India's scoreboard made a sorry reading as they amassed seven ducks in their first innings by losing six wickets in 11 balls without scoring a run during the second Test against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town on Wednesday.
In what was an unprecedented batting collapse, Rohit Sharma-led India lost their last six wickets in 11 delveries without scoring a run during their opening day of the second Test match against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town on Wednesday. (RSA Vs IND Scorecard | Match Blog)
Lungi Ngidi started the collapse in the 34th over of India's first innings when he scalped three wickets in an over that included KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah.
Once Kagiso Rabada came into the attack, he snapped the wicket of the in-form Virat Kohli and then a comical run-out of Mohammed Siraj brought India nine down as Mukesh Kumar was the final wicket to fall for India's innings to falter at 153.
Most ducks recorded in a Test innings
6 - PAK vs WI, Karachi, 1980
6 - SA vs IND, Ahmedabad, 1996
6 - BAN vs WI, Dhaka, 2002
6 - IND vs ENG, Manchester, 2014
6 - NZ vs PAK, Dubai (DSC), 2018
6 - BAN vs SL, Mirpur, 2022
6 - BAN vs WI, North Sound, 2022
6 - IND vs SA, Cape Town, 2024*
* Ongoing Test match
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The visitors have a handy lead of 98 runs but the Newlands track could get better to bat on as the day progresses.
Earlier, Mohammed Siraj's 6/15 led India to bowl out the Proteas for 55 in their first innings despite having won the toss and opting to bat first.