India and South Africa battled each other in the 1st 5-Day Test at Mohali, India, and it was supposed to run from 5 to 9 November 2015.
India won the toss and elected to bat 1st.
South Africa made some early inroads and after 35 Overs India was on 97 / 3. Dean Elgar hit again twice in quick succession, with India reeling at 102 / 5.
At Drinks on Day 1 India were on 116 / 5 and 41 Overs had been bowled in the day. At Tea on Day 1 India was on 168 / 7 after 55 Overs. India were ALL OUT for 201, off 68 Overs on Day 1, with 20 or so Overs left in the Day.
South Africa lost their 1st and 2nd wickets with only 9 runs on the board. At Stumps on Day 1, SA was at 28 / 2.
South Africa was bowled out after 68 Overs, for 184, still 17 runs short of India’s 1st Innings.
India started their 2nd Innings in Session 2 of Day 2, and lost their 1st wicket with their score on 9.
At Tea on Day 2 India was on 13 / 2, 7 Overs into their 2nd innings. Quite some time after play resuming a very sharp catch saw the 2nd Indian wicket fall on 95 / 2. India were on 125 / 2 at Stumps on Day 2, having withstood 40 Overs of bowling.
India were eventually all out for 200 runs on Day 3, after 75.3 Overs, setting South Africa a target of 218 for a win.
On Day 3 South Africa never came near the total and fell 108 runs short, all out for a measly 109 runs.
India:
- 1st Innings: 201 All Out (68 Overs)
- 2nd Innings: 200 All Out (75.3 Overs)
South Africa:
- 1st Innings: 184 All Out (68 Overs)
- 2nd Innings: 109 All Out (39.5 Overs)
India won by 108 runs
Freedom Trophy – 1st Test
Test no. 2186 | 2015 / 2016 season
Played at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
5 – 9 November 2015 (5-day match)
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Vijay | lbw b Harmer | 75 | 203 | 136 | 12 | 0 | 55.14 | |
| S Dhawan | c Amla b Philander | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| CA Pujara | lbw b Elgar | 31 | 87 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 46.96 | |
| V Kohli* | c Elgar b Rabada | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| AM Rahane | c Amla b Elgar | 15 | 67 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 31.25 | |
| WP Saha† | c Amla b Elgar | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| RA Jadeja | lbw b Philander | 38 | 112 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 41.30 | |
| A Mishra | c Steyn b Elgar | 6 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| R Ashwin | not out | 20 | 75 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 47.61 | |
| UT Yadav | b Imran Tahir | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| VR Aaron | b Imran Tahir | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 1, nb 3) | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 68 overs; 298 mins) | 201 | (2.95 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Dhawan, 1.4 ov), 2-63 (Pujara, 21.4 ov), 3-65 (Kohli, 22.2 ov), 4-102 (Rahane, 37.6 ov), 5-102 (Saha, 39.1 ov), 6-140 (Vijay, 46.4 ov), 7-154 (Mishra, 50.5 ov), 8-196 (Jadeja, 66.2 ov), 9-201 (Yadav, 67.3 ov), 10-201 (Aaron, 67.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 11 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 2.72 | 55 | 4 | 0 | ||
| VD Philander | 15 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 2.53 | 75 | 6 | 0 | ||
| SR Harmer | 14 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 3.64 | 61 | 9 | 0 | ||
| K Rabada | 10 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 3.00 | 46 | 4 | 0 | (3nb) | |
| D Elgar | 8 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 2.75 | 32 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Imran Tahir | 10 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 2.30 | 47 | 1 | 0 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Elgar | c Jadeja b Ashwin | 37 | 151 | 123 | 2 | 0 | 30.08 | |
| S van Zyl | lbw b Ashwin | 5 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 21.73 | |
| F du Plessis | b Jadeja | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HM Amla* | st †Saha b Ashwin | 43 | 147 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 44.32 | |
| AB de Villiers | b Mishra | 63 | 116 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 75.90 | |
| DJ Vilas† | c Jadeja b Ashwin | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| VD Philander | c Rahane b Jadeja | 3 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| SR Harmer | lbw b Mishra | 7 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 28.00 | |
