IND vs SA: Flurry of wickets in Cape Town, know when most wickets fell on the first day in Test cricket

The second and final match of the 2-match Test series between India and South Africa is being played at Newlands, Cape Town. The bowlers completely dominated the first day of the match and ended more than half the match by taking 23 wickets. The batsmen completely surrendered before the bowlers. Also, record holders like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Dean Elgar failed to face the bowlers. Still, the world record for most wickets falling on the first day of this test could not be broken. However, the Cape Town Test has come second in terms of most wickets taken on the first day of the Test with 23 wickets. Let us know when and where in the history of Test cricket the maximum number of wickets fell on the first day of the match.

If we talk about the world record of most wickets falling on the first day of the match in the history of Test cricket, this record was made in 1902. On the first day of this Test played between Australia and England in Melbourne, the bowlers had dismissed a total of 25 batsmen. At the same time, the record of most wickets falling on any one day out of 5 in a Test match was made in 1888. That match was also played between England and Australia, on the second day of that match the bowlers took 27 wickets.

At the same time, if we talk about the Cape Town Test, India had bowled out South Africa for just 55 runs after winning the toss and coming to bat first. This is the lowest score by any team in the history of Test cricket against India. Mohammad Siraj took 6 wickets for just 15 runs in 9 overs for India. This was Siraj's best innings performance in Test cricket.

After this, the Indian team, which came out to bat, was also bundled out for 153 runs by the African bowlers. At one time India had made 153 for four wickets, but after this Lungi Ngidi and Kagiso Rabada wreaked such havoc that the next six wickets fell without scoring any runs. South Africa scored 62 runs at the loss of 3 wickets till stumps in the second innings on the very first day. India still has a lead of 36 runs.