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India vs South Africa, 1st Test Score Updates, Day 5 Highlights: India thump South Africa by 113 runs, take 1-0 lead in three-match series
Superb bowling by an attack that can pick 20 wickets in a Test match anywhere in the world. Congratulations to… https://t.co/BA7hoDoxID
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) 1640864651000Began the year with great resilience at Sydney , followed by an incredible win at the Gabba, the Lord's win was spe… https://t.co/qTWCuriYeL
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) 1640863654000Great win to end what has been a great year for the team! 🇮🇳 Onto the next challenge! 👍 #IndVsSA #teamindia… https://t.co/DpLTtJrVhH
— cheteshwar pujara (@cheteshwar1) 1640864095000The #WTC23 standings after India’s win in the first #SAvIND Test 👀 https://t.co/rNyK8GKRgs
— ICC (@ICC) 1640862910000First step towards the history! Well done team India for winning the first test match of the series. #KLRahul… https://t.co/HG4Q7qksmU
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) 1640862244000Congratulations team India. Very well played. A historic win for India as they record their first Test series sweep… https://t.co/dVHIoB7ulE
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) 1640862618000Congratulations to #TeamIndia on a fabulous victory at Centurion despite a day being washed out due to rain. 2021… https://t.co/lbUHFmVi3n
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) 1640863041000Virat wasn’t there in Gabba. And he wasn’t missed. Rohit wasn’t there in Centurion. And he wasn’t missed. Speaks… https://t.co/bqXTdMVmks
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) 1640863094000Started the year with Gabba and ending it with Centurion! Congratulations for the historic Test win #TeamIndia. Wha… https://t.co/fx7bu62R0c
— DK (@DineshKarthik) 1640863469000The grit and determination - I really wanted to get my team off to a good start. On a challenging pitch the opening partnership is crucial. Really happy with my performance. Don't think I've made too many technical changes. It's about my mindset, how calm and disciplined I am. It's all coming nicely now. Discipline I've shown has been the biggest contribution for me in performing away from home. It's something I'm proud of (his overseas hundreds). Kept us in the park a little less (Shami). Fast bowling unit has shown a lot of heart, not just today but the last few years. Happy with the way Shami bowled and the way other guys chipped in as well. Shami gets the ball to do a little bit extra as Virat said. Very very special coming to SA. This win gives us a lot of confidence. Want to keep getting better as an individual and try to win another Test in few days time.
India opener and vice captain KL Rahul
Got off to the perfect start. Have to understand one day was washed out - shows how well we played. It's always a difficult place to play against SA (Centurion). The discipline that the batters showed. Winning the toss, batting first overseas is a tough challenge. Credit to Mayank and KL the way they set it up. We knew we were in pole position with anything over 300-320. Knew the bowlers will do the job. Spoke about it in the change room - the fact he didn't bowl much in the first innings, it allowed SA to get around 40 more runs (Bumrah). Just the way these guys bowl together has been a hallmark of our team getting a result in difficult situations. Absolutely world class talent (Shami). For me he's in the best three seamers in the world at the moment. His strong wrist, his seam position and his ability to hit a length consistently. Got so much confidence out of Johannesburg last time. It's a ground we love playing at.
India skipper Virat Kohli
Obviously not a nice thing knowing we lost a Test here. Did a few things wrong. Lot of positives coming out that we can use in the next two. Always the nature here. Always going to be tough because the wicket's playing slower (first morning). Indian openers did the fundamentals right. We didn't quite execute the lengths well. After some good chats our bowlers executed the lengths and restricted India to what we thought was a par score. New ball is something you have to get through playing here. Can't emphasise enough on the hard work our bowlers put in to get 20 wickets. Our batters let us down. I'd say the batting was the difference between the two sides. We'll have a little sit-down with myself and the management to strategise. Didn't do a lot of wrong things. Not all doom and gloom for us. We strive under the pressure which is a positive for us.
South Africa skipper Dean Elgar
#TeamIndia go 1-0 up in the series with their first ever Test win at Centurion. #SAvIND https://t.co/DB68dMunHL
— BCCI (@BCCI) 1640862586000
