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11/24 06:28 CST Marco Jansen's 6-48 helps South Africa to commanding 314-run
lead over India in 2nd cricket test
Marco Jansen's 6-48 helps South Africa to commanding 314-run lead over India in
2nd cricket test
GUWAHATI, India (AP) --- Marco Jansen took 6-48 in a dominating display to help
South Africa to a 314-run lead over India in the second cricket test on Monday.
India was limited to 201 runs in its first-innings response to South Africa's
489 on day three. The Proteas then extended their lead by opting not to enforce
the follow-on as Aiden Markram (12) and Ryan Rickelton (13) put on 26-0 in
eight overs before stumps.
Jansen's burst was the third-best bowling figures for a South African pacer in
India, and the fourth best for a left-arm pacer overall. It combined with Simon
Harmer's 3-64 to collapse the top of the Indian order in a heap on either side
of tea.
"There is nice pace and bounce in the wicket," Jansen said. "Once we saw the
bounce, we wanted to realize it. I think the spinners did a good job early on
and I am lucky to cash in. We thought we were going to field for at least two
days. I took off steam last evening (after missing a test hundred), and today
was as about doing a job for my team."
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was India's top scorer with 58 runs with Washington
Sundar adding 48.
India's Atleast Jaiswal and Lokesh Rahul put up a fight in the first hour of
play by adding 65 runs off 129 balls before Keshav Maharaj (1-29) struck in the
22nd over with Rahul caught at slip.
Harmer followed by dismissing Jaiswal in the 33rd over with a delivery that
bounced a little more than the opener expected with Jansen taking a low catch
at backward point. Sai Sudharsan then never appeared comfortable against spin,
and was caught at midwicket two overs later playing a rash stroke to Harmer.
Jansen then struck for the first time before tea with Dhruv Jurel out for an
11-ball duck after being promoted to number four in the absence of injured
Shubman Gill.
India slid from 95-1 to 102-4 in the space of 19 deliveries before the tea
break. It didn't get any better in the second session as stand-in skipper
Rishabh Pant was caught behind almost immediately, leaving India 105-5.
Nitish Reddy (10) was caught at gully, with a bounce from Jansen surprising him
as Markram took a stunning one-handed catch. Jadeja was then caught in the
cordon for six runs as Jansen's burst of four wickets left India struggling at
122-7.
Overall, across the tea break, India had lost six wickets for 27 runs in just
11.1 overs.
Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav then brought a bit of stability by scoring 72 runs
over 208 deliveries. But Harmer got the breakthrough in the 79th over, with
Sundar caught at slip. Jansen then returned to dismiss Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah
quickly and finish off a hapless Indian batting performance.
Jansen had scored 97 runs in South Africa's first innings -- only the third
visiting player to achieve the double of 50 runs and a five-wicket haul in the
same test in India.
World test champion South Africa leads the two-test series after winning the
opener in Kolkata by 30 runs. The Proteas are chasing a first test series win
on Indian soil since 2000-01.
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