South Africa vs India, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: India tour of South Africa, 2017-18 Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion Date & Time: Jan 13-Jan 17, 10:00 AM LOCAL
AB de Villiers 80(121)
41.1
Shami to de Villiers, out Caught by Parthiv Patel!! Edged and caught! AB falls after a scintillating knock, extra bounce has done it for him. This was a back of a length delivery outside off that spat up sharply after pitching, AB was looking to dab it down towards third man, he's taken aback by the extra bounce, ends up gloving it through and Parthiv doesn't drop it this time around. Is it the opening India were seeking? Shami looks grumpy and didn't celebrate a lot, this wicket might just chirp him up a bit. de Villiers c Parthiv Patel b Shami 80(121) [4s-10]
40.6
Ashwin to Elgar, no run, turn and bounce for Ashwin, but the length is fractionally short, it meant that Elgar was always going to get beaten as he prodded forward. Tad fuller and he might have well edged it
40.3
Ashwin to Elgar, 1 run, tossed up on the stumps, Elgar gets close to the ball and eases it down towards long-on
40.1
Ashwin to de Villiers, no run, tossed up on the stumps, AB stays back and blocks
39.6
Shami to Elgar, no run, on a good length and on the stumps, Elgar shuffles across and defends it back at the bowler
39.2
Shami to de Villiers, no run, hint of reverse swing from Shami, jagged back in sharply from off, AB watches it all along and finds mid-on with the drive
39.1
Shami to de Villiers, FOUR, skillfully played by AB, back of a length and well outside off, he waits on it, plays with a closed face, used Shami's pace and beats the man at wide slip. Vijay has a lot of running to do from deep point, can't cut-off the boundary
38.6
Ashwin to Elgar, no run, Ashwin gives this one plenty of air, Elgar lunged forward as he blocked it towards silly point
36.5
Ashwin to de Villiers, no run, flighted on off, AB gets half-forward in defence, the ball spun close to the leg-stump, but the batsman was well in control
36.4
Ashwin to de Villiers, 2 runs, turn for Ashwin, but the off-break is way too short, allows AB to make room and punch it past cover, comes back for the second run
36.3
Ashwin to de Villiers, no run, tossed up on the stumps, AB prods across and defends it towards the on-side
36.2
Ashwin to Elgar, 1 run, fraction short in length, allows Elgar to go back and wristily work it towards long-on for a single
35.5
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, on a good length and angling down the leg-side, AB was looking to flick and missed, might have brushed his thigh pad on its way to the keeper
35.4
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, on a good length and on AB's pads, tucked away towards mid-wicket
35.3
Ishant to de Villiers, FOUR, lovely from AB, short and wide of off, AB was leaning forward, then transfers his weight back and punches it square past point, calls for two but the timing is so sweet that Vijay has no chance, running across from third man
35.2
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, nicely bowled by Ishant and AB's beaten comprehensively, hit the deck just outside off and gets a bit of shape away from the right-hander, drew AB forward and whizzed past his outside edge
35.1
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, short of a length and on the stumps, AB plays with low hands and turns it towards the on-side
34.6
Bumrah to Elgar, no run, change of pace from Bumrah, this was fractionally shorter and held its line, Elgar was playing well in front of his pads and almost spooned a return catch to Bumrah, bounced well in front of the bowler
34.1
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, short of a good length and just outside off, AB stays besides the line and pushes it towards the off-side
33.6
Ishant to de Villiers, 1 run, short and wide of off, dabbed away towards third man for a single
33.5
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, on a length and just outside off, defended towards the off-side
33.4
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, on a good length and slanting down the leg-side, AB was looking to flick and missed
33.3
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, back of a length and on the stumps, AB nudges it towards the on-side and shouts a loud NO as Elgar backed up for a single
33.2
Ishant to de Villiers, 2 runs, short of a length and well wide of off, AB waits on it and dabs it down towards third man. Vijay has to get across from deep point, AB spots it and scampers back for the second run, raises the 100-run stand
33.1
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, fuller length delivery and holding its line outside off, AB covers the line, lifts his bat and lets it go
32.6
Bumrah to de Villiers, 1 run, short of a length and just outside off, AB backs away slightly and cracks it square on the off-side for a single
32.5
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, that's kept very low, luckily for AB, it wasn't on the stumps, pitched up and a hint of shape back into the right-hander, AB was looking to defend and is done in by the lack of bounce, scooted along towards Parthiv
32.4
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, fraction fuller and just outside off, AB was looking to drive and gets a thick inside edge towards mid-on
