SA vs India 2nd Test: South African Batsmen Find Super Siraj Too Hot To Handle

Wednesday morning in Cape Town belonged to Mohammed Siraj as he rattled the South African batters with his 6-wicket haul to bundle out hosts for 55 in the second Test at the Newlands.

A spell of 6/15 from Siraj in 9 overs completely outplayed the hosts.

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It was Siraj's first five-wicket haul in South Africa and third overall.

He took crucial wickets of Markram, Dean Elgar, Tony de Zorzi, David Bedingham, the dangerous Marco Jansen and Kyle Verreynne.

Pace and swing does the job

Siraj swung the ball right from the word go. In the fourth over, Yashasvi Jaiswal took a brilliant catch at third slip to eliminate Aiden Markram off Siraj's delivery.

The 29-year-old fast bowler hit a solid length ball around off stump that sprang up. David Bedingham attempted to defend by popping the ball off the bat to the slip, where Jaiswal took a good catch.

A stunning delivery that is both beautiful in form and length. In an attempt to defend, Jansen edged the ball with late movement, resulting in a straightforward catch for KL Rahul.

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Siraj's magical spell was completed with a whole ball outside off. Siraj's sixth wicket came in his ninth over, when Verreynne attempted to drive and was caught by a second slip off the outside edge.

Lowest total for proteas

South Africa¡¯s paltry total was its lowest since being readmitted to the test arena in 1991.

The proteas lost wickets at frequent intervals after opting to bat first. In addition to Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah and Mukesh Kumar each grabbed two wickets.

For South Africa, Kyle Verreynne scored 15 while David Bedingham scored 12.

Brief score: South Africa 55 (Kyle Verreynne 15, David Bedingham 12; Mohammed Siraj 6-15) vs India.

With ANI Inputs