| South Africa 55 (Siraj 6-15) & 62-3 (Markram 36*; Mukesh 2-25) |
| India 153 (34.5 overs): Kohli 46; Rabada 3-38, Ngidi 3-30, Burger 3-42 |
| South Africa path by 36 runs with 7 wickets remaining |
| Scorecard |
India dismissed South Africa for simply 55 earlier than collapsing to 153 all out in reply as 23 wickets fell on a rare opening day in Cape City.
Mohammed Siraj took career-best figures of 6-15 because the hosts have been skittled in 23.2 overs on a bouncy, full of life second Check pitch.
India have been in full management at 153-4 however misplaced their final six wickets for no runs in 11 balls after tea.
South Africa slipped to 62-3 at stumps of their second innings.
With India wanting set to construct a decisive first-innings lead, Lungi Ngidi took three wickets within the thirty fourth over to spark a surprising collapse.
KL Rahul was his first sufferer, nicking an uppercut to wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne, earlier than Ravindra Jadeja gloved a rising ball to gully and Jasprit Bumrah was dismissed in comparable trend off the shoulder of the bat.
Virat Kohli, who top-scored with 46, edged Kagiso Rabada to second slip within the subsequent over, Siraj was run out with out going through and Prasidh Krishna additionally nicked to the cordon.
Six batters have been out for a duck in India’s innings – and it was the primary time a crew has misplaced six wickets with out scoring a run in Check historical past.
Rabada, Ngidi and left-armer Nandre Burger completed with three wickets every.
In complete the groups’ first two innings lasted simply 349 balls or 58.1 overs – the second-fewest ever – as each side struggled to take care of the ball rising off a size.
Verreynne was South Africa’s highest first-innings scorer with 15, as solely two Proteas batters reached double figures after Elgar gained the toss and opted to bat.
Opener Elgar, captaining in his last Check earlier than retiring, was bowled for 2 by Siraj, who additionally had Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, David Bedingham, Marco Jansen and Verreynne caught both by the wicketkeeper or within the slips.
Jasprit Bumrah took 2-25 and Mukesh Kumar 2-0.
It was South Africa’s lowest Check complete since they have been dismissed for 45 by Australia in Melbourne in 1932 and the eighth-lowest rating of their historical past.
The hosts have been batting once more earlier than the shut with Elgar eliminated for 12 – out twice in a day in his last Check match – and De Zorzi and Tristan Stubbs additionally dismissed.
Markram stays unbeaten on 36 with Bedingham alongside him and the pair will resume on day two with South Africa nonetheless trailing by 36.
Final week South Africa named seven uncapped gamers in a weakened squad for his or her subsequent Check sequence – a tour of New Zealand in February.
Their first-choice gamers will as an alternative function of their home T20 competitors, the SA20.