| DW Steyn | st †Saha b Jadeja | 6 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| K Rabada | not out | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Imran Tahir | c Pujara b Ashwin | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 7, nb 1) | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 68 overs; 274 mins) | 184 | (2.70 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (van Zyl, 6.4 ov), 2-9 (du Plessis, 8.2 ov), 3-85 (Elgar, 37.4 ov), 4-105 (Amla, 45.2 ov), 5-107 (Vilas, 45.6 ov), 6-136 (Philander, 54.3 ov), 7-170 (Harmer, 62.4 ov), 8-179 (Steyn, 65.5 ov), 9-179 (de Villiers, 66.3 ov), 10-184 (Imran Tahir, 67.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Ashwin | 24 | 5 | 51 | 5 | 2.12 | 112 | 5 | 0 | ||
| UT Yadav | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2.00 | 30 | 2 | 0 | ||
| VR Aaron | 8 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2.25 | 35 | 1 | 0 | ||
| RA Jadeja | 18 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 3.05 | 79 | 6 | 0 | (1nb) | |
| A Mishra | 12 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 2.91 | 53 | 3 | 0 |
| India 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Vijay | c sub (T Bavuma) b Imran Tahir | 47 | 133 | 105 | 6 | 0 | 44.76 | |
| S Dhawan | c de Villiers b Philander | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| CA Pujara | c Amla b Imran Tahir | 77 | 220 | 153 | 6 | 1 | 50.32 | |
| V Kohli* | c †Vilas b van Zyl | 29 | 92 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 40.84 | |
| AM Rahane | c sub (T Bavuma) b Harmer | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| WP Saha† | c †Vilas b Imran Tahir | 20 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 34.48 | ||
| RA Jadeja | lbw b Harmer | 8 | 23 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| A Mishra | c du Plessis b Harmer | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| R Ashwin | c Amla b Imran Tahir | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| UT Yadav | b Harmer | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| VR Aaron | not out | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | ||
| Extras | (b 9, lb 1) | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 75.3 overs) | 200 | (2.64 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Dhawan, 2.3 ov), 2-95 (Vijay, 33.1 ov), 3-161 (Kohli, 55.5 ov), 4-164 (Pujara, 57.1 ov), 5-164 (Rahane, 58.3 ov), 6-178 (Jadeja, 64.6 ov), 7-182 (Mishra, 66.4 ov), 8-185 (Ashwin, 69.1 ov), 9-188 (Yadav, 70.2 ov), 10-200 (Saha, 75.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VD Philander | 12 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 1.91 | 61 | 2 | 0 | |
| SR Harmer | 24 | 5 | 61 | 4 | 2.54 | 109 | 8 | 0 | |
| D Elgar | 7 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 4.85 | 26 | 5 | 0 | |
| Imran Tahir | 16.3 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 2.90 | 69 | 2 | 1 | |
| K Rabada | 12 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 1.58 | 63 | 3 | 0 | |
| S van Zyl | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1.25 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 218 runs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Elgar | c Kohli b Aaron | 16 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 34.04 | |
| VD Philander | lbw b Jadeja | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| F du Plessis | c Rahane b Ashwin | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| HM Amla* | b Jadeja | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AB de Villiers | b Mishra | 16 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 88.88 | |
| S van Zyl | c Rahane b Ashwin | 36 | 82 | 6 | 0 | 43.90 | |
| DJ Vilas† | b Jadeja | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 31.81 | |
| SR Harmer | c Rahane b Jadeja | 11 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 36.66 | |
| DW Steyn | c Vijay b Ashwin | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| K Rabada | not out | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| Imran Tahir | lbw b Jadeja | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 5, w 1) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 39.5 overs) | 109 | (2.73 runs per over) | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Philander, 1.1 ov), 2-9 (du Plessis, 2.2 ov), 3-10 (Amla, 3.5 ov), 4-32 (de Villiers, 9.5 ov), 5-45 (Elgar, 16.4 ov), 6-60 (Vilas, 23.6 ov), 7-102 (Harmer, 35.1 ov), 8-102 (van Zyl, 36.2 ov), 9-105 (Steyn, 38.2 ov), 10-109 (Imran Tahir, 39.5 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Ashwin | 14 | 5 | 39 | 3 | 2.78 | 66 | 5 | 0 | ||
| RA Jadeja | 11.5 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 1.77 | 57 | 2 | 0 | ||
| A Mishra | 8 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 3.25 | 32 | 3 | 0 | ||
| VR Aaron | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.00 | 16 | 0 | 0 | (1w) | |
| UT Yadav | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
Match details
Series – India led the 4-match series 1-0
Player of the match – RA Jadeja (India)
TV umpire – VA Kulkarni
Match referee – JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire – AK Chaudhary
Nice, South Africa gets another wicket!!
