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2nd Test: Ngidi shines on debut as clinical South Africa outclass India by 135 runs, claim series

Lungi Ngidi shines on his debut game with a six-for in the second innings as clinical South Africa outplayed India in the second Test and took an unassailable 2-0 lead.

2nd Test: Ngidi shines on debut as clinical South Africa outclass India by 135 runs, claim series

Centurion, Jan 17: Lungi Ngidi shined on his debut game with a six-for in the second innings as a clinical South Africa outplayed India in the second Test and took an unassailable 2-0 lead here on Wednesday (January 17).

Hosts needed just seven wickets to record yet another convincing win and managed to get them within the first session of the day's play.

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Having set a challenging target of 287, debutant Ngidi performed exceptionally well to bundle the visitors out for 151 in their second innings. None of the Indian batsmen showed resistance in front of a disciplined bowling attack from the hosts.

Cheteshwar Pujara (19) was the first Indian wicket to perish in the day and rest of the batsmen kept following him.

Rohit Sharma, however, played valiant innings of 47 runs but his departure due to a stunning catch from AB de Villiers it proved out to be the final nail in the coffin.

Rest of the Indian wickets to fall in the day were of Parthiv Patel (19), Hardik Pandya (6), R Ashwin (3), Mohammad Shami (28), Jasprit Bumrah (2). Ishant Sharma was the last man standing for 4*.

With this defeat, Virat Kohli has suffered his first Test series defeat as a captain and India's 9-Test unbeaten streak has come to an end.

Earlier on Tuesday, India were reduced to 26/3 by the South African pace battery and their hopes of squaring the series off were all but punctured on the penultimate day itself.

The tourists were reeling at 35/3 at stumps on the fourth day of the match with the dismissal of their most important batsman i.e. Virat Kohli back. Kohli added just five runs to his account before he was removed by Ngidi.

Coming out to defend a target of 287, Vernon Philander gave the hosts their first breakthrough by removing opener Murali Vijay for 9.

Later, debutant Lungi Ngidi gave the opponents two quick jolts by getting KL Rahul caught at point for 4 and later hunted the big fish in Kohli down by trapping the Indian skipper in front of the stumps.

The 21-year-old pacer, playing at his home ground, got teary-eyed after getting Kohli's wicket in his debut game. It has been a good outing for the youngster so far, who has replaced injured Dale Steyn.

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Indians now face an uphill task of coming back strongly in the third Test that starts from January 24 and win it to at least take some positives from this series.

Story first published: Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 18:28 [IST]
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