India Struggles on Day โค5, Trails by 459 asโค south Africa Press for Victory
Centurion, South Africa -โ India reached tea on Day โ5 of theโข second Test against South Africaโข at 90-5, still a monumental 459 runs shy of their target. Despite a determined partnership between Ravindra Jadeja and Sai Sudharsan, theโ Proteas’ spin attack, led byโ Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer, continues to dominate,โ leaving India battling to โavoidโฃ defeat and salvage a draw. SCORECARD
The morning session saw South Africa โclaim three crucial wickets, steadilyโข tightening their โgrip on the match. Harmer provedโฃ particularlyโข effective, addingโ to his wicket tally. jadeja (23 off 40 balls) has shown positive intent, utilizing sweep shots to accumulate runs, including a boundary through square leg for two. โฃSudharsan, however, has adopted a more cautiousโข approach, scoring 14 off 138 balls.
A close leg โbefore appeal against Jadeja wasโฃ turned down, with the Proteas opting not to review despite โฃindications the ball was heading down the leg side.โฃ Later,aโค length delivery from Harmerโ narrowly missed the stumps and raced through to the wicketkeeper for two byes.โฃ
The sixth-wicket pairโ have added 32 runs in 94 balls, a vital but slow accumulation as time runs out for theโ visitors. โSouth Africa’sโ change in bowling, bringing in Aiden Markram โto replace Maharaj,โ hasn’t โคeased the pressure on โฃthe Indian batsmen. With two sessions remaining,โค Indiaโค faces a significant challengeโค to โฃbat out the remaining overs and โsecure a โdraw, particularly given the increasingly favorable conditions forโ the South African spinners.