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.

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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.

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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.

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12:11 IST, October 22nd 2019