India v South Africa 4th Test Match Scorcard, Results, 2015 South Africa Tour of India 4th Test Match at Delhi Highlights

Freedom Trophy - 4th Test

India v South Africa

Result: India won by 337 runs

• Freedom Trophy - 4th Test
• Test no. 2191 | 2015/16 season
• Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
• 3,4,5,6,7 December 2015 (5-day match)

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India 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
M Vijay	c Amla b Piedt	12	84	59	0	0	20.33
S Dhawan	lbw b Piedt	33	130	85	4	0	38.82
CA Pujara	b Abbott	14	52	37	1	1	37.83
V Kohli*	c †Vilas b Piedt	44	73	62	7	0	70.96
AM Rahane	c de Villiers b Imran Tahir	127	304	215	11	4	59.06
RG Sharma	c Imran Tahir b Piedt	1	14	6	0	0	16.66
WP Saha†	b Abbott	1	14	15	0	0	6.66
RA Jadeja	c Elgar b Abbott	24	74	59	3	0	40.67
R Ashwin	c de Villiers b Abbott	56	184	140	6	1	40.00
UT Yadav	not out	10	52	30	2	0	33.33
I Sharma	lbw b Abbott	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, w 1, nb 3)	12
Total	(all out; 117.5 overs; 499 mins)	334	(2.83 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-30 (Vijay, 16.2 ov), 2-62 (Dhawan, 28.5 ov), 3-66 (Pujara, 29.6 ov), 4-136 (Kohli, 46.6 ov), 5-138 (RG Sharma, 50.1 ov), 6-139 (Saha, 53.5 ov), 7-198 (Jadeja, 72.4 ov), 8-296 (Rahane, 104.5 ov), 9-334 (Ashwin, 117.3 ov), 10-334 (I Sharma, 117.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
M Morkel	24	5	58	0	2.41	118	8	0	(1nb, 1w)
KJ Abbott	24.5	7	40	5	1.61	126	4	0	(1nb)
DL Piedt	38	6	117	4	3.07	173	12	4	(1nb)
Imran Tahir	16	2	66	1	4.12	62	6	2
D Elgar	11	0	33	0	3.00	44	3	0
JP Duminy	4	0	12	0	3.00	16	1	0

South Africa 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c †Saha b Yadav	17	71	50	2	0	34.00
T Bavuma	b Jadeja	22	91	55	3	0	40.00
HM Amla*	c †Saha b Jadeja	3	44	34	0	0	8.82
AB de Villiers	c I Sharma b Jadeja	42	120	78	5	0	53.84
F du Plessis	c Rahane b Jadeja	0	8	2	0	0	0.00
JP Duminy	b Yadav	1	13	8	0	0	12.50
DJ Vilas†	b I Sharma	11	28	21	1	0	52.38
KJ Abbott	lbw b Ashwin	4	7	6	1	0	66.66
DL Piedt	c Rahane b Jadeja	5	17	18	0	0	27.77
M Morkel	not out	9	21	17	0	0	52.94
Imran Tahir	c sub (KL Rahul) b Ashwin	1	4	9	0	0	11.11
Extras	(b 5, nb 1)	6
Total	(all out; 49.3 overs; 220 mins)	121	(2.44 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-36 (Elgar, 14.3 ov), 2-40 (Bavuma, 19.6 ov), 3-56 (Amla, 25.6 ov), 4-62 (du Plessis, 27.6 ov), 5-65 (Duminy, 30.6 ov), 6-79 (Vilas, 36.4 ov), 7-84 (Abbott, 37.5 ov), 8-103 (Piedt, 42.5 ov), 9-118 (de Villiers, 46.6 ov), 10-121 (Imran Tahir, 49.3 ov)

owling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
I Sharma	12	5	28	1	2.33	60	4	0	(1nb)
UT Yadav	12	3	32	2	2.66	58	4	0
R Ashwin	13.3	5	26	2	1.92	62	1	0
RA Jadeja	12	2	30	5	2.50	53	3	0

