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
Ishant 2-40(17 ov)
77.6
Ishant to Rabada, no run, 137kph, the customary bouncer. And then the customary stare. Never a threat when it is that short and down leg by that much
77.5
Ishant to Rabada, no run, gets it closer to the sticks. Rabada presses forward in a flirt, and it's only a flirt
77.4
Ishant to Rabada, no run, follows it with a wide leave ball. Hits 140kph
77.3
Ishant to du Plessis, 1 run, 120kph. Much slower, but gives Faf all the more time to find his gap and place his drive. Chooses sweeper
77.2
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, 136kph, through the line, with the full bat flow as he drives. And all the elegance gets the ball as far as short cover
77.1
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, 136kph, full, low in defence as he smashes it onto his boot
75.6
Ishant to Maharaj, out Caught by Parthiv Patel!! More of that awkward bounce. More of the edges. And Maharaj finds himself in that same first innings pickle. Sharp bounce up, kicking up off a short of a good length, and it's in that irritating channel just outside off where one has to play. And Maharaj is that one. He pokes, gets it off the splice and has to watch Ishant roar. But it's been one heck of a spell - all effort on a slow deathbed. Maharaj c Parthiv Patel b Ishant 6(8) [4s-1]
75.5
Ishant to Maharaj, no run, 136kph, more down leg. He's tired. So must be Parthiv with all the diving he's had to do. He's not helped by the late reverse either
75.4
Ishant to Maharaj, no run, 137kph, bouncer and then the stare. Maharaj was always sitting under
75.3
Ishant to Maharaj, FOUR, a standing swipe. Friendly full toss down leg and Maharaj gets out a crouched sweep of sorts, and the short boundary behind square does the rest. Was the slower ball gone wrong
75.2
Ishant to Maharaj, no run, 139kph, the stalemate continues. Keshav spots the line starting from quite wide, doesn't bother
75.1
Ishant to Maharaj, no run, 137kph, in that channel, fourth-stumpish. Steered out to point
73.6
Ishant to Maharaj, no run, sprays it down leg. The infielders are interested. And why not. The bat was a long way away
73.5
Ishant to Maharaj, 2 runs, zipping in off the track, Maharaj doesn't waste time. Gets an inside edge on the defence round the corner
73.4
Ishant to Philander, out Caught by Vijay!! It's the end of his patience. The lack of pace, the lack of timing, the lack of runs .. gang up against Philander. Ishant, rises after his fall, digs it in short and is pulled away without control. Hit high on the bat as he swivels. And for a change the ball finds a fielder, and that fielder holds on - at square leg. Yeah, the usual mouthful of colourful language follows. Why bother about I0$of your match fee when you have a 17-crore deal. Philander c Vijay b Ishant 26(85) [4s-2]
73.3
Ishant to Philander, no run, 141kph, soft hands, rolling it carefully to short mid-wicket. Ishant meanwhile is on the floor .. remember the falling giraffe
73.2
Ishant to Philander, no run, 141kph. Skidding on in a hurry. The feet stuck doesn't help as he wafts his bat out, one-handed to keep it off the tummy
73.1
Ishant to Philander, no run, that trademark back of a length that cuts in. Philander covers all of it to nudge it out to leg
71.6
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, 138kph, in the crease, with half a press forward, bat ramped downwards. It's the dead bat
71.5
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, 138kph, sixth-stumpish length-line. Lined up with a shuffle across the stumps for the leave
71.4
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, chipped up. And that's all. I0$ but takes for ever to get to the bat, and Faf's flick is made to wait, lose timing and pop up. Well in front of short mid-wicket
71.3
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, a slapping drive, but the ball sticks into the surface, making him lose timing. A mistime nevertheless to cover
71.2
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, 135kph, holds that channel just outside off. Late reversing tail back in, and that's only going to be enough to trouble the already troubled Parthiv. Faf was never going to interfere
71.1
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, giving the impression of some awkward bounce, in his typically tangled defence as the ball takes the bat sticker in his forward defence
69.6
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, short of length on off, defended
69.5
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, short of length outside off, du Plessis stands in his crease and blocks
69.4
Ishant to Philander, leg byes, 1 run, sliding down, full on the pads, Philander falls over and the ball runs off the pad behind square
69.3
Ishant to Philander, no run, dug in short on the stumps, makes Philander hop and defend it down, Ishant follows through and has a smile at the batsman
69.2
Ishant to Philander, no run, yorker on off, dug out
69.1
Ishant to Philander, no run, short of length on off, Philander gets right behind the line to defend
67.6
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, full on off, du Plessis gets half-forward to dead-bat
67.5
Ishant to Philander, 1 run, short of length into the pads, clipped to long leg
67.4
Ishant to du Plessis, 1 run, short outside off, du Plessis rolls his wrists on that and pulls it down to deep backward square
67.3
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, that has beaten the inside edge and close to chopping it on. Keeps low and du Plessis tries to play an angled-bat dab, misses, goes under the bat too
67.2
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, pitched up outside off, left alone and again Kohli eggs his bowler on
67.1
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, short and down leg, left alone. Look at Kohli's comment to Ishant after that: "bowled yaar, Ishi, beautiful."
