Umesh Yadav took three wickets for India. (Image: Twitter/ICC)
With the win, India also continued their dominance in the purest format of the game as it was their 11th consecutive series win in home Tests.
The three-match Test series against South Africa in 2019 was a series of milestones for Virat Kohli and the men. Team India was absolutely sensational on the field during the three Test matches as they did not give any chance to South Africa to make a comeback in the series. The hosts created history as they enforced a first-ever series whitewash on South Africa against India in the purest format of the game.
India won the first Test between the two sides by 203 runs. What happened after that was pure domination of the Indian side as they won the second Test by an innings and 137 runs. In the third Test, India overtook the visitors by an innings and 202 runs to register their biggest win over the Proteas in Test history.
India started the third test with a mammoth score of 497 runs on the scoreboard. Rohit Sharma was as brilliant as ever with the willow as he opened the innings with Mayank Agarwal scoring 212 runs. Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane also stunned his class by playing an innings of 115 runs.
In reply, South Africa had no answer to the tough questions of the Indian bowlers. India’s bowling unit was lethal and disciplined in their approach as they bundled out the visitors for 162 runs in just 56.2 overs. Zubair Hamza showed some form as he added 62 runs to the scoreboard but no other batsman could even touch 40.
It was a joint effort by the Indian bowlers as Umesh Yadav took three wickets while Mohammed Shami, Shahbaz Nadeem and Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets each. As India managed to enforce the follow-on, Faf du Plessis’s side failed to show any intent in their second batting innings as well.
Batting in the third innings, the visiting nation was bundled out for 133 runs and gave India an easy victory. This time, Shami took three wickets, while Umesh and Nadeem took two. Interestingly, with the win over South Africa, India also continued their dominance in the purest format of the game as it was their 11th consecutive series win in Tests at home.
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