: Jo’burg Test, Day 1: Jansen grabs four as India struggle despite Rahul’s fifty #IndiaNEWS Four years after impressing Indian captain Virat Kohli as a net bowler, Marco Jansen produced a destructive

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Jo’burg Test, Day 1: Jansen grabs four as India struggle despite Rahul’s fifty #IndiaNEWS
Four years after impressing Indian captain Virat Kohli as a net bowler, Marco Jansen produced a destructive spell of bowling for South Africa on the first day of the second Test at the Wanderers Stadium on Monday.Jansen, 21, a tall left-arm fast bowler, took four for 31 as India were bowled out for 202 after winning the toss.South Africa were 35 for one at the close.Kohli was one of Jansen’s five wickets on debut in the first Test in Centurion, which India won by 113 runs but was absent on Monday because of an upper back spasm.Stand-in captain KL Rahul top-scored with a patient 50, while Ravichandran Ashwin made a hard-hit 46.Jansen, who towers above most of his teammates at 2.03 metres, made the most of the steep bounce on offer at the Wanderers, troubling most of the batsmen with his pace and bounce.When he dismissed Rahul, Jansen had the remarkable figures of two for nine in 9.5 overs. His figures were spoilt slightly by Ashwin, who, almost alone of the Indian batsmen, decided attack was the best form of defence. But he played one shot too many to be Jansen’s fourth victim.Jansen and his twin brother Duan, who also went on to play first-class cricket, bowled...Read more

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