65.6
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, good length on the stumps, du Plessis turns it to short mid
65.5
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, short of length on off, du Plessis gets right behind the line to block
65.4
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, down leg, flicks the pad of du Plessis, before bouncing through to Parthiv Patel, who dives and takes
65.3
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, pitches the ball on a good length, on off, moves late and opens du Plessis up slightly, who defends awkwardly to the off-side
65.2
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, what a leg-cutter that is. There was a noise as the ball passed bat, but no edge. Angled in on a good length, pitched outside off and moved away like a leg-break, du Plessis was sucked into the push and the extra bounce beats the bat. Lovely delivery but no dice for Ishant
65.1
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, short of length on off, comfortably blocked off the back foot
63.6
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, back of a length outside off, du Plessis dabs to the left of backward point, no chance of a quick single
63.5
Ishant to Philander, 1 run, back of a length outside off, dabbed down to deep point
63.4
Ishant to du Plessis, 1 run, rolled his fingers across the seam, on a fullish length on off, du Plessis defends with soft hands and the ball runs away to deep point
63.3
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, short of length outside off, du Plessis pushes off the back foot to short cover
63.2
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, a cutter outside off, driven past short cover, but can't beat the man behind him
63.1
Ishant to du Plessis, no run, short of length on off, du Plessis defends off the back foot to cover
37.6
Ishant to Elgar, 1 run, on a good length and in that channel outside off, Elgar plays with an open face and drops it wide of point for a single
37.5
Ishant to Elgar, no run, short of a length and on the stumps, Elgar prods across and defends it back at the bowler
37.4
Ishant to Elgar, no run, on a good length and shaping back into the right-hander, Elgar covers the line, lifts his bat and lets it go
37.3
Ishant to Elgar, FOUR, hard-working fifty for Elgar, it hasn't been pleasing to watch at times, but this is a battling knock. Half-volley outside off, Elgar gets a big stride forward and drills it through cover, no need to run for those
37.2
Ishant to Elgar, no run, Ishant shortens his length outside off, Elgar hops across and defends it towards the off-side
37.1
Ishant to Elgar, no run, fuller length delivery and holding its line outside off, Elgar covers the line and lets it go
35.6
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, short of a good length and just outside off, AB plays close to his body and defends
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
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
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
31.5
Ishant to Elgar, no run, on a good length and in that channel outside off, Elgar leans forward and defends it towards the off-side
31.4
Ishant to de Villiers, 1 run, too straight from Ishant, nudged away behind square on the on-side for a single
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
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
29.5
Ishant to de Villiers, 1 run, first run of the day, AB gets an inside edge on the defensive push and the ball trickles towards square leg, he calls his partner across for a quick single
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
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
15.6
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, comes closer to the sticks with his line and the batsman looks to drive. More of the inner half of the bat makes contact for it to be sent away to mid-wicket
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
15.3
Ishant to de Villiers, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off and de Villiers drops the ball down into the off-side with soft hands to trigger a quick single. Fifty of the partnership comes up as well
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!!
13.6
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, does not over commit with his front foot stride and blocks the ball out into the on-side as the ball bent in a bit
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
13.3
Ishant to Elgar, 2 runs, loose drive attempted and the ball takes the outer half of the bat to dribble away past point. A couple nabbed as the man at point put in the slide to stop it
13.2
Ishant to Elgar, no run, length ball nipping away has been pushed out into the off-side with a short stride
13.1
Ishant to de Villiers, 1 run, steers the length ball away outside off and finds the man at deepish point to eke a single out
11.6
Ishant to de Villiers, no run, full and at the sticks, push-driven to the man at mid-on off the inner half of the bat
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
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