wtc145 f61932 t2520	South Africa v India
	ICC World Test Championship 2023 to 2025 India in South Africa 2023/24 (1st Test)
Venue	SuperSport Park, Centurion on 26th, 27th, 28th December 2023 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to field
Result	South Africa won by an innings and 32 runs
Points	South Africa 12; India -2 (slow over-rate -2)
Umpires	PR Reiffel (Australia), L Rusere (Zimbabwe)
TV umpire	Ahsan Raza (Pakistan)
Referee	BC Broad (England)
Reserve Umpire	SD Harris
Close of play day 1	India (1) 208/8 (Rahul 70*, Siraj 0*; 59 overs)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 256/5 (Elgar 140*, Jansen 3*; 66 overs)
Player of the Match	D Elgar

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
YB Jaiswal	c Verreynne b Burger	17	37	40	4	-	32
*RG Sharma	c Burger b Rabada	5	14	20	1	-	12
S Gill	c Verreynne b Burger	2	12	29	-	-	10
V Kohli	c Verreynne b Rabada	38	64	96	5	-	48
SS Iyer	b Rabada	31	50	67	3	1	36
+KL Rahul	b Burger	101	137	199	14	4	100
R Ashwin	c sub (PWA Mulder) b Rabada	8	11	13	2	-	9
SN Thakur	c Elgar b Rabada	24	33	56	3	-	21
JJ Bumrah	b Jansen	1	19	37	-	-	18
M Siraj	c Verreynne b Coetzee	5	22	54	-	-	20
PM Krishna	not out	0	8	10	-	-	8
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Sharma, 4.6 ov), 2-23 (Jaiswal, 9.4 ov), 3-24 (Gill, 11.1 ov), 4-92 (Iyer, 26.6 ov), 5-107 (Kohli, 30.6 ov), 6-121 (Ashwin, 34.6 ov), 7-164 (Thakur, 46.2 ov), 8-191 (Bumrah, 54.3 ov), 9-238 (Siraj, 65.1 ov), 10-245 (Rahul, 67.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Rabada	20	4	59	5	-	1	97	10	1
Jansen	16	2	52	1	-	-	74	6	1
Burger	15.4	4	50	3	1	-	78	9	1
Coetzee	16	1	74	1	1	-	64	7	2

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
AK Markram	c Rahul b Siraj	5	17	19	1	-	15
D Elgar	c Rahul b Thakur	185	287	425	28	-	203
T de Zorzi	c Jaiswal b Bumrah	28	62	108	5	-	53
KD Petersen	b Bumrah	2	7	9	-	-	6
DG Bedingham	b Siraj	56	87	137	7	2	64
+K Verreynne	c Rahul b Krishna	4	7	9	1	-	6
M Jansen	not out	84	147	202	11	1	106
GW Coetzee	c Siraj b Ashwin	19	18	19	2	1	10
K Rabada	b Bumrah	1	9	5	-	-	8
N Burger	b Bumrah	0	20	34	-	-	20
*T Bavuma	absent hurt
Extras	(13 lb, 9 nb, 2 w)	24
Total	(all out, 108.4 overs)	408
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Markram, 3.5 ov), 2-104 (de Zorzi, 28.6 ov), 3-113 (Petersen, 30.2 ov), 4-244 (Bedingham, 60.1 ov), 5-249 (Verreynne, 61.5 ov), 6-360 (Elgar, 94.5 ov), 7-391 (Coetzee, 99.1 ov), 8-392 (Rabada, 100.5 ov), 9-408 (Burger, 108.4 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Bumrah	26.4	5	69	4	-	-	129	10	-
Siraj	24	1	91	2	1	3	102	13	-
Thakur	19	2	101	1	-	5	78	14	2
Krishna	20	2	93	1	1	1	87	14	2
Ashwin	19	6	41	1	-	-	88	4	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
YB Jaiswal	c Verreynne b Burger	5	18	22	1	-	16
*RG Sharma	b Rabada	0	8	10	-	-	8
S Gill	b Jansen	26	37	49	6	-	29
V Kohli	c Rabada b Jansen	76	82	137	12	1	55
SS Iyer	b Jansen	6	12	18	1	-	10
+KL Rahul	c Markram b Burger	4	24	33	1	-	23
R Ashwin	c Bedingham b Burger	0	1	1	-	-	1
SN Thakur	c Bedingham b Rabada	2	8	11	-	-	7
JJ Bumrah	run out (Elgar->Rabada)	0	5	8	-	-	5
M Siraj	c Verreynne b Burger	4	5	8	1	-	4
PM Krishna	not out	0	5	11	-	-	5
Extras	(2 lb, 6 w)	8
Total	(all out, 34.1 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Sharma, 2.5 ov), 2-13 (Jaiswal, 5.3 ov), 3-52 (Gill, 13.6 ov), 4-72 (Iyer, 17.5 ov), 5-96 (Rahul, 25.5 ov), 6-96 (Ashwin, 25.6 ov), 7-105 (Thakur, 28.3 ov), 8-113 (Bumrah, 30.2 ov), 9-121 (Siraj, 31.5 ov), 10-131 (Kohli, 34.1 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Rabada	12	3	32	2	1	-	59	4	-
Burger	10	3	33	4	1	-	50	7	-
Jansen	7.1	1	36	3	-	-	32	7	-
Coetzee	5	0	28	0	-	-	22	4	1

