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South Africa Secures Series Win With A 7-wicket Victory In Cape Town
By CricShots - Jan 14, 2022 7:04 pm
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Team India was expected to seal their first series win in South Africa after a thumping 113-run victory over the Dean Elgar-led side in Centurion. However, despite being 1 down in the series, the hosts made a strong comeback and pulled off a spectacular result, sealing a 2-1 series victory by chasing down 212 in the tense Cape Town Test.

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Rassie van der Dussen and Temba Bavuma sealed the game for South Africa

South Africa registered a formidable seven-wicket win in the second session of Day 4 as the young Keegan Petersen played one of his best knocks amid the DRS controversy at Newlands. Petersen defied the conditions and played beautifully for his career-best score from 113 balls before he was dismissed by Shardul Thakur.

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The top-order batter for South Africa finishes the series as the leading run-scorer with 276 in six innings, providing the hosts some solidity in the number three position that has been missing for some time. While South Africa needed 111 runs to win, India was in search of eight wickets in their quest to script history in the rainbow nation.

Keegan Petersen and Rassie van der Dussen stitched a 54-run stand for the third wicket before Thakur got rid of Petersen in the first session, but van der Dussen and Temba Bavuma stood their ground till lunch. Petersen’s wicket gave Team India some hope and they tried to exploit the conditions with some superb seam bowling on a spiteful Newlands pitch.

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South Africa registered a memorable series win

However, Rassie van der Dussen and Bavuma made sure that the Proteas did not suffer any further setback as the SA duo finished the job in the afternoon session on a difficult, seaming wicket. Virat Kohli lost his cool once again on Friday when the Indian team believed they had Van der Dussen caught behind off seamer Mohammed Shami, though the pacer himself showed no interest and returned to his mark.

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For the unversed, South Africa is the only nation where India is yet to record a Test series win. As the current Proteas side had been struggling in Test cricket, many backed the Virat Kohli-led side to upset Dean Elgar’s men in the rainbow nation. India’s series triumph looked even more inevitable after they won the first Test by 113 runs.

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