Triumph in Cape Town: India First Asian Nation to Secure Victory with Tricolor Hoisted !!

Cape Town’s Newlands ground is considered the impregnable fort of South Africa, just as Brisbane’s Gabba ground is considered the fort of Australia. There is one common thing about both these venues and that is that Team India has done the work of breaking the pride of the hosts at both these places. The Cape Town Test ended in just one and a half days, and South Africa’s invincible chariot against Asian teams on this ground also came to a halt. Team India hoisted the tricolor flag in Cape Town after registering a seven-wicket win against South Africa and also became the first country in Asia to beat South Africa in Test cricket on the grounds of Cape Town. South Africa has played a total of 60 test matches on this ground, out of which it has won 27, while it has faced defeat in 22, and 11 matches have been drawn.

Australia, New Zealand, and England have defeated South Africa on this ground before, but no Asian team has been able to defeat South Africa on this ground before. A total of 642 balls were bowled during this test match. This was the shortest Test match in terms of balls bowled in any completed Test match. During this match, both the teams together scored a total of 464 runs, this is the lowest number of runs scored by two teams in two innings in any completed Test match.

Talking about the match, India lost the toss and South Africa decided to bat first. South Africa was all out for 55 runs in the first innings, in response India scored 153 runs in the first innings. India’s score at one time was 153 runs for four wickets and the last six wickets fell without adding a single run to the score. South Africa scored 176 runs in the second innings. India achieved the target of 79 runs only by losing three wickets.