India 2nd innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
M Vijay	c †Vilas b Morkel	3	15	0	0	20.00
S Dhawan	b Morkel	21	86	2	0	24.41
RG Sharma	b Morkel	0	1	0	0	0.00
CA Pujara	b Imran Tahir	28	79	3	0	35.44
V Kohli*	lbw b Abbott	88	165	10	0	53.33
AM Rahane	not out	100	206	8	3	48.54
WP Saha†	not out	23	51	3	0	45.09
Extras	(lb 2, nb 2)	4
Total	(5 wickets dec; 100.1 overs)	267	(2.66 runs per over)

Did not bat RA Jadeja, R Ashwin, UT Yadav, I Sharma

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Fall of wickets 1-4 (Vijay, 4.6 ov), 2-8 (RG Sharma, 6.1 ov), 3-53 (Dhawan, 28.6 ov), 4-57 (Pujara, 31.1 ov), 5-211 (Kohli, 85.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
M Morkel	21	6	51	3	2.42	103	5	1	(1nb)
KJ Abbott	22	9	47	1	2.13	112	8	0
DL Piedt	18	1	53	0	2.94	74	5	0
Imran Tahir	26.1	4	74	1	2.82	110	6	1	(1nb)
D Elgar	13	1	40	0	3.07	51	2	1

South Africa 2nd innings (target: 481 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c Rahane b Ashwin	4	16	17	1	0	23.52
T Bavuma	b Ashwin	34	153	117	4	1	29.05
HM Amla*	b Jadeja	25	289	244	3	0	10.24
AB de Villiers	c Jadeja b Ashwin	43	354	297	6	0	14.47
F du Plessis	lbw b Jadeja	10	120	97	1	0	10.30
JP Duminy	lbw b Ashwin	0	15	12	0	0	0.00
DJ Vilas†	b Yadav	13	60	50	2	0	26.00
KJ Abbott	b Yadav	0	10	7	0	0	0.00
DL Piedt	c †Saha b Yadav	1	13	11	0	0	9.09
M Morkel	b Ashwin	2	9	6	0	0	33.33
Imran Tahir	not out	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 3)	11
Total	(all out; 143.1 overs; 525 mins)	143	(0.99 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-5 (Elgar, 3.6 ov), 2-49 (Bavuma, 42.4 ov), 3-76 (Amla, 84.5 ov), 4-111 (du Plessis, 119.6 ov), 5-112 (Duminy, 124.2 ov), 6-136 (Vilas, 138.5 ov), 7-136 (de Villiers, 139.1 ov), 8-140 (Abbott, 140.6 ov), 9-143 (Piedt, 142.5 ov), 10-143 (Morkel, 143.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
I Sharma	20	12	23	0	1.15	111	4	0
R Ashwin	49.1	26	61	5	1.24	267	7	1
RA Jadeja	46	33	26	2	0.56	262	3	0
UT Yadav	21	16	9	3	0.42	120	1	0
S Dhawan	3	1	9	0	3.00	15	2	0
M Vijay	2	0	2	0	1.00	10	0	0
V Kohli	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0
CA Pujara	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0

MATCH DETAILS

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Toss - India, who chose to bat
Series - India won the 4-match series 3-0
Player of the match - AM Rahane (India)
Player of the series - R Ashwin (India)
Umpires - HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and BNJ Oxenford (Australia)
TV umpire - CK Nandan
Match referee - JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire - AK Chaudhary
Close of play

• Thu, 3 Dec - day 1 - India 1st innings 231/7 (AM Rahane 89*, R Ashwin 6*, 84 ov)
• Fri, 4 Dec - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 121
• Sat, 5 Dec - day 3 - India 2nd innings 190/4 (V Kohli 83*, AM Rahane 52*, 81 ov)
• Sun, 6 Dec - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 72/2 (HM Amla 23*, AB de Villiers 11*, 72 ov)
• Mon, 7 Dec - day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 143 (143.1 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

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• New ball taken at 80.1 overs
• Drinks: South Africa - 80/3 in 89.0 overs (AB de Villiers 17, F du Plessis 0)
• Lunch: South Africa - 94/3 in 107.0 overs (AB de Villiers 26, F du Plessis 2)
• South Africa: 100 runs in 108.5 overs (653 balls), Extras 3
• Drinks: South Africa - 112/4 in 124.0 overs (AB de Villiers 36, JP Duminy 0)
• Tea: South Africa - 136/5 in 138.0 overs (AB de Villiers 43, DJ Vilas 13)