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> Day 1 Lunch: India (1) 91/3 (Kohli 33*, Iyer 31*; 26 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: India (1) 176/7 (Rahul 39*, Bumrah 0*; 50 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: South Africa (1) 49/1 (Elgar 29*, de Zorzi 12*; 16 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: South Africa (1) 194/3 (Elgar 115*, Bedingham 32*; 49 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: South Africa (1) 392/7 (Jansen 72*, Rabada 1*; 100 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: India (2) 62/3 (Kohli 18*, Iyer 6*; 16 overs)
--> India first innings: 50 in 15.5 overs
--> India first innings: 100 in 29.2 overs
--> India first innings: 150 in 41.1 overs
--> India first innings: 200 in 57.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 50 in 18.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 100 in 27.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 150 in 39.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 200 in 50.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 250 in 62.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 300 in 78.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 350 in 90.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 400 in 102.5 overs
--> India second innings: 50 in 13.3 overs
--> India second innings: 100 in 27.3 overs
--> PM Krishna made his debut in Test matches
--> DG Bedingham made his debut in Test matches
--> N Burger made his debut in Test matches
--> SN Thakur made his last appearance in Test matches
--> KL Rahul (1) 50 in 80 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes
--> KL Rahul (1) 100 in 133 balls with 14 fours and 4 sixes
--> D Elgar (1) 50 in 79 balls with 10 fours
--> D Elgar (1) 100 in 140 balls with 19 fours
--> D Elgar (1) 150 in 228 balls with 24 fours
--> D Elgar (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> DG Bedingham (1) 50 in 80 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes
--> DG Bedingham (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> M Jansen (1) 50 in 87 balls with 7 fours
--> M Jansen (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in Test matches
--> V Kohli (2) 50 in 61 balls with 8 fours and 1 six
--> V Kohli (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> DG Bedingham made his debut for South Africa in First-Class matches
--> S Gill made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> S Gill made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> YB Jaiswal made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> YB Jaiswal made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> SS Iyer made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> V Kohli (26) and SS Iyer (23) added 50 in 71 balls for the India 4th wicket in the first innings
--> D Elgar (33) and T de Zorzi (16) added 50 in 93 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> D Elgar (30) and DG Bedingham (21) added 50 in 71 balls for the South Africa 4th wicket in the first innings
--> D Elgar (49) and DG Bedingham (41) added 100 in 138 balls for the South Africa 4th wicket in the first innings
--> D Elgar (23) and M Jansen (25) added 50 in 102 balls for the South Africa 6th wicket in the first innings
--> D Elgar (43) and M Jansen (55) added 100 in 169 balls for the South Africa 6th wicket in the first innings

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India 1st innings
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (V Kohli 26, SS Iyer 23)
Over 11.1: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - L Rusere, Batter - Shubman Gill (decision overturned)
Over 60.6: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - Mohammed Siraj (decision upheld)
Over 61.6: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - L Rusere, Batter - Mohammed Siraj (decision upheld)
Over 65.1: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - L Rusere, Batter - Mohammed Siraj (decision upheld)
South Africa 1st innings
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 93 balls (D Elgar 33, T de Zorzi 16)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (D Elgar 30, DG Bedingham 21)
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 138 balls (D Elgar 49, DG Bedingham 41)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 102 balls (D Elgar 23, M Jansen 25)
6th Wicket: 100 runs in 169 balls (D Elgar 43, M Jansen 5)
Over 12.5: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - D Elgar (decision upheld)
Over 61.5: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - L Rusere, Batter - K Verreynne (decision overturned)
Over 94.5: Review by South Africa (Batting), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - D Elgar (decision upheld)
India 2nd innings
Over 31.5: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - Mohammed Siraj (decision overturned)