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'Boom Boom Bumrah' - Fans react as Jasprit Bumrah registers fifer against South Africa in second Test

The fast bowler secured a five-wicket haul, claiming four wickets in the opening session. This is his third five-wicket haul in South Africa. It is also to be kept in mind that this is the very ground were Bumrah started his Test career.

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On Day 2 of the second Test between India and South Africa at Newlands on Thursday, January 4, Jasprit Bumrah emerged as the standout performer with the ball. The fast bowler secured a five-wicket haul, claiming four wickets in the opening session. This is his third five-wicket haul in South Africa. It is also to be kept in mind that this is the very ground where Bumrah started his Test career.

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Bumrah kicked off Day 2 proceedings by dismissing David Bedingham in the opening over. Following that, he quickly accounted for Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, and Keshav Maharaj. Notably, the 30-year-old had already taken the wicket of debutante Tristan Stubbs in the action-packed last session of Day 1. In his return spell, he came back and took the wicket of Lungi Ngidi to register a bowling figure of 6/16.

Indian team have bundled out South Africa for 176 runs in the second innings giving Indian team a target of 79 runs to win. If India manages to win this Test, they will be levelling the series 1-1 after a humiliating loss in the first Test. Earlier, in the first innings, it was Mohammed Siraj who wreaked havoc on South African batting and restricted the South Africans to 55 runs. Siraj ended the innings with his career-best bowling figures of 6/15.

Let us look at how Twitter has reacted to this fifer from the star Indian pacer:

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Aiden Markram scored his seventh Test century

Arguably, the standout performer in the Test match so far was Aiden Markram. On a pitch where every batter found it difficult to score, Markram scored a resilient century. This is his seventh century overall and probably the best one so far. Coming to open the innings, Markram saw wickets tumbling from one end but he kept on playing his shots.

It was after the wicket of Marco Jansen were, the star Proteas batter shifted the gears and took the attack back to the Indian bowlers. He even smashed 20 runs off Prasidh Krishna’s first over to take South Africa past the Indian lead. Markram was eventually held out to Rohit Sharma at Deep mid-off in trying to up the scoring rate for 106 runs off just 103 deliveries. His innings included 17 boundaries and two mighty sixes.

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