Visakhapatnam: The first Test match is being played between India and South Africa at the Rajasekhara Reddy Stadium. Today is the fourth day of this test match. India put South Africa on 431 runs in the first innings. In this way, South Africa fell by 71 runs from India's first innings. Now the Indian team has started batting in their second innings. Till tea, India has scored 175 runs in 48 overs at the loss of one wicket. Rohit Sharma (72) and Cheteshwar Pujara (74) are present at the crease. In this way, Team India now has a 246-run lead over South Africa. In the second innings, India's first wicket fell as Mayank Agarwal.
Mayank, who hit a brilliant double century in the first innings, was dismissed just before lunch by Keshav Maharaj. Mayank Agarwal hit a four off the fifth ball of the eighth over of the innings, but on the next ball, he caught a simple catch to Faf du Plessis in the slip on a personal score of seven runs. After this, Cheteshwar Pujara, who came to the crease, took over the team with opener Rohit Sharma. Both players have completed their fifties and are fast moving towards the century. On the fourth day, South Africa started playing ahead of their old score of 385/8.
Muthswamy and Keshav Maharaj returned unbeaten on the third day and started playing with the help of Indian bowlers that soon Ashwin got India out for the first success of the fourth day. Kagiso Rabada and Muthaswamy, who came to bat after Keshav's dismissal, added 35 runs for the last wicket and the South African team scored on the board, but once again Ashwin returned to the attack and dismissed Rabada for LBW. Aged 431 runs. Ashwin took a total of seven wickets for 145 runs in this innings.
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