Ashwin tests batsmen

Sun, 13 October 2019

10:53

SA 59-2 (16 ovs) and 275 (105.4 ovs) vs Ind 601-5 decl (154 ovs) | Scorecard

Ashwin continues and Elgar is watchful as the bowler is getting some turn now.

One ball turns sharply past the bat, the keeper and the slips for four byes.

Four come off the over.

Shami continues and Du Plessis blocks the first two balls.

He then leaves the next three. One ball keeps low.

A peach to finish the over as Du Plessis plays and misses! A maiden bowled.

Ashwin continues and he is mixing the pace and getting the turn as Du Plessis getting tested. The batsman then takes the single to mid-off off the 5th ball of the over. Dot to end the over as just the one comes off it.

Shami continues, full ball outside off, Elgar opens the face of his bat and plays it down to third man for a four.

Shami then bowls a short one. Next one is another short one that hits Elgar on the helmet and the umpire calls it a wide.

Shami then beats Elgar's outside edge off back-to-back balls.

Two dots to end the over as 5 come off the over, including a wide.

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