The Indian Test skipper, Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat frost in the third and final match of the series against South Africa at Newland in Cape Town. The Indian openers, KL Rahul (12) and Mayank Agarwal (15), who displayed brilliant batting performance in the first two Tests of the ongoing Test series, departed early in the first session.
Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara anchored the innings in the first session after India was reeling at 33/2 in the first session on Day 1 of the Cape Town Test. Pujara (43) looked confident with the bat, but the middle-order batsman fell to Marco Jansen in the 38th over. Ajinkya Rahane, who walked out to bat after the dismissal of Pujara, could manage only nine runs and be dismissed cheaply.
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During the 52nd over of the India batting innings, there was a huge caught-behind appeal against Virat Kohli off Duanne Oliver’s ball, and the Proteas wicket-keeper looked confident on it. The slow-motion replays confirmed a gap between the ball and bat, but the snicko was showing a little spike, eventually, Kohli was declared not out as the ball went towards the keeper after kissing Kohli’s pads. Soon after the decision, the Indian captain was seen having a chat with the opposition players.
Here is the video of the incident:
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While talking about the match, India eventually got bundled out for 223 with Virat Kohli playing a captain’s knock of 79, but he fell short of partners and missed the chance of scoring his 71st century. Earlier in the day, India captain, Kohli won the toss and opted to bat first. For South Africa, Kagiso Rabada picked up four wickets while Marco Jansen took three wickets, and Duanne Olivier, Lungi Ngidi, and Keshav Maharaj picked up a scalp each.
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During the toss, Virat Kohli said they have made a couple of changes as Hanuma Vihari and Mohammed Siraj made way for captain and Umesh Yadav respectively. On the other hand, South African skipper, Dean Elgar said they have made no changes to their playing 11 as compared to the second Test which they win by 7 wickets.
