Team India offers ‘Whitewash’ to completely destroy African team in three-match Test series

*Bhushan Garud :* India batted first in the third match, scoring 497 runs. Chasing this challenge, Africa’s first innings was reduced to 162, followed by 133 for a follow-on. India won the series 3-0, winning by an innings and 202 runs.

The failure of the first innings led to the disappointment of follow-on to Africa. In the second innings, Africa did poorly. De Kock, Hamza, Bawuma, Hamza and Klaas were unable to reach double figures. Opener Dean Elgar was retired after being hit by a ball when he was playing well. De Bruyne, who replaced him, took the African batsman in hand and pushed the loss to tomorrow. But the fourth day’s play started and within a few minutes the game was over. De Bruin (30) and Lungi Angidi Nadeem were dismissed for two consecutive balls. Mohammad Shami scored 3, Umesh Yadav and Shahbaz Nadeem 2-2, while Jadeja and Ashwin scored 1-1.

Earlier, playing at 9 for 2, Africa lost 4 in the first session and 4 in the second. The African captain failed in the first innings. He was dismissed for 1 run off 9 balls. Umesh Yadav made his triple jump. Therefore, the situation in Africa was 3 for 16. After that, however, India had to fight for some time to make the fall.

Zubair Hamza, who played in place of the injured Aidan Markram, scored a 91-run partnership with Temba Bavuma. Hamza hit a solid half-century. But he was dismissed for 62. He struck out 10 fours and 1 six. Despite losing 32 runs, Bawuma was dismissed. Heinrich Klassen, who made his Test debut, is back on the cheap. Therefore, at the end of the first session, Africa were 129 for six. George Lind, 37, struggled for some time. But he was not supported by the bottom batsmen. That gave India a lead of 335 runs. In the first innings, Umesh Yadav took 3 wickets while Mohammad Shami, Shahbaz Nadeem and Ravindra Jadeja scored 2-2.