By Admin 
Indian batsmen had a shameful performance in the first Test played in Kolkata, due to which Team India lost by 30 runs despite chasing the target of 124 runs. The Eden Gardens pitch has also come under question, where there was no help for the batsmen. Temba Bavuma has maintained the record of never losing under his captaincy, whereas this morning it seemed that Team India will win this match easily.
Team India had a lead of 30 runs in the first innings, whereas in the second innings, South Africa’s 7 wickets had fallen at 91 runs. When the match started today, South Africa had a lead of only 63 runs, then captain Temba Bavuma along with Corbin Bosch made a partnership of 44 runs and took the lead beyond 100. Bavuma was the only batsman to score a half-century in this match, he was unbeaten on 55 when South Africa was all out for 153 runs in the second innings.
Team India could not achieve the target of 124
The target in front of India was not very big, but the beginning in the second innings was very bad. In the very first over, Marco Janson sent Yashasvi Jaiswal to the pavilion at zero and then in the third over, KL Rahul was sent to the pavilion at the score of 1. Washington Sundar remained at one end, but no one could support him at the other end. Dhruv Jurel was out after scoring 13 runs, Rishabh Pant was out after scoring 2 runs. India got the fifth blow in the form of Ravindra Jadeja, when the score was 64 runs.
Washington Sundar’s struggle also ended in the 31st over, he was dismissed by Aiden Markram. Sundar scored 31 runs, which was the highest score of this innings. Akshar Patel played a fast innings in the end, but while attempting the same, he was caught out. He scored 26 runs in 17 balls.