India v South Africa 3rd Test Match Scorcard, Results, 2015 South Africa Tour of India 3rd Test Match at Nagpur Highlights

Freedom Trophy - 3rd Test

India v South Africa

Result: India won by 124 runs

• Freedom Trophy - 3rd Test
• Test no. 2189 | 2015/16 season
• Played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
• 25,26,27,28,29 November 2015 (5-day match)

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India 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
M Vijay	lbw b Morkel	40	84	3	1	47.61
S Dhawan	c & b Elgar	12	23	2	0	52.17
CA Pujara	lbw b Harmer	21	43	2	0	48.83
V Kohli*	c †Vilas b Morkel	22	55	2	0	40.00
AM Rahane	b Morkel	13	25	0	1	52.00
RG Sharma	c de Villiers b Harmer	2	28	0	0	7.14
WP Saha†	c Duminy b Harmer	32	106	4	0	30.18
RA Jadeja	b Rabada	34	54	6	0	62.96
R Ashwin	b Imran Tahir	15	44	1	0	34.09
A Mishra	lbw b Harmer	3	9	0	0	33.33
I Sharma	not out	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	(b 15, lb 3, w 2, nb 1)	21
Total	(all out; 78.2 overs)	215	(2.74 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-50 (Dhawan, 13.6 ov), 2-69 (Vijay, 21.2 ov), 3-94 (Pujara, 30.1 ov), 4-115 (Rahane, 37.2 ov), 5-116 (Kohli, 39.2 ov), 6-125 (RG Sharma, 46.2 ov), 7-173 (Jadeja, 63.6 ov), 8-201 (Saha, 72.6 ov), 9-215 (Ashwin, 77.6 ov), 10-215 (Mishra, 78.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
M Morkel	16.1	7	35	3	2.16	85	7	0	(1nb)
K Rabada	17	8	30	1	1.76	90	3	0	(2w)
SR Harmer	27.2	2	78	4	2.85	119	5	2
D Elgar	4	0	7	1	1.75	17	0	0
Imran Tahir	12.5	1	41	1	3.19	51	4	0
JP Duminy	1	0	6	0	6.00	3	1	0

South Africa 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	b Ashwin	7	36	35	1	0	20.00
S van Zyl	c Rahane b Ashwin	0	14	7	0	0	0.00
Imran Tahir	b Jadeja	4	11	12	1	0	33.33
HM Amla*	c Rahane b Ashwin	1	15	10	0	0	10.00
AB de Villiers	c & b Jadeja	0	11	6	0	0	0.00
F du Plessis	b Jadeja	10	21	20	1	0	50.00
JP Duminy	lbw b Mishra	35	72	65	1	2	53.84
DJ Vilas†	b Jadeja	1	18	15	0	0	6.66
SR Harmer	b Ashwin	13	19	10	2	0	130.00
K Rabada	not out	6	23	17	1	0	35.29
M Morkel	c & b Ashwin	1	5	2	0	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 1)	1
Total	(all out; 33.1 overs; 127 mins)	79	(2.38 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-4 (van Zyl, 3.1 ov), 2-9 (Imran Tahir, 6.5 ov), 3-11 (Elgar, 9.5 ov), 4-12 (Amla, 11.1 ov), 5-12 (de Villiers, 12.3 ov), 6-35 (du Plessis, 16.6 ov), 7-47 (Vilas, 22.2 ov), 8-66 (Harmer, 27.2 ov), 9-76 (Duminy, 32.1 ov), 10-79 (Morkel, 33.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
I Sharma	2	1	4	0	2.00	11	1	0
R Ashwin	16.1	6	32	5	1.97	79	3	0
RA Jadeja	12	3	33	4	2.75	57	2	2
A Mishra	3	0	9	1	3.00	13	1	0

