The first Test match between South Africa and India was resulted on to Nail-Biting Draw. Both sides performed well and eye witnessed of highly anticipated test match at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.
India will look to win the final match when the second test gets underway at Kingsmead, Durban on Boxing Day. Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time 08:30 GMT
During the final day of the first test, South Africa were chasing 458 run to win at Johannesburg, but it was resulted as a Draw. Here are the stats of the first test match.
1st Innings
India 280
Virat Kohli 119, Ajinkya Rahane 47
Vernon Philander 4 for 61
South Africa 244
Graeme Smith 68, Vernon Philander 59
Ishant Sharma 4 for 79 and Zaheer Khan 4 for 88
2nd Innings
India 421
Cheteshwar Pujara 153, Virat Kohli 96
Jacques Kallis 3 for 68
South Africa 450 for 7
Faf du Plessis 134, AB de Villiers 103
Mohammed Shami 3 for 107
So, now we are heading towards the second test match of the two-match test series.
The Venue – Kingsmead, Durban
India have won only 1 of the last 4 test matches at Durban in which India won by 87 runs in 2010.
The Betting, to win the 2nd Test Match
India are the favouritres at the time of the current situation at BetFred.
The Verdict
Although, South Africa have great batsman with the likes of Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers, the indian batting line-up is quite promising, where they have Pujara and Kohli who can bat till the end of the day and make some good strokes with their bat. It’s hard to make a win for the hosts and the scope of draws is still high according to the previous records.
If South Africa lose their early wickets of Amla, Kallis and Plessis then India could stop them to score big. However, I think the India have the capability to beat the Hosts by an Innings.
Bet: India to win, BetFred.
