31 years of history...! First win in Cape Town..!

Sowmiya Sriram
31 years of history...! First win in Cape Town..!
 For the first time in the 31-year history of cricket, the indian team has created a new history by defeating the South African team in the Test match held at the cape town ground. The indian team played in the 2nd Test against south africa at the cape town Stadium. So far in the 6 Test matches held at the cape town stadium, the indian team has not won even once, losing 4 and drawing 2. The indian team led by rohit sharma entered the field with the question of whether this would change history. After winning the toss and batting first, south africa were bowled out for just 55 runs. India's star fast bowler Mohammad Siraj took 6 wickets and bumrah and mukesh Kumar took 2 wickets each.
After this, the indian team who started the first innings had added 153 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Suddenly unable to score a single run, losing 6 wickets in 11 balls, the indian team was all out for 153 runs. With this, the indian team took a lead of 98 runs. Then the South African team, which returned to the field, had added 62 runs for the loss of 3 wickets at the end of the first day's play. South African team Markram-Bedingham started the 2nd day match which started today. In this, Bedingham was bowled out for 11 runs and Verein for 9 runs, and Markram took the game in hand. He bowled aggressively and did not see the wickets falling at the opposite end. He scored a century on 99 runs and was dismissed on 106 runs by Siraj. After this, the South African team was all out for 176 runs. Due to this, a target of 79 runs was set for the indian team to win. Then the Jaiswal-Rohit Sharma combination of the indian team started. 2 boundaries were scored in the first over by Rabada and 15 runs were scored in the 2nd over. Through this, it became clear that the indian team was eager to win.

Jaiswal, who played aggressively, scored 28 runs including 6 fours, then the Gill-Rohit Sharma partnership calmly added runs. As the indian team crossed 50 runs in 8 overs, Shubman Gill was out after 10 runs off the ball bowled by Rabada. Then virat kohli was also dismissed for 12 runs and the indian team was on the field losing 3 wickets for 75 runs. Later, shreyas iyer and rohit sharma combined to lead the indian team to victory. This has tied the 2-match Test series 1-1. Likewise, for the first time in 31 years, the indian team has created a new history by defeating the South African team at the cape town stadium.

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