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I-India ayikaze ihlulwe emdlalweni wekhilikhithi e-Wanderers Stadium, kanti manje isisele ngamawikhethi ayisishiyagalombili kuphela ukuthi ikugcine kunjalo lokho ngokuthi inqobe okokuqala ngqa eNingizimu Afrika. Kodwa-ke abasubathi banezinye izinhlelo.
Kule midlalo ephakathi kwalamazwe womabili, alikho iqembu elike lajaha abangaphezulu kuka-212 kwi-innings yesine. Leli rekhodi laqoshwa yiNingizimu Afrika ngo-2006/07 e-Newlands eKapa. Kulokhu, bebehlose ukuthola amaphuzu angu-240 kanti iNingizimu Afrika isivele yazithola ihleli ku-118/2 ekupheleni kosuku lwesithathu.
Njengoba besasalelwe amaphuzu angu-122, abasubathi bazothembela kukaputeni uDean Elgar (okwamanje osashaye amabhola angu-46 emabholeni angu-121) kanye nokushaya okujulile okuhlanganisa abadlali abafana noRassie van der Dussen noThemba Bavuma ukuze bathole ama-runs.
Ngokungangabazeki ukudlala ngokuzimisela kweqembu langaphambilini likaCheteshwar Pujara no-Ajinkya Rahane kanye nomzamo ka-Hanuma Vihari ngasekupheleni kwama-innings e-India namuhla kusize ukugcina izinto zihamba ngendlela kulomncintiswano.
Kodwa-ke, usuku lwesithathu belungolwabaphathi baseNingizimu Afrika abahleli esicongweni ngaphambi kosuku lokugcina lwalolu chungechunge.
I-India yehle isuka ku-85/2 ekuqaleni komdlalo yaya ku-266 ngaphambi kwekhefu.
Amawikhethi amathathu kaKagiso Rabada, uLungi Ngidi kanye noMarco Jansen abemade kakhulu okudlula awezivakashi, okungangabazeki ukuthi bebezofuna ukudlala usuku lonke.
Imvula yokuqala engavimba ibikezelwe e-Wanderers ezinsukwini ezimbili ezizayo, ngakho u-Elgar noVan der Dussen kungenzeka badlale ngosuku lwesine, kusasa ekuseni ngethemba lokuphothula izinto ngokushesha.
Bekuwusuku olumnandi lwekhilikithi njengoba ngoLwesine kulindeleke ukuthi lunikeze abalandeli injabulo emhlabeni wonke.
“Sekuseduze kakhulu ukuthi noma yiliphi iqembu lidle umhlanganiso. Kuyintokozo ukuvuka ngezindaba ezimnandi eziphathelene nosuku lwekhilikithi,” kusho uHashim Amla ngemuva kokuvalwa komdlalo namuhla.
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