2023 SA vs IND 1st Test highlights: Temba Bavuma-led South Africa is scheduled to play in the 1st Test of the South Africa tour of India 2023, against Rohit Sharma-led India.
| Match No | India tour of South Africa 2023, 1st Test |
| Match | South Africa vs India |
| Date | December 26-28, 2023 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and opt to bowl |
| Venue | SuperSport Park, Centurion |
| Result | South Africa won by an innings and 32 runs |
South Africa vs India 1st Test Playing 11
South Africa
Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Temba Bavuma (c), Keegan Petersen, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada, Nandre Burger
India
Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
South Africa vs India 1st Test Scoreboard
| Team | Scoreboard |
| India | 245 & 131 |
| South Africa | 408 |
2023 SA vs IND 1st Test highlights
India 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | c †Verreynne b Burger | 17 | 37 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 45.94 |
| Rohit Sharma (c) | c Burger b Rabada | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 35.71 |
| Shubman Gill | c †Verreynne b Burger | 2 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 |
| Virat Kohli | c †Verreynne b Rabada | 38 | 64 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 59.37 |
| Shreyas Iyer | b Rabada | 31 | 50 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 62 |
| KL Rahul † | b Burger | 101 | 137 | 199 | 14 | 4 | 73.72 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | c sub (PWA Mulder) b Rabada | 8 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 72.72 |
| Shardul Thakur | c Elgar b Rabada | 24 | 33 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 72.72 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | b Jansen | 1 | 19 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 5.26 |
| Mohammed Siraj | c †Verreynne b Coetzee | 5 | 22 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 22.72 |
| Prasidh Krishna | not out | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
| Kagiso Rabada | 20 | 4 | 59 | 5 | 2.95 | 0 | 1 |
| Marco Jansen | 16 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Nandre Burger | 15.4 | 4 | 50 | 3 | 3.19 | 1 | 0 |
| Gerald Coetzee | 16 | 1 | 74 | 1 | 4.62 | 1 | 0 |
South Africa 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Aiden Markram | c †Rahul b Mohammed Siraj | 5 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 29.41 |
| Dean Elgar | c †Rahul b Thakur | 185 | 287 | 425 | 28 | 0 | 64.45 |
| Tony de Zorzi | c Jaiswal b Bumrah | 28 | 62 | 108 | 5 | 0 | 45.16 |
| Keegan Petersen | b Bumrah | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| David Bedingham | b Mohammed Siraj | 56 | 87 | 137 | 7 | 2 | 64.36 |
| Kyle Verreynne † | c †Rahul b Prasidh Krishna | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Marco Jansen | not out | 84 | 147 | 202 | 11 | 1 | 57.14 |
| Gerald Coetzee | c Mohammed Siraj b Ashwin | 19 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 105.55 |
| Kagiso Rabada | b Bumrah | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| Nandre Burger | b Bumrah | 0 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Temba Bavuma (c) | absent hurt | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 26.4 | 5 | 69 | 4 | 2.58 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 24 | 1 | 91 | 2 | 3.79 | 1 | 3 |
| Shardul Thakur | 19 | 2 | 101 | 1 | 5.31 | 0 | 5 |
| Prasidh Krishna | 20 | 2 | 93 | 1 | 4.65 | 1 | 1 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 19 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 2.15 | 0 | 0 |
India 2nd Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | c †Verreynne b Burger | 5 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 27.77 |
| Rohit Sharma (c) | b Rabada | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shubman Gill | b Jansen | 26 | 37 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 70.27 |
| Virat Kohli | c Rabada b Jansen | 76 | 82 | 137 | 12 | 1 | 92.68 |
| Shreyas Iyer | b Jansen | 6 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| KL Rahul † | c Markram b Burger | 4 | 24 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 16.66 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | c Bedingham b Burger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shardul Thakur | c Bedingham b Rabada | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | run out (Elgar/Rabada) | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammed Siraj | c †Verreynne b Burger | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 80 |
| Prasidh Krishna | not out | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
| Kagiso Rabada | 12 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 2.66 | 1 | 0 |
| Nandre Burger | 10 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Marco Jansen | 7.1 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 5.02 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Coetzee | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 |
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Player of the Match
Dean Elgar | South Africa
Pretty special knock. Sometimes what we want to do hasn’t worked out as plans, but happy that it worked today. I think you need to keep things nice and simple, the game is already pretty complex. Focus on the ball, play nice and straight. Play late and be great.
You got to ride the roller when it is in your favor. Good partnerships with Tony, and then Jansen showed his talent as well. You need fast bowlers and a spinner potentially to take 20 wickets, that’s how we win Test matches.
KG was brilliant, but then Nandre showed why he has been such a shining light for South African cricket. First few days were overcast, and close to a sellout. Crowds don’t need much motivation to come out and watch their cricket or rugby in Pretoria.
You can’t win a 2 Test series if you don’t win the first one, the Indians are difficult to beat. We’ll have a few days out to relax and enjoy this. We were pretty clinical, our fielding wasn’t the best and we didn’t make it too easy for ourselves at times.
