Overview:
He was supported by last Test hero Simon Harmer, who added three scalps to his bowling figures. One scalp went to veteran spinner Keshav Maharaj.
Marco Jansen took six wickets as India were dismissed for 201 runs in their first innings of the second Test against South Africa. The Proteas refused to enforce follow-on despite taking a lead of 288. The hosts were 95/1 at one stage, and the dismissal of Yashasvi Jaiswal (58) triggered the batting collapse.
Although Washington Sundar amassed 48 runs and added 72 runs with Kuldeep Yadav (19), it was not enough as the star batters gifted their wickets to the rival team.
Dhruv Jurel (0) and Rishabh Pant (7) were guilty of putting their team under pressure as they tried to be overaggressive, which led to their dismissals. KL Rahul (22) and Sai Sudharsan (15) didn’t convert their starts into big knocks.
Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy, the two all-rounders, also joined the list of flops. Jansen was unplayable throughout the innings, and whenever he was given the ball by captain Temba Bavuma, the left-arm seamer took wickets. He was supported by last Test hero Simon Harmer, who added three scalps to his bowling figures. One scalp went to veteran spinner Keshav Maharaj.
Earlier, South Africa posted 489 runs in their first essay, with all-rounder Senuran Muthusamy scoring 109 runs. Jansen was impressive with the bat, accumulating 93 runs off 91 balls, laced with 7 sixes and 6 boundaries.
Kuldeep was the most successful bowler for the sub-continent team, getting rid of four batters.