Australia won the Test on the strength of the bowlers, know how India benefited from the defeat of South Africa

Australia vs South Africa 1st Test: Australia badly defeated South Africa in the first match of the Test series. Australia won the match played in Brisbane by 6 wickets in just two days. Kangaroo team won this match on the strength of their bowlers. During South Africa’s first innings for the team, Nathan Lyon and Stark took 3-3 wickets. At the same time, during the second innings, captain Pat Cummins took 5 wickets. Australia had all out South Africa for just 99 runs in the second innings. This defeat of South Africa gave India the advantage in the points table of the Test Championship. India has now reached the second position.

South Africa’s performance in the match played in Brisbane was very poor. Because of this, the match ended in two days. The team scored 152 runs till all out in the first innings. During this, Kyle Verenne played an inning of 64 runs. During this, Lion and Stark bowled dangerously for Australia. Stark took 3 wickets for 41 runs in 14 overs. Lion took 3 wickets for 14 runs in 8 overs. While Pat Cummins and Scott Boland took two wickets each.

After South Africa, the Australian team came out to play the first innings and scored 218 runs till all out. During this, Travis Head played a brilliant inning of 92 runs. He faced 96 balls and hit 13 fours and a six. Alex Carey remained unbeaten after scoring 22 runs. During this, Kagiso Rabada took 4 wickets for South Africa. Jensen took 3 wickets for 32 runs in 9 overs.

The South African team was all out in the second innings on a score of just 99 runs. During this, 4 players of the team got out without opening their account. While bowling dangerously for Australia, Cummins took 5 wickets. He took 3 maiden overs for 42 runs in 12.4 overs. While Stark and Boland took two wickets each. Australia scored 35 runs in the second innings with the loss of 4 wickets and won the match.

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