India v South Africa 4th Test

South Africa tour of India - 2015 (2015/16) · Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi · 3 December 2015

India won by 337 runs

India won by 337 runs. Ajinkya Rahane top-scored with 127 for India. Ravindra Jadeja took 5/30.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: South Africa tour of India - 2015 (2015/16)
Ground: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi (then Feroz Shah Kotla)
Dates: 3 December 2015 to 7 December 2015
Toss: India, chose to bat
Result: India won by 337 runs
Player of the match: Ajinkya Rahane
Captains: Virat Kohli (India), Hashim Amla (South Africa)
Umpires: BNJ Oxenford and HDPK Dharmasena
Match referee: JJ Crowe

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

India won the toss and chose to bat.

India batted first and made 334 all out. Ajinkya Rahane top-scored with 127 off 215 balls, and Ravichandran Ashwin made 56. Kyle Abbott took 5 for 40 for South Africa.

South Africa replied with 121 all out. AB de Villiers top-scored with 42 off 78 balls. Ravindra Jadeja took 5 for 30 for India. From 56 for 3 they lost 4 wickets for 28 runs, to 84 for 7. India led by 213 on first innings.

India made 267 for 5 declared in their second innings. Ajinkya Rahane top-scored with 100 not out off 206 balls, and Virat Kohli made 88. Morne Morkel took 3 for 51 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 154-run stand for the fifth wicket between Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, 58% of the total.

Set 481 to win, South Africa made 143 all out. AB de Villiers top-scored with 43 off 297 balls. Ravichandran Ashwin took 5 for 61 for India. From 111 for 4 they lost 4 wickets for 29 runs, to 140 for 8.

India won by 337 runs. It is the largest victory by runs at Arun Jaitley Stadium across the 35 Tests in our archive.

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 334 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Murali Vijay	c Hashim Amla b Dane Piedt	12	59
Shikhar Dhawan	lbw b Dane Piedt	33	85
Cheteshwar Pujara	b Kyle Abbott	14	37
Virat Kohli	c Dane Vilas b Dane Piedt	44	62
Ajinkya Rahane	c AB de Villiers b Imran Tahir	127	215
Rohit Sharma	c Imran Tahir b Dane Piedt	1	6
Wriddhiman Saha	b Kyle Abbott	1	15
Ravindra Jadeja	c Dean Elgar b Kyle Abbott	24	59
Ravichandran Ashwin	c AB de Villiers b Kyle Abbott	56	140
Umesh Yadav	not out	10	30
Ishant Sharma	lbw b Kyle Abbott	0	2

Extras 12 · Total 334 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Morne Morkel	24	5	58	0
Kyle Abbott	24.5	7	40	5
Dane Piedt	38	6	117	4
Imran Tahir	16	2	66	1
Dean Elgar	11	0	33	0
Jean-Paul Duminy	4	0	12	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-30 (Murali Vijay, 16.2 ov), 2-62 (Shikhar Dhawan, 28.5 ov), 3-66 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 29.6 ov), 4-136 (Virat Kohli, 46.6 ov), 5-138 (Rohit Sharma, 50.1 ov), 6-139 (Wriddhiman Saha, 53.5 ov), 7-198 (Ravindra Jadeja, 72.4 ov), 8-296 (Ajinkya Rahane, 104.5 ov), 9-334 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 117.3 ov), 10-334 (Ishant Sharma, 117.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Shikhar Dhawan (16) and Murali Vijay (12)	30	100
second	Shikhar Dhawan (17) and Cheteshwar Pujara (14)	32	76
third	Cheteshwar Pujara (0) and Virat Kohli (4)	4	7
fourth	Virat Kohli (40) and Ajinkya Rahane (30)	70	102
fifth	Rohit Sharma (1) and Ajinkya Rahane (1)	2	19
sixth	Ajinkya Rahane (0) and Wriddhiman Saha (1)	1	22
seventh	Ravindra Jadeja (24) and Ajinkya Rahane (31)	59	113
eighth	Ravichandran Ashwin (28) and Ajinkya Rahane (65)	98	193
ninth	Ravichandran Ashwin (28) and Umesh Yadav (10)	38	76
tenth	Ishant Sharma (0) and Umesh Yadav (0)	0	2

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 121 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Dean Elgar	c Wriddhiman Saha b Umesh Yadav	17	50
Temba Bavuma	b Ravindra Jadeja	22	55
Hashim Amla	c Wriddhiman Saha b Ravindra Jadeja	3	34
AB de Villiers	c Ishant Sharma b Ravindra Jadeja	42	78
Faf du Plessis	c Ajinkya Rahane b Ravindra Jadeja	0	2
Jean-Paul Duminy	b Umesh Yadav	1	8
Dane Vilas	b Ishant Sharma	11	21
Kyle Abbott	lbw b Ravichandran Ashwin	4	6
Dane Piedt	c Ajinkya Rahane b Ravindra Jadeja	5	18
Morne Morkel	not out	9	17
Imran Tahir	c KL Rahul b Ravichandran Ashwin	1	9

