South Africa vs India: Hanuma Vihari played an impressive knock on his return to the Test side after a year and he was also part of some good partnerships with the lower-order batters.
India were bowled out for 266 in the second innings of the second Test at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Ajinkya Rahane top-scored for the Indian team in the second innings with his 58-run knock while Cheteshwar Pujara scored 53 but it was Hanuma Vihari’s unbeaten 40-run knock that pushed the Indian total to a fighting fourth innings target. Vihari played an impressive knock on his return to the Test side after a year and he was also part of some good partnerships with the lower-order batters.
Here are the fans’ reactions after Vihari played a magnificent knock to increase India’s chances to win the Johannesburg Test.
#HanumaVihari is a pure test batter, he loves to grind it out. was set here & didn’t have batters at the other end. pic.twitter.com/kIHtd6XsRk— Thor (@godofthunder63) January 5, 2022
Vihari last played a Test match in January 2021 against Australia in Sydney where he played 161 balls to save the Test match against a top-quality bowling attack.
However, Vihari was not part of the Indian XI for the first Test against South Africa in Centurion. He got the opportunity to play in Johannesburg after Indian skipper Virat Kohli was forced to sit out due to a back spasm.
KL Rahul is leading the Indian team in the absence of Kohli.
India have set the target of 240 runs in front of the home team. Only on two occasions in the past have teams chased more than 240 runs against the Indian team.
The Indian team has never won a Test series in South Africa and this the visitors have a great opportunity to beat Proteas on their soil as they lead the three-match series 1-0.