Mohammed Siraj’s six-wicket haul restricted South Africa to 55 in the second Test at Cape Town. The Indian pacer made ball talk after South Africa captain Dean Elgar opted to bat first.

Siraj has been right on the money. He first dismissed Aiden Markram in the fourth over, with Yashasvi Jaiswal taking an excellent catch at the third slip. Siraj got the big fish Elgar in the next over as the South African captain ended up chopping on, and wickets kept falling thereafter at regular intervals.

Earlier, the hosts have made three changes. Lungi Ngidi, Tristan Stubbs and spinner Keshav Maharaj were included in place of Gerald Coetzee, Temba Bavuma and Keegan Petersen. India also made a couple of changes. Ravindra Jadeja comes in for R Ashwin, while Mukesh Kumar replaces Shardul Thakur.

India vs South Africa 2nd Test Live Score:Mohammed Siraj’s 6-wicket haul restrict SA to 55 in Cape Town

Well, when he won the toss, Dean Elgar would not have been hoping that his team would be bowling again after lunch. This has been sheer brilliance from Siraj. And the other bowlers have supported him nicely. A special mention goes to Rohit, who has put innovative fields from the first over, which paid. The bowlers did their job, and now the onus is on batters to put a total and put South Africa out of the game. 

Nandre Burger, trying to play a cover drive, nicked one straight to Jaiswal in the slip. Bumrah has picked up his second wicket, and South Africa has lost nine wickets; hence, we have a 30-minute extension and we might well see South Africa bowled out before that. Ngidi has walked into the middle to face the music. As we update, Mukesh picked the final wicket of Rabada, and South Africa has been bundled out to a mere 55. The pitch is doing a lot and it will be interesting to see how much South African bowlers will get out of it.