During the first innings of the ongoing second Test between India and South Africa on Monday in Johannesburg, Duanne Olivier scalped the wickets of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane in his successive deliveries in the 24th over. With the dismissal of Rahane, Olivier also claimed the 50th wicket of his Test career.
After winning the toss, the stand-in Indian skipper, KL Rahul decided to bat first in the second Test match. Virat Kohli has missed the game owing to an upper back spasm. Thus in his absence, KL Rahul has been given the responsibility to lead the side. Hanuma Vihari on the other hand made the cut in place of Kohli.
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KL Rahul has become India’s 34th captain in Tests while Jasprit Bumrah was named his deputy in Kohli’s absence. India has already taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series with a phenomenal performance at the Supersport Park in Centurion. However, with Virat Kohli being unavailable for the second Test due to an upper back spasm, a lot of people were expecting Shreyas Iyer to get into the playing XI.
After Mayank Agarwal departed with 26 runs to his account, India suffered two quick wickets in Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara. Both the experienced batters failed to make a larger impact on the game as they walked back to the pavilion rather cheaply.
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Rahul and Hanuma Vihari was looking strong in the middle and provided some stability to the team’s batting unit before Kagiso Rabada sent the latter back to the pavilion.
Here are the videos of the wickets of Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara:
https://twitter.com/LoduLal02410635/status/1477942184335020035?s=20
https://twitter.com/LoduLal02410635/status/1477942480737734657?s=20
Here is how the fans reacted the dismissals:
Duanne Olivier is the Second fastest to completed 50 Test Wickets in terms of Balls since 20th Century. #INDvsSA
— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh) January 3, 2022
https://twitter.com/cric_cheems/status/1477942173827944452?s=20
https://twitter.com/GryllidaeC/status/1477942088553611265?s=20
Don't judge Olivier based on Pujara and Rahane's wickets. These guys make everyone look good. #SAvIND#AskStar
— Vimal Dubey (@Vimal__Dubey) January 3, 2022
https://twitter.com/anuragsupadhyay/status/1477942006970150912?s=20
I can see Olivier getting 7. It'll be the fairytale return he dreamed of
— Matt 🔰 (@mxttmiller) January 3, 2022
