Siraj’s best bowling figures, India’s unwanted record and other stats

Bowlers dominated Day 1 of the 2nd Check between India and South Africa at Newlands, Cape City, with a stunning 23 wickets falling. South Africa have been first bowled out for a mere 55 of their first innings, adopted by India’s collapse to simply 153. At Stumps, South Africa trailed by 36 runs with the rating studying 62/3.

Early within the sport South Africa opted to bat after profitable the toss, however their choice backfired. David Bedingham and Kyle Verreynne managed solely 12 and 15 runs respectively, and not one of the different batters reached double digits. The Proteas have been bundled out for a meagre 55. Mohammed Siraj was the star of the present, choosing up a surprising 6/15 in simply 9 overs. Jasprit Bumrah and Mukesh Kumar supplied glorious assist with two wickets every.

In response to South Africa, India misplaced Yashasvi Jaiswal for a duck, however Rohit Sharma (39), Shubman Gill (36), and Virat Kohli (46) made important contributions. KL Rahul, nonetheless, managed solely eight runs, and the remainder of the Indian batters have been dismissed for geese, resulting in a complete of 153. Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi, and Kagiso Rabada shared the spoils with three wickets apiece for South Africa. 

Trailing by 36 runs on the finish of Day 1, South Africa’s openers constructed a 37-run partnership earlier than Dean Elgar, in his farewell Check match, fell for 12 runs. He was adopted by Tony de Zorzi and Tristan Stubbs, who misplaced their wickets, whereas Aiden Markram remained unbeaten on 36 with David Bedingham on the crease.

In the meantime, allow us to take a look at the stats and numbers from Day 1 of the 2nd Check between South Africa and India 

2 – Bowlers took 23 wickets total on Day 1, which is the second-most wickets ever recorded on Day 1 of a Check. The document for many wickets on Day 1 is 25, set by Australia between England at Melbourne in 1902. 

23 – Bowlers claimed 23 wickets on Day 1 of the match, probably the most ever recorded on Day 1 of a Check in South Africa . This surpasses the earlier document of 21 wickets, set by South Africa in opposition to England in 1896 at Gqeberha.

1000 – Dean Elgar accomplished 1000 Check runs in opposition to India, changing into the fourth South African batter to achieve this milestone. Jacques Kallis (1734), Hashim Amla(1528), and AB de Villiers(1334) are the opposite three South African batters to achieve a thousand or extra Check runs in opposition to India.  

 1 – Mohammed Siraj’s 6/15 stands as his finest bowling determine in an innings, surpassing his earlier private better of 5/60 in opposition to West Indies in Port of Spain, 2023. 

 1 – South Africa’s 55 is their lowest whole ever scored in opposition to India in Check matches, surpassing the earlier document of 79 at Nagpur in 2015. 

 1 – South Africa’s 55 within the first innings of the continuing Check in opposition to India is their lowest whole ever at dwelling. This surpasses their earlier lowest rating of 84, which they managed in opposition to England in 1889 Gqeberha. 

 1 – South Africa’s dismal 55 is the lowest-ever rating India has bowled out an opposition to in a single Check innings. This surpasses the earlier document of 62 by New Zealand in Mumbai in 2021. 

 23.2 – At present’s dismissal in simply 23.2 overs marks the fewest overs South Africa has ever taken to be bowled out by India in a Check match. The earlier document for this unlucky feat was 25.1 overs, set again in Johannesburg in 2006.

 2 – South Africa’s prime 4 batters mixed for 11 runs of their innings, marking the second-lowest rating by their prime order in a house Check. The one decrease mixture was a 6 in opposition to England approach again in 1889. Moreover, their third-lowest whole of 12, was additionally recorded in opposition to England in Johannesburg in 1927. 

 2 – Mohammed Siraj’s 6/15 is the second-best bowling determine in an innings by an Indian bowler in opposition to South Africa in Check cricket. Shardul Thakur’s 7/61 in Johannesburg in 2022 stays the perfect. 

 2 – South Africa’s 55 is their second-lowest whole within the first innings of a Check match. The bottom rating was 36 in opposition to Australia in Melbourne in 1932.

 3 – Mohammed Siraj’s 6/15 is the third-best bowling determine in an innings by a visiting quick bowler in Exams performed at Cape City. The document stays with George Lohmann’s unbelievable 7/42 in opposition to South Africa in 1896, adopted by Schofield Haigh’s equally spectacular 6/11 in 1899. 

 4 – It is the fourth occasion that South Africa’s openers have misplaced their wickets for single-digit scores in an innings inside their final 42 dwelling Check matches. The opposite three events additionally got here in opposition to India. which is twice at this venue in 2018 and 2022, and as soon as in Johannesburg in 2018. 

 14.83 – Aiden Markram has scored simply 267 runs in opposition to India within the Check, averaging 14.83 with 12 single-digit scores. 

 7 – All through Check cricket historical past, 36 situations have seen groups bowled out for 55 runs or much less, together with South Africa’s unlucky collapse . Cape City tops the listing as probably the most with seven occurring on the iconic venue. Lord’s follows carefully behind, having seen six groups to such low scores. 

 8 – The ’24 Cape City collapse marks the eighth occasion in Check historical past the place a staff has recorded six geese in an innings, and the third such occasion for India. The earlier two occurrences for India have been in opposition to South Africa at Ahmedabad in 1996 and in opposition to England at Manchester in 2014. 

 6 – India misplaced six batters for geese, and that is the bottom rating ever for the final six wickets in cricket historical past. The earlier document was three runs, scored by England in opposition to Australia in Melbourne