India's Victory in Test Series 2019 against South Africa

India's Victory in Test Series against South Africa

India vs South Africa 2019

The one of the main reason behind India's Victory in Test Series against South Africa is the Rohit's contribution along with Mayank Agarwal. As openers they gave a good stability to the team which was being lacking in the past series. And along with the top order the middle order batsmen provided a good balance to the team. Not only the batting lineup but also the bowling attack with Shami, Ishant, Umesh looked magnificent. The pace attack didn't allow any batsman to bat flawlessly. And rest of the work was done by Ashwin and Jadeja to get a historic victory against South Africa in Test series 2019.

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Indian Batsmen in Ind vs SA in Test Series 2019

Indian batsmen batted brilliantly in the entire series and also scored 3 consecutive double centuries by three top-order batsmen.

Mayank Agrawal

In the first Test, Mayank Agarwal batted flawlessly with Rohit Sharma and scored a magnificent 215 runs in the first inning. And a century in the first inning of the 2nd Test.

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Virat Kohli

Virat after departing early in the first Test in both inning, made a huge come back in the 2nd Test. And remained unbeaten until the match was declared by himself. Also scored his career highest 254* runs in Test and also the highest individual runs in the entire series.

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Rohit Sharma

And then the Rohit Sharma as an opener for the very first time in Test cricket played some unbelievable knocks in the series. Though he missed his double ton in the first inning of the first Test. But his back to back century in both the innings made him the first batsman to do so as an opener. Rohit didn't stop here, he carried his magnificent form in the third Test and scored his first double century in Test Cricket. And was also the highest run-scorer to score 500+ runs in the series. He was the Player of the match in the 3rd Test and the Player of the series for his brilliant knocks in the series.

Ajinkya Rahane got his confidence back after scoring back to back centuries in 2 Test Series.

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Bowlers Performance in IND vs SA Test

Despite Bumrah's unavailability, the Indian bowlers made South Africa's batting too ordinary and picked all the 60 wickets in the series. Though Ishant didn't get many wickets in the series. But the rest of the bowlers kept increasing the wicket count of their career. Shami picked 13 wickets in the series with a fifer. Umesh who played 2 Test matches in the series picked 11 wickets. R Ashwin made a great comeback in the series after being dropped in West Indies and picked 15 wickets in the series with a five-wicket haul. Jadeja not only with the field but also with the bat and bowl. He picked 12 wickets and also scored 212 runs with 2 half-centuries in the series. Shahbaz Nadeem who debuted in Test cricket picked 4 wickets in the 3rd match of the series.

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