#2 Wanderers Stadium 2018 Vs South Africa
The series was done and dusted by the time Indian team reached the Wanderers Team, housing the famous Bull Ring. But it was nonetheless a matter of pride that the No.1 test team in the world were playing for.
Both teams were in for surprise because of a spiteful pitch that behaved uncontrollably and with its cracks wide open set its eyes on inflicting serious injuries to the batsman.
In all this chaos India was made to bat first which resulted in a total of 187 runs. Pujara and Kohli were among runs scoring 50 and 54 runs respectively. These runs proved to be worth its weight in gold, as India bowled South Africa out for 194 runs.
The lead did not come to hurt back India as they scored 247 runs in the second innings with Rahane top scoring with important 48 runs that set South Africa a target of 241 runs. The action did not stop here as South Africa raced to 124 runs after an initial wobble.
Then an inspired and pumped up bowling from India saw the hosts collapse from 124/1 to 177/10 and resulting in a memorable Indian victory.
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