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He has become the first spin bowler of South Africa to take 200 wickets in Tests. Before that, only fast bowlers achieved this achievement. He is a total ninth bowler to achieve this feat for South Africa.
Delhi: The first match of the two matches of two matches is being played between South Africa and Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. In this match, South Africa’s star spinner and acting captain Keshav Maharaj has created history. He has shown such a feat in Test cricket, which no protective spinner was done till now.
During Zimbabwe’s first innings, Maharaj completed his 200 wickets in Test cricket after taking the wicket of captain Craig Ervin. With this, he has become the first spin bowler in South Africa to take 200 wickets in Tests. Before that, only fast bowlers achieved this achievement. He is a total ninth bowler to achieve this feat for South Africa.
Keshav Maharaj is an Indian -origin player and plays for South Africa. He is an ardent devotee of Hanuman ji and has a deep faith in Hinduism. His ancestors were residents of Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, who came to Durban in 1874 and settled. Keshav Maharaj was also born in Durban. In this match, he is captaining South Africa, as regular captain Temba Bavuma has not been able to recover from the hamstring injury in the final of the World Test Championship.
The first day’s game was named after South Africa. The team ended the day with a score of 418 runs for 9 wickets. Luan-Drie Pretorius, playing a debut match, scored a brilliant 153 runs, while Corbin Bosh played an unbeaten 100-run innings. For Zimbabwe, Tanaka Chivanga took four wickets, but he failed to curb the pace of African batsmen. Initially there was a little struggle, but after this the visiting team made a strong comeback.
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