32.3
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, AB takes one hand off the handle as he drove towards mid-off
32.2
Bumrah to Elgar, 1 run, on a good length and a hint of tail away from the left-hander, nudged behind square on the off-side for a single
31.6
Ishant to Elgar, no run, tad fuller and in that channel outside off, Elgar prods across, covers the line and lets it go
31.3
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, back of a length and just outside off, AB plays with a closed face and dabs it towards backward point
31.2
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, good call from the Indians to not review, the ball was sliding down the leg-side, pitched up and angling into AB's pads, he was looking to flick and fell over the shot, the impact was in front of leg-stump and would have been sliding down
31.1
Ishant to Elgar, 1 run, short of a good length and just outside off, Elgar drops it behind square on the off-side for a single
30.5
Bumrah to Elgar, 1 run, short of a length and well outside off, steered away behind square on the off-side for a single
30.3
Bumrah to de Villiers, FOUR, cracking shot, fraction overpitched and wide of off, AB gets a big stride forward, drives it on the up and beats the diving cover fielder to his right, rolls away for the first boundary of the morning
30.2
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, Bumrah shortens his length on off, worked away towards mid-wicket
30.1
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, short of a good length and just outside off, AB watches it all along and defends it towards the off-side
29.6
Ishant to Elgar, no run, short of a good length and just outside off, Elgar watches it all along and defends it towards the off-side
29.4
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, on a good length and holding its line outside off, AB watches it all along, lifts his bat and lets it go
29.3
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, fraction fuller and wider of off, AB covers the line, lifts his bat and lets it go
29.2
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, short of a good length and well wide of off, another sighter for AB as he lets it go
29.1
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, a gentle start from Ishant, short of a good length and well wide of off, left alone
28.6
Bumrah to Elgar, no run, back of a length delivery on the pads, Elgar comes across and clips it to short mid-wicket
28.3
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, seam-up delivery just outside off, straightening from the angle, and de Villiers is beaten again on the back foot defensive
28.2
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, seaming in a tad, and de Villiers plays too far inside the line and tries to reach for it. Beaten . A stifled appeal from Parthiv but Bumrah shakes his head as does the umpire
28.1
Bumrah to de Villiers, 2 runs, back of a length delivery outside off and stays low to skid on, de Villiers dabs that in front of point and they scramble across for a couple. Excellent running
27.6
Shami to Elgar, no run, short ball on off-stump, Elgar sways out of the way, but forgets to drop his wrists. Should really be doing that with the odd one keeping low
27.2
Shami to de Villiers, no run, back of a length delivery wide outside off, stays low again, and de Villiers gets low to try and steer it down to third man. Misses
27.1
Shami to de Villiers, 2 runs, back of a length delivery on off, angling in to middle as Shami delivered it from wide of the stumps, tucked away off the hips to deep square leg by AB for a couple
26.6
Bumrah to Elgar, no run, back of a length delivery on the thigh, Elgar gets front-on to tuck it to Rahul at short mid-wicket off the back-foot
26.2
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, back of a length ball a fraction wide outside off, seaming in a tad and staying low. de Villiers watches it carefully and jabs his bat down at the last moment. Played it right under his eyes
26.1
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, back of a length delivery on middle and leg, de Villiers gets into a front-on position and blocks it with a straight bat into the on-side
25.6
Shami to de Villiers, 1 run, back of a length delivery with a slight bit of width, de Villiers just crouched low in his stance and carved that square of the wicket for a single
25.5
Shami to de Villiers, no run, good length delivery in the channel outside off, seaming in sharply, de Villiers comes forward and defends compactly without any bat-pad gap, gets an inside-edge onto the pad. Excellent batting
25.4
Shami to de Villiers, FOUR, short and wide outside off, slipped out of his hand as the ball is wet, and de Villiers stays in the crease to simply tap it on the head. Away she went to the sweeper cover fence for four. Oh this guy still has a ridiculous eye
25.3
Shami to de Villiers, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, just a fraction wide, and de Villiers crouches low to cut it to the man at backward point
25.2
Shami to Elgar, 1 run, back of a length delivery just outside off, Elgar hops and steers it away with a vertical bat towards deep backward point. Elgar refuses the two!
