KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami Star In India's 113-run Win Over South Africa In 1st Test In Centurion
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India vs South Africa 1st Test: India beat South Africa by 113 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
India's once-in-a-generation pace unit destroyed a listless South Africa with its relentless attack to fashion an emphatic 113-run win in the first Test here on Thursday, setting the team on the path towards an elusive series-victory in the Rainbow nation. The 2021 started with India breaching the Fortress Gabba Down Under and it couldn't have been a better end as they have now brought down Supersport Park which has been a Proteas' citadel for the longest time.
The target of 305 on a track with a lot of uneven bounce was always out of question for a South African unit that is low on quality and the script unfolded as per the narrative set. The home team folded for 191 in 68 overs to give India a 1-0 lead in three-match series.
Such was the command of Indian pacers that they even took rain out of equation despite one full day being lost.
It was pity to see South Africa, that boasted of some great names of the yore, couldn't even post 200 runs in the both the innings with skipper Dean Elgar's 77 off 156 balls not exactly being a saving grace.
Quinton de Kock will be missing from the line-up from the next Test as he will be on paternity leave and it will certainly make it easier for India to claim their first series win in South Africa since they first toured here in 1992.
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