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NgeSonto eledlule i-India inqobe umdlalo wayo wokuhlolwa obudlalelwa enkundleni i-SuperSport Park ngosuku lwe-Boxing Day. Kodwa ukuzimisela kweNingizimu Afrika ezinsukwini ezimbili zemidlalo yokuhlolwa e-Wanderers, kukhombise ukuthi kungase kungazihambeli kahle izivakashi.
I-India eholwa nguVirat Kohli ihlule izimbangi zayo ngokushaya amabhola angu-200 kuma-innings, okubasize ukuthi baqophe umlando njengoba sebewine imidlalo engu-113 okokuqala ngqa emidlalweni yokuhlolwa e-SuperSport Park.
UKohli uphume esiwombeni sesibili ekhishwa izinhlungu zokulimala. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ngeke esawudlala umdlalo wakhe wekhulu wokuhlolwa oyingqophamlando ozodlalwa eKapa ngesonto elizayo. Lokho uyoze akwenze uma sebebhekene ne-Sri Lanka e-Chinnaswamy Stadium e-Bangalore ngoNhlolanja.
Njengoba uKohli engekho, uKL Rahul obengumdlali ovelele e-SuperSport Park ngesonto eledlule, ungukaputeni weqembu.
URahul uwine i-toss akade eyikhethile eveza ukuthi eliphi iqembu elizoshaya i-bat kuqala eGoli kwathi ngemuva kokukhetha uku-bat kuqala washaya ama-runs angu-50. Kodwa bahluleka ukuqhubeka ngendlela abaqale ngayo, okwaholela ekutheni I-India ihlulwe ngamaphuzu angu-202 ngosuku lokuqala.
UKeegan Petersen ubavulele nge-maiden half century engu-100 ngosuku lwesibili ngaphambi kokuthi u-Shardul Thakur adlale ngokuzimisela okukhulu nge-career-best bowling figure engu-7/61, ama-Proteas agcina enamaphuzu angu-229 esewonke.
Bobabili abadlali abangene kuqala bashaya ibhola bakhishwe ngomzuzu wokugcina womdlalo njengoba I-India iqede usuku lwesibili ngo-85/2, ihamba phambili ngamaphuzu angu-58. UCheteshwar Pujara no-Ajinkya Rahane bazoshaya ibhola ngoLwesithathu ekuseni njengoba kubukeka sengathi i-India izimisele ukuqopha umlando futhi ngosuku lwesithathu.