24.6
Bumrah to Elgar, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, angling in towards off, defended off the back foot
24.1
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, back of a length delivery on the pads, de Villiers waits for it and glances it from the crease to short mid-wicket
23.6
Shami to de Villiers, 1 run, full delivery drifting into the pads, clipped to mid-wicket for a single. A hint of reverse, I think
23.5
Shami to de Villiers, no run, back of a length delivery in the channel outside off seaming in a tad, de Villiers waits for it and defends it from the crease
23.4
Shami to de Villiers, no run, back of a length but drifting down leg with the angle this time. de Villiers misses the glance as Parthiv collects
23.3
Shami to de Villiers, no run, full delivery just outside off, but tailing in very late. That was a seam-up delivery. Reverse this early? de Villiers punches it to cover
23.2
Shami to de Villiers, no run, good length delivery on off, de Villiers comes into a half-cocked stance and punches it back to the bowler
23.1
Shami to de Villiers, no run, wide of the crease, just outside off, seaming in and staying low. AB is good enough to bring his bat down in time
22.6
Ashwin to Elgar, no run, slightly fuller than he'd like, and Elgar stretches fully forward to clip it to short mid-wicket
22.2
Ashwin to de Villiers, no run, very full outside off, de Villiers shuffles into line and picks the wrong shot. A sweep. Appeal, but impact was outside off
22.1
Ashwin to de Villiers, no run, loopy delivery just outside off, a hint of turn and de Villiers defends that to forward short leg off a full-stretch
21.6
Shami to Elgar, no run, back of a length delivery again on a fifth stump line, Elgar defends it from the crease after his shuffle-across trigger movement to cover the line
21.3
Shami to de Villiers, no run, good length delivery but very wide outside off, and it stays low, left alone by de Villiers. That ball on a straighter line could be deadly. Then again it might not give you that awkward bounce
21.2
Shami to de Villiers, no run, good length delivery on middle, de Villiers stays on the front-on stance and tries to drive it towards mid-on. Ends up twisting the bat in his hands and gets it to the man at short mid-wicket instead
21.1
Shami to de Villiers, no run, good length delivery pitching on off, seaming towards middle and de Villiers punches it off the toe-end of the bat to mid-off
20.6
Ashwin to Elgar, no run, good length delivery and flatter trajectory in the channel outside off, Elgar gets to the pitch of it and drives it to cover. Looked like the off-break, but he didn't let it turn
19.5
Shami to de Villiers, no run, back of a length delivery in the corridor of uncertainty, a hint of seam movement into the batsman, de Villiers waits for it and blocks it right under his eyes. Still quick enough to react to any seam movement, is AB
19.4
Shami to de Villiers, no run, good length ball on off, de Villiers comes back-and-across and into a front-on stance to block that late under his eyes. Solid in defence. Impenetrable
19.3
Shami to de Villiers, no run, full delivery on middle-stump, de Villiers clips it to mid-on
19.2
Shami to de Villiers, no run, back of a length delivery in the channel outside off, seaming in sharply and very close to off-stump line, de Villiers shoulders arms. Uses his back-and-across trigger movement to get a good idea of his off-stump
19.1
Shami to de Villiers, no run, good length delivery on off stump, not much lateral movement, de Villiers comes forward a tad and blocks it off a half-cocked stance
18.6
Ashwin to Elgar, no run, another flatter trajectory ball, might well have been the carrom ball, outside off and the batsman was caught in two minds to play or leave. In the end, it beats the bat and that is tea on day 3
17.6
Ishant to de Villiers, 1 run, just hangs his bat outside off and the ball peels away off the outer half of the bat towards square of the wicket for a single
17.5
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, back of a length delivery outside off and the batsman has all the time in the world to jab the ball the out into the off-side
17.4
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, a squared stance meets a length ball which holds its line outside off
17.3
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, slower full ball, clipped away to mid-wicket but goes straight to the fielder. The batsman did pick up the change in pace but did not go full throttle at the ball
17.2
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, little dart from over the wicket and the batsman has no qualms in letting it go to the keeper
17.1
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, length ball outside off does not merit a shot and has been left alone quite easily
16.6
Ashwin to Elgar, no run, pushes the ball away with a jabbed movement just past slip. There is a lot of chatter between Elgar and Kohli. Pleasantries is the last thing that comes to my mind now
15.5
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, fuller bait served to de Villiers and he says in his mind 'no thank you'. Leaves it alone
15.4
Ishant to Elgar, leg byes, 1 run, drifting onto the pads, the radar was wrong and a leg-bye is what the batting unit earns as the ball crawled away after thudding the pads and missing the clip
15.2
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, little nip off the surface and de Villiers combats the ball away with a front foot defence. More of the inner half of the bat making connection on that occasion
15.1
Ishant to de Villiers, FOUR, on-drive of the highest order! The ball was pitched up and the batsman leant into the delivery to caress the ball past the man at mid-on, who could have afforded a dive there. But then it was Ashwin!!