India now on 102 / 4
And another India wicked falls… Dean Elgar already has 3 wickets!
India 102 / 5
Almost a bit of a relief or a change of scenery to have a bit of Cricket here on Rugby-Talk.com in place of the regular Rugby.
After the Rugby World Cup one could sense that tensions were running a bit high with some of the frustrated bloggers… and of course it is heading towards the end of the year, where everybody is in dire need of some holiday time and some relaxation.
Dangerman Vijay also out, India 140 / 6
Blomme doing exceptionally well!
@ grootblousmile:
Hi GBS
How are things kicking?
Just got out of hospital after a Deep Vein Thrombosis that decided it preferred to be in the lung as well as the leg!
I can see I’m going to have to have a serious look at how I work and what type of work I choose to do.
I may need some advise on things like mobile comm’s and connectivity etc.
Is it ok if I send you a mail?
5 @ Scrumdown:
Jeeez brother, you must look after yourself!
Just glad you are OK now.
Of course you can send me mail or phone me, you are most, most welcome!
Hopefully the Ama-Blomme can take the last 3 wickets rather quickly…
At present still 32 Overs left in the day.
Wicket!
Dadeja out, LBW from the bowling of Philander!
India 196 / 8
66.2 overs done in the Day
Another wicket, Imran Tahir clean bowls Yadav!
India 201 / 9
And the last wicket falls!
India all out for 201
Is the pitch taking spin?
11 @ robzim:
Looks like it, seems to be turning sharply every so often, I am only following with 1 eye every so often.
Dean Elgar got 4 wickets and Imran Tahir got 2 wickets… so the spinners did bloody well.
Could be a very difficult wicket to bat on, on Day 4 & 5.
So, the Blomme should make their 1st Innings really count!
No complaints about the Blomme’s bowling dicipline.
Quite a new-looking Ama-Blomme team, considering.
Rabada, Dean Elgar, Vilas, Harmer & Stiaan van Zyl not exactly Test Cricketers with a long reputation… but maybe some new rejuvination was needed.
@ grootblousmile:
Right, thanks.. I cannot watch at moment but based on the low score and fact that spinners took so many wickets on the first day i was wondering whether it has not something to do with the pitch. Going to be interesting to see if our batsmen can handle their spinners.
15 @ robzim:
India started their bowling spell with a Spinner to bowl the 1st over, so the pitch must me a difficult one.
Opening batsmen for the Proteas are Dean Elgar & Stiaan van Zyl… hope they fire and get used to the pitch quickly… had a nervous 1st 2 overs, if you ask me.
SA 6 / 0 after 4 overs
Strange darker rough areas (big dark square strip each side) on each respective side of the pitch already… so no doubt this is going to be a bowlers heaven pitch and not a belter of a pitch
The Proteas were firmly behind the Springboks during the Rugby World Cup, so it’s only right we return the favour and really support them!
1st Wicket falls, Van Zyl… LBW
SA 9 / 1
Faf du Plessis in at No 3
Freegin hell, looks like this is going to be a very low-scoring Test match.
Yip, there is serious turn from Dadeja… his 1st ball turned very sharply.
2nd Wicket falls… Faf de Klerk out.
SA 9 / 2
Amla now in at No 4
Good thing the Proteas managed to avoid the follow on … 🙂
SA 28 / 2 at Stumps, Day 1
26 @ Angostura:
An astute observation.
grootblousmile wrote:
Ahh so that is why he wasn’t selected for the Sevens rugby
Pakistan got a big win in the 3rd test against England, winning by 127 runs and so the series 2-0.
Three ducks in England 2nd innings and Anderson also had 0 although he was not out in the end.
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