India captain Virat Kohli made a resolute 79 but the Proteas bowlers dominated the first day of the series-deciding third Test against India at Newlands.
England hung on for a gripping draw with just one wicket left in the fourth Ashes Test in Sydney on Sunday to deny Australia a 4-0 series lead.
The Proteas have played to somewhere close to their potential and beaten an elite opponent. Now they need to find a method to replicate that potency, writes Ryan Vrede.
Dean Elgar has revealed what he said to Kagiso Rabada after the opening day of the Wanderers Test, which helped to bring the best out of the Proteas fast bowler.
Captain Dean Elgar hit a superb 96* to guide South Africa to an emphatic seven-wicket win in the second Test against India at the Wanderers, which levels the three-match series at 1-1.
Proteas captain Dean Elgar led his team’s quest for a series-levelling win against India on the third day of the second Test at the Wanderers.
A career-best performance by Shardul Thakur enabled India to fight back on the second day of the second Test against the Proteas at the Wanderers.
Four years after impressing India captain Virat Kohli as a net bowler, Marco Jansen produced a destructive spell of bowling for South Africa on the first day of the second Test at the Wanderers.
SABC general manager for sport Gary Rathbone has explained Radio 2000’s decision not to cover the Test series between the Proteas and India.
Proteas captain Dean Elgar says his players have turned a stream of “bad news” about the country’s cricket into an advantage by forming a strong bond within their dressing room.