14.6
Ashwin to de Villiers, 1 run, stays back and tucks the ball away into the on-side for a single to keep the strike
14.5
Ashwin to Elgar, 1 run, soft bottom hand and knocks the ball away into the on-side for a single as the ball slanted in
13.5
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, banged in short, too short and the batsman is happy to see it go through well over his left shoulder
13.4
Ishant to Elgar, 1 run, another one-handed drive as the bottom hand came off on impact. The ball sliced away to point who misfielded and allowed the single to be taken. India have been pretty sloppy so far in this innings. Skipper Kohli is not happy for sure
12.6
Ashwin to de Villiers, 1 run, too full, slanting in, clipped behind square off a closed face of the bat to get a single. Kohli in Hindi chirps at his bowler and tells to bowl this line
12.5
Ashwin to de Villiers, FOUR, bad ball, put away. Dropped short and the batsman rocked back to cut it away past the man at cover for a four. The quick transfer of movement onto the back foot was a delight to the eyes
12.4
Ashwin to Elgar, 1 run, backs away and drives the full ball away into the off-side. A misfield from Shami in the covers allows the single
11.5
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, fuller ball and outside off has been easily shouldered arms by the batsman. The ball did land on the seam but did not come back enough
11.4
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, solidly done with a slightly closed face of the bat. The ball nipped in and the batsman hung his bat slightly outside off to block it into the on-side
11.3
Ishant to de Villiers, FOUR, pitches the ball up and has been driven down the ground with a drive played on the up. The bowler wanted the batsman to be playing at a ball and landed it too much in his range for him to stroke the ball away with the full face of the bat
11.2
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, another delivery angling in from outside off and de Villiers had a good look at it for it to be left alone
11.1
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, fuller length delivery and holding its line outside off, left alone
10.6
Ashwin to Elgar, no run, this is a cracking spell from Ashwin and he's been mighty unlucky against Elgar, pushed through with the arm, Elgar had no clue as he poked forward, lucky not to have edged it once again
10.4
Ashwin to de Villiers, no run, flighted on the stumps, defended towards the on-side
10.3
Ashwin to de Villiers, no run, dangerous and AB nearly chopped this one back onto the stumps, he was looking to play against the turn, made room to this off-break and nearly dragged it back onto the stumps
10.2
Ashwin to de Villiers, no run, flighted on off, AB flicks and finds short mid-wicket
10.1
Ashwin to de Villiers, no run, tossed up just outside off, AB gets well forward and plays with soft hands
9.6
Bumrah to Elgar, no run, loud shout for a caught behind, Kohli was excited, but Parthiv says no edge and they decide against a review. Lovely length from Bumrah, short of a good length and in that channel outside off, Elgar was playing from the crease and there was a noise, must have been the bat flicking the pads
9.4
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, AB gets well forward and creams the drive, straight to the fielder at mid-off
9.3
Bumrah to de Villiers, 2 runs, beautifully played, AB is getting a hang of this wicket now. Too straight and on AB's pads, whipped away in front of square on the on-side. Pandya chases, puts in the slide and saves a couple of runs
9.2
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, good comeback from Bumrah, fraction fuller and in that channel outside off, AB was neither forward nor back as he poked at that, lucky not to have edged it
9.1
Bumrah to de Villiers, FOUR, classy from AB, fraction short and wide of off, AB stands tall and punches it square on the off-side, the man in the deep has no chance
8.6
Ashwin to Elgar, no run, tossed up on the middle-stump line, clipped straight to the fielder at mid-wicket
7.5
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, on a good length and well outside off, AB thinks about playing at that, lets it go at the last moment
7.4
Bumrah to Elgar, 1 run, the inside edge this time, Elgar is in a heap of bother, this ball came back in and he was late in getting the bat down, the inside edge rolled past the leg-stump
7.1
Bumrah to de Villiers, no run, the Indians get excited and then Parthiv shakes his head. It's all happening in Centurion, banged in short and angling down the leg-side, AB wasn't in a great position as he went for the pull, missed and the ball clipped the shoulderf on its way to the keeper
7.1
Bumrah to de Villiers, wide, too short and too high, the loopy bouncer from Bumrah, Parthiv has to leap one-handed and he does well to save some runs, called as a wide
6.6
Ashwin to Elgar, no run, slower and on the stumps, Elgar leans forward as he blocks
6.1
Ashwin to de Villiers, no run, flighted just outside off, AB gets across and defends it towards the on-side
5.6
Bumrah to Elgar, no run, short of a good length and holding its line outside off, left alone
5.4
Bumrah to de Villiers, FOUR, that was close, Bumrah though he had AB there, just that a tiny speck of an inside edge saved the batsman. He was shuffling across a long way, this was a low full-toss that dipped in sharply, the inside edge is found and it beats Parthiv to the fence
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