Pandya falls for a duck, India 7 down
January 24, 2018  19:48


India 163-8 (68 ovs) vs SA | Scorecard

The wickets are falling pretty quickly after tea. Morkel comes back for a new spell and strikes in the first over of his new spell.

Parthiv flashes hard at a wide delivery but only manages the edge and is caught behind for two.

In the next over, Pandya gives his wicket away with another reckless shot.

He goes for a wild slog across the line on the leg side but gets a top edge and wicketkeeper de Kock completes a good catch running behind.

Pandya falls for a duck as India slip to 144 for seven, losing three wickets from the last 12 balls.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets off the mark in positive fashion, throwing his bat at a wide one to get a boundary through the covers.

He goes hard after the next ball, short and wide outside the off-stump, but is beaten. Bhuvi steers the last ball past point for a couple of runs.

Morkel bowls a cracking delivery to Shami, short and on the body as the batsman tries to fend it awkwardly but the ball falls safely on the off-side.

Shami looks to slash a short ball but he fails to get hold of it and he somehow manages to clear the fielder placed halfway down to the thirdman fence.

Shami taking a few risks. He plays another wild shot and is unable to make proper connection as the ball falls short of the fielder on the leg side.

In the next over, Shami guides Morkel square on the off-side for two runs and then takes a single.

Morkel gets Bhuvneshwar to edge one but it goes in the gap between the slips for a boundary.

Philander comes back and strikes with the wicket of Shami, who looks for  big hit down the ground but is caught at mid-off for eight.

India in danger of being bowled out before 200 as they are reduced to 163 for eight in 68 overs.
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