India Vs South Africa, 1st Test: Proteas Script Historic 30-Run Win At Eden Gardens
Simon Harmer claimed four wickets in the fourth innings to help South Africa beat India by 30 runs in the first Test at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on Sunday. Chasing a 124-run target on Day 3, India could manage only 93/9 with captain Shubman Gill unavailable with a neck injury. In the low-scoring match, the Temba Bavuma-led ICC World Test Championship holders conceded 30 runs, interestingly, in the first innings, but India failed to capitalise on the lead and lost a home Test match to the Proteas for the first time in 15 years. The second and final Test in Guwahati is scheduled for November 22 to 26.
South Africa's captain Temba Bavuma bats on the third day of the first cricket test match between India and South Africa in Kolkata, India. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
South Africa's Corbin Bosch hits a boundary on the third day of the first cricket test match between India and South Africa in Kolkata, India. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
India's Jasprit Bumrah reacts after bowling a delivery to South Africa's captain Temba Bavuma on the third day of the first cricket test match between India and South Africa in Kolkata, India. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
South Africa's Simon Harmer, left, watches as batting partner and captain Temba Bavuma celebrates after scoring fifty runs on the third day of the first cricket test match between India and South Africa in Kolkata, India. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
India's Mohammed Siraj celebrates the dismissal of South Africa's Keshav Maharaj on the third day of the first cricket test match between India and South Africa in Kolkata, India. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
South Africa's Marco Jansen celebrates the dismissal of India's Yashasvi Jaiswal on the third day of the first cricket test match between India and South Africa in Kolkata, India. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
India's Dhruv Jurel hits a boundary on the third day of the first cricket test match between India and South Africa in Kolkata, India. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
India's Dhruv Jurel, right, and batting partner Washington Sundar leave the field for lunch on the third day of the first cricket test match between India and South Africa in Kolkata, India. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
Groundsmen use brooms to remove dust from the pitch during the lunch break on the third day of the first cricket test match between India and South Africa in Kolkata, India. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
India's Washington Sundar, right, bats on the third day of the first cricket test match between India and South Africa in Kolkata, India. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
India's Rishabh Pant bats on the third day of the first cricket test match between India and South Africa in Kolkata, India. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
India's Ravindra Jadeja, right, plays a shot on the third day of the first cricket test match between India and South Africa in Kolkata, India. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
India's Washington Sundar, left, and batting partner Ravindra Jadeja run between the wickets to score on the third day of the first cricket test match between India and South Africa in Kolkata, India. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
South Africa's Simon Harmer prepares to bowl his next delivery on the third day of the first cricket test match between India and South Africa in Kolkata, India | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
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