amla 0*, 9 ov)
Day 2 : South Africa 2nd innings - 32/2 (D Elgar 10*, HM Amla 3*, 14 ov)
Day 3 : South Africa 2nd innings - 185 (SR Harmer 8*, 89.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
India Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Murali Vijay, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Virat Kohli (Capt.), Cheteshwar Pujara
South Africa Hashim Amla (Capt.), Imran Tahir, Faf du Plessis, Dane Vilas (wk), Stiaan van Zyl, Dean Elgar, AB de Villiers, Kagiso Rabada, Jean-Paul Duminy, Simon Harmer, Morne Morkel
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