Extras 6 · Total 121 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Ishant Sharma	12	5	28	1
Umesh Yadav	12	3	32	2
Ravichandran Ashwin	13.3	5	26	2
Ravindra Jadeja	12	2	30	5

FALL OF WICKETS

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

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dean Elgar (17) and Temba Bavuma (19)	36	87
second	Hashim Amla (1) and Temba Bavuma (3)	4	33
third	Hashim Amla (2) and AB de Villiers (13)	16	37
fourth	AB de Villiers (6) and Faf du Plessis (0)	6	12
fifth	Jean-Paul Duminy (1) and AB de Villiers (2)	3	18
sixth	AB de Villiers (3) and Dane Vilas (11)	14	34
seventh	AB de Villiers (1) and Kyle Abbott (4)	5	7
eighth	AB de Villiers (13) and Dane Piedt (5)	19	30
ninth	AB de Villiers (4) and Morne Morkel (7)	15	25
tenth	Imran Tahir (1) and Morne Morkel (2)	3	15

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 267 FOR 5 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Murali Vijay	c Dane Vilas b Morne Morkel	3	15
Shikhar Dhawan	b Morne Morkel	21	86
Rohit Sharma	b Morne Morkel	0	1
Cheteshwar Pujara	b Imran Tahir	28	79
Virat Kohli	lbw b Kyle Abbott	88	165
Ajinkya Rahane	not out	100	206
Wriddhiman Saha	not out	23	51

Did not bat: Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma

Extras 4 · Total 267 for 5 declared

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Morne Morkel	21	6	51	3
Kyle Abbott	22	9	47	1
Dane Piedt	18	1	53	0
Imran Tahir	26.1	4	74	1
Dean Elgar	13	1	40	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-4 (Murali Vijay, 4.6 ov), 2-8 (Rohit Sharma, 6.1 ov), 3-53 (Shikhar Dhawan, 28.6 ov), 4-57 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 31.1 ov), 5-211 (Virat Kohli, 85.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Shikhar Dhawan (1) and Murali Vijay (3)	4	30
second	Shikhar Dhawan (4) and Rohit Sharma (0)	4	7
third	Shikhar Dhawan (16) and Cheteshwar Pujara (28)	45	137
fourth	Cheteshwar Pujara (0) and Virat Kohli (4)	4	13
fifth	Virat Kohli (84) and Ajinkya Rahane (68)	154	328
sixth	Ajinkya Rahane (32) and Wriddhiman Saha (23)	56	88

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 143 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Dean Elgar	c Ajinkya Rahane b Ravichandran Ashwin	4	17
Temba Bavuma	b Ravichandran Ashwin	34	117
Hashim Amla	b Ravindra Jadeja	25	244
AB de Villiers	c Ravindra Jadeja b Ravichandran Ashwin	43	297
Faf du Plessis	lbw b Ravindra Jadeja	10	97
Jean-Paul Duminy	lbw b Ravichandran Ashwin	0	12
Dane Vilas	b Umesh Yadav	13	50
Kyle Abbott	b Umesh Yadav	0	7
Dane Piedt	c Wriddhiman Saha b Umesh Yadav	1	11
Morne Morkel	b Ravichandran Ashwin	2	6
Imran Tahir	not out	0	1

Extras 11 · Total 143 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Ishant Sharma	20	12	23	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	49.1	26	61	5
Ravindra Jadeja	46	33	26	2
Umesh Yadav	21	16	9	3
Shikhar Dhawan	3	1	9	0
Murali Vijay	2	0	2	0
Virat Kohli	1	1	0	0
Cheteshwar Pujara	1	0	2	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-5 (Dean Elgar, 3.6 ov), 2-49 (Temba Bavuma, 42.4 ov), 3-76 (Hashim Amla, 84.5 ov), 4-111 (Faf du Plessis, 119.6 ov), 5-112 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 124.2 ov), 6-136 (Dane Vilas, 138.5 ov), 7-136 (AB de Villiers, 139.1 ov), 8-140 (Kyle Abbott, 140.6 ov), 9-143 (Dane Piedt, 142.5 ov), 10-143 (Morne Morkel, 143.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dean Elgar (4) and Temba Bavuma (1)	5	24
second	Hashim Amla (11) and Temba Bavuma (33)	44	232
third	Hashim Amla (14) and AB de Villiers (13)	27	253
fourth	AB de Villiers (22) and Faf du Plessis (10)	35	211
fifth	Jean-Paul Duminy (0) and AB de Villiers (1)	1	26
sixth	AB de Villiers (7) and Dane Vilas (13)	24	87
seventh	AB de Villiers (0) and Kyle Abbott (0)	0	2
eighth	Kyle Abbott (0) and Dane Piedt (0)	4	11
ninth	Morne Morkel (2) and Dane Piedt (1)	3	11
tenth	Imran Tahir (0) and Morne Morkel (0)	0	2

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