South Africa v India: Lungi Ngidi takes 6-39 on debut to seal hosts' series win 50 minutes agoFrom the sectionCricket Sharethis page
Second Test, Centurion (day five of five): |
South Africa 335 (Markram 94, Amla 82) & 258 (De Villiers 80) |
India 307 (Kohli 153) & 151 (Ngidi 6-39) |
South Africa won by 135 runs |
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Debutant Lungi Ngidi took 6-39 as South Africa beat India by 135 runs in the second Test to win the series with a game to spare.
The 21-year-old helped bowl India out for 151 in pursuit of 287 to win before lunch on the final day in Centurion.
Fellow pace bowler Kagiso Rabada claimed 3-47, with Rohit Sharma (48) and Mohammed Shami (28) were the only batsmen to reach 20
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India, ranked the number one Test side, lost their last seven wickets in 28 overs after resuming on 35-3.
Cheteshwar Pujara was run out for the second time in the match and Parthiv Patel was brilliantly held by a diving Morne Morkel at fine leg off Rabada.
Ngidi, who removed India captain and first-innings centurion Virat Kohli for five the previous evening, had Hardik Pandya and Ravichandran Ashwin caught behind in successive overs.
After a fine AB de Villiers catch accounted for Sharma, Ngidi sealed victory with two wickets in seven balls.
If South Africa complete a 3-0 whitewash, they will go level on points with India at the top of the rankings.
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