India beat SouthAfrica by an innings and 202 runs in Ranchi test. The 3rd test match was held in Ranchi on October 19,2019. Indian skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first. India started their innings by struggle made by Rabada. With the help of Rohit's double ton and Ajinkiya Rahanae's century made 497-9 runs in scoreboard. George Linde, a debut Left arm orthodox bowler get 4 wickets and Rabada took 3 wickets. Then South Africa started their innings but they were got struggled by Indian bowling attack. Umesh Yadav's got 3 wickets, shami , Nadeem (debut) and jadeja got 2 wickets each made South Africa all out for 162 runs in their 1st innings. Then India gave follow on to South Africa and they started their second innings. India's bowling unit made South Africa batsmen again in struggle. South Africans got surrendered one by one by India's bowling attack. They finally scored 133 runs. This made India won by an innings and 202 runs. Shami picked 3 wickets, Umesh Yadav and Nadeem got 2 wickets each, Jadeja and Ashwin picked 1 wicket each.
Man of the Match & Man of the Series title won by Rohit Sharma.
In this series, Indians scored double century in all the 3 matches.
1st test Mayank Agarwal
2nd test Virat Kohli
3rd test Rohit Sharma
India scored 240 points in test championship with 5 matches. Newzealand and Srilanka with 60 points ranked 2 and 3. This shows India's dominant in long format.
South Africa White-Washed
This is the 3rd instance for South Africa getting White-Washed in 3+ series
0-3 vs Aus in Aus 2001/02
0-3 vs Aus in SA 2005/06
0-3 vs Ind in Ind 2019/20
0 Comments