Saha sustains finger injury, Pant in

Ranchi, October 21

India wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha suffered an injury an injury on his right ring finger  during South Africa’s second innings, and Rishabh Pant substituted for him in the final hour. 

The 35-year-old Saha was hurt in the 27th over when he attempted to gather a ball from Ravichandran Ashwin. Physio Nitin Patel examined him on the field before escorting him to the dressing room.

Pant become the second substitute wicketkeeper for India after an ICC rule change in 2017 — the first was Dinesh Karthik, who replaced Parthiv Patel in the Johannesburg Test against South Africa in January 2018. — PTI

SCOREBOARD

INDIA 1st inn 497/9 Decl
SA 1st inn (Overnight 9/2)

D Elgar c Saha b Shami 0

Q de Kock c Saha b Yadav 4

Z Hamza  b Jadeja 62

F du Plessis  b Yadav 1

T Bavuma st Saha b Nadeem 32

H Klaasen b Jadeja 6

G Linde c Sharma b Yadav 37

D Piedt lbw b Shami 4

K Rabada run out (Yadav) 0

A Nortje lbw b Nadeem 4

L Ngidi not out 0

Extras: (b 8, lb 3, nb 1) 12

Total: (All out, 56.2 overs) 162

Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-8, 3-16, 4-107, 5-107, 6-119, 7-129, 8-130, 9-162

Bowling
Mohammed Shami 10-4-22-2

Umesh Yadav 9-1-40-3

Shahbaz Nadeem 11.2-4-22-2

Ravindra Jadeja 14-3-19-2

Ravichandran Ashwin 12-1-48-0

SA 2nd inn (Following on)

Q de Kock b Yadav 5

D Elgar retired hurt 16

Z Hamza b Shami 0

F du Plessis lbw b Shami 4

T Bavuma c Saha b Shami 0

H Klaasen lbw b Yadav 5

G Linde run out (Nadeem) 27

D Piedt b Jadeja 23

T de Bruyn not out 30

K Rabada c Jadeja b Ashwin 12

A Nortje not out 5

Extras: (b 5) 5

Total: (For 8 wkts, 46 overs) 132

Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-10, 3-18, 4-22, 5-36, 6-67, 7-98, 8-121

Bowling
Mohammed Shami 9-5-10-3

Umesh Yadav 9-1-35-2

Ravindra Jadeja 13-5-36-1

Shahbaz Nadeem 5-0-18-0

Ravichandran Ashwin 10-3-28-1