IND vs. SA: After ten years away, Indian fast bowlers Bumrah and Siraj accomplished a significant feat
Jasprit Bumrah has taken five or more wickets in an innings for the third time in South Africa. In this matter, he equalled Javagal Srinath. Apart from this, he became the third-highest wicket-taker for India in South Africa.
Thanks to the lethal bowling of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, India achieved a spectacular victory in Cape Town. They defeated South Africa by seven wickets and drew the series 1-1. For Team India, Siraj took six wickets in the first innings and Bumrah took the responsibility in the second innings. He did not allow the South African batsmen to survive. This has happened for India after 10 years in a Test when two fast bowlers of the team took six wickets each on a foreign ground.
For India, only once before had two fast bowlers taken six or more wickets in a Test on foreign soil. Ishant Sharma grabbed seven wickets in the second innings of the 2014 Lord's match against England, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar claimed six wickets in the opening session. That match was won by Team India by 95 runs.
For the third time in South Africa, Jasprit Bumrah has claimed five or more wickets in a single innings. He was on par with Javagal Srinath in this regard. Other than this, he rose to become India's third-highest wicket-taker in South Africa. He claimed 38 wickets. 43 wickets have been taken by Srinath, and 45 by Anil Kumble.
In the first innings, Siraj claimed six wickets for fifteen runs. His bowling was so good that the South African team was bowled out for a mere 55 runs. Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Tony De Georgi, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreyen, and Marco Janssen had all been fired by Siraj. Six of the top seven batters in South Africa had been removed by him. Bumrah had taken six wickets in the second innings for 61 runs at the same time. He demolished the middle and lower classes of South Africa. Tristan Stubbs, Bedingham, Verreyen, Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, and Lungi Ngidi were all fired by Bumrah.
After winning the toss, South African captain Dean Elgar chose to bat first. His choice turned out to be incorrect. The South African side was only able to muster 55 runs in the opening innings. India went all out for 153 runs after that. On the first day of the actual contest, both sides' first innings concluded. The hosts scored 173 runs in the second innings of the game on the second day of play. India achieved the target of 79 runs in this manner. At the expense of three wickets, he succeeded.
