Published 17:47 IST, October 22nd 2019
India vs South Africa Tests, Report card: Kohli's men take top honours
India continued their dominant performance at home as they completed a whitewash against South Africa 3-0 in the 2019 Freedom Trophy. A look at the report card.
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India continued ir dominant performance at home as y completed a whitewash against South Africa 3-0 in 2019 Freedom Trophy. India won all three Tests convincingly. South Africa showed some fight in first Test but since n it all went downhill for visitors.
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Let us have a look at India vs South Africa Test Series report card:
11) Shahbaz Neem:
Inns: 2 | Wkts: 4 | Avg: 10.0 | BBI: 2/18
Rating: 8.0
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debutant in Ranchi performed well with ball with chance he got.
10) Umesh Yav:
Inns: 4 | Wkts: 11 | Avg: 12.18 | BBI: 3/22
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Rating: 9.0
He played only two Test matches but impressed in both Test matches with spells reing 3/22, 3/37, 3/40, and 2/35.
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9) Mohammed Shami:
Inns: 6 | Wkts: 13 | Avg: 14.76 | BBI: 5/35
Rating: 8.0
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Shami has been exceptional throughout series, producing one of best performances by an Indian fast bowler in a home Test series.
8) Ravichandran Ashwin:
Inns: 6 | Wkts: 15 | Avg: 25.26 | BBI: 7/145
Rating: 8.5
Ashwin was leing wicket-taker in series. He was crucial in winning first Test with his 7-fer.
7) Wriddhiman Saha:
Inns: 2 | Runs: 45 | Avg: 22.5 | Hs: 24
Rating: 7.0
Saha did t have much to do with bat but was excellent with gloves, taking some outstanding catches and inflicting world-class stumpings on his comeback into Indian Test team.
6) Cheteshwar Pujara:
Inns: 4 | Runs: 145 | Avg: 36.25 | Hs: 81
Rating: 6.0
Cheteshwar Pujara h a series which was below par with this high standards. He me 145 runs from 4 innings at an aver of 36.25 with 2 fifties.
5) Ravindra Jeja:
Inns: 4 | Runs: 212 | Avg: 70.66 | Hs: 91
Inns: 6 | Wkts: 13 | Avg: 30.69 | BBI: 4/87
Rating: 8.0
Ravindra Jeja played vital kcks when needed with a quick 91 in second Test. He h a decent series with ball as well.
4) Ajinkya Rahane:
Inns: 4 | Runs: 216 | Avg: 72 | Hs: 115
Rating: 8.0
It took almost 3 years for Rahane to score a century at home, but it came at right time. Rahane scored a total of 216 runs at an aver of 72.
3) Virat Kohli:
Inns: 4 | Runs: 317 | Avg: 158.5 | Hs: 254*
Rating: 8.5
Virat h a good tournament as well as he scored his highest Test score 254*. His captaincy was aggressive, which put Proteas under pressure.
2) Mayank Agarwal:
Inns: 4 | Runs: 340 | Avg: 85 | Hs: 215
Rating: 9.0
Agarwal finished series as second-highest run-scorer with his rally of 340 runs with two centuries.
1) Rohit Sharma:
Inns: 4 | Runs: 529 | Avg: 132.25 | Hs: 212
Rating: 9.5
player of series, Rohit Sharma's promotion as a Test opener couldn’t have gotten any better as he scored 2 centuries and one double century.
12:11 IST, October 22nd 2019