India 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
M Vijay	c Amla b Morkel	5	19	15	1	0	33.33
S Dhawan	c †Vilas b Imran Tahir	39	120	78	6	0	50.00
CA Pujara	b Duminy	31	57	45	5	0	68.88
V Kohli*	c du Plessis b Imran Tahir	16	49	30	2	0	53.33
AM Rahane	c Duminy b Imran Tahir	9	14	13	1	0	69.23
RG Sharma	c Elgar b Morkel	23	77	39	1	1	58.97
WP Saha†	c Amla b Imran Tahir	7	16	13	1	0	53.84
RA Jadeja	b Harmer	5	4	6	1	0	83.33
R Ashwin	lbw b Morkel	7	22	22	1	0	31.81
A Mishra	b Imran Tahir	14	29	18	2	0	77.77
I Sharma	not out	1	4	3	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 8, lb 5, nb 3)	16
Total	(all out; 46.3 overs; 210 mins)	173	(3.72 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-8 (Vijay, 4.2 ov), 2-52 (Pujara, 17.3 ov), 3-97 (Dhawan, 26.5 ov), 4-102 (Kohli, 28.1 ov), 5-108 (Rahane, 30.3 ov), 6-122 (Saha, 34.1 ov), 7-128 (Jadeja, 35.3 ov), 8-150 (Ashwin, 41.4 ov), 9-171 (RG Sharma, 45.4 ov), 10-173 (Mishra, 46.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
M Morkel	10	5	19	3	1.90	49	2	0
SR Harmer	18	3	64	1	3.55	75	6	1
K Rabada	5	1	15	0	3.00	25	3	0	(1nb)
JP Duminy	2	0	24	1	12.00	5	5	0	(1nb)
Imran Tahir	11.3	2	38	5	3.30	50	5	0	(1nb)

South Africa 2nd innings (target: 310 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	lbw b Ashwin	18	68	58	1	1	31.03
S van Zyl	c RG Sharma b Ashwin	5	30	29	0	0	17.24
Imran Tahir	lbw b Mishra	8	12	7	2	0	114.28
HM Amla*	c Kohli b Mishra	39	219	167	2	0	23.35
AB de Villiers	lbw b Ashwin	9	18	21	1	0	42.85
F du Plessis	b Mishra	39	185	152	3	1	25.65
JP Duminy	lbw b Ashwin	19	50	44	2	0	43.18
DJ Vilas†	c †Saha b Ashwin	12	45	16	1	0	75.00
SR Harmer	not out	8	29	24	0	0	33.33
K Rabada	c Kohli b Ashwin	6	17	17	1	0	35.29
M Morkel	b Ashwin	4	6	8	1	0	50.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 5, nb 4)	18
Total	(all out; 89.5 overs; 344 mins)	185	(2.05 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-17 (van Zyl, 7.4 ov), 2-29 (Imran Tahir, 11.1 ov), 3-40 (Elgar, 17.5 ov), 4-58 (de Villiers, 23.4 ov), 5-130 (Amla, 69.6 ov), 6-135 (du Plessis, 71.5 ov), 7-164 (Duminy, 81.1 ov), 8-167 (Vilas, 81.6 ov), 9-177 (Rabada, 87.4 ov), 10-185 (Morkel, 89.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
I Sharma	15	6	20	0	1.33	79	1	0	(4nb)
R Ashwin	29.5	7	66	7	2.21	145	6	1
RA Jadeja	25	12	34	0	1.36	130	2	1
A Mishra	20	2	51	3	2.55	90	5	0

MATCH DETAILS

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Toss - India, who chose to bat
Series - India led the 4-match series 2-0
Player of the match - R Ashwin (India)
Umpires - IJ Gould (England) and BNJ Oxenford (Australia)
TV umpire - AK Chaudhary
Match referee - JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire - C Shamshuddin
Close of play

• Wed, 25 Nov - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 11/2 (D Elgar 7*, HM Amla 0*, 9 ov)
• Thu, 26 Nov - day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 32/2 (D Elgar 10*, HM Amla 3*, 14 ov)
• Fri, 27 Nov - day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 185 (89.5 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

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• South Africa: 50 runs in 20.6 overs (127 balls), Extras 6
• Drinks: South Africa - 71/4 in 31.0 overs (HM Amla 15, F du Plessis 5)
• South Africa: 100 runs in 40.2 overs (246 balls), Extras 14
• Lunch: South Africa - 105/4 in 45.0 overs (HM Amla 28, F du Plessis 23)
• 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 138 balls (HM Amla 25, F du Plessis 23, Ex 3)
• Drinks: South Africa - 126/4 in 64.0 overs (HM Amla 38, F du Plessis 32)
• South Africa: 150 runs in 75.5 overs (459 balls), Extras 16
• Tea: South Africa - 151/6 in 76.0 overs (JP Duminy 15, DJ Vilas 2)
• New ball taken at 80.1 over