adminNEW DELHI. — Ajinkya Rahane hit the first century of the series before spinner Ravindra Jadeja ripped through South Africa’s line-up as India piled on the misery for the visitors in the fourth and final Test cricket yesterday.
Jadeja picked up five wickets for 30 runs to help India bowl out the top-ranked tourists for 121 off 49.3 overs at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi. The visitors, who have already lost the series, trail by 213 runs in the first innings.
AB de Villiers waged a lonely battle, making 42 off 78 balls as left-armer Jadeja recorded his fourth five-wicket haul in Tests.
Paceman Umesh Yadav (2-32) gave India a key breakthrough by having opener Dean Elgar caught behind for 17 before uprooting the off-stump of J.P. Duminy for his 50th Test wicket.
Jadeja dismissed the other opener, Temba Bavuma (22), and also removed skipper Hashim Amla, who nicked behind to the wicketkeeper.
Amla scored just three runs from 34 balls, another failure during a miserable tour for the skipper.
Jadeja grabbed three more wickets in fading light, much to the delight of a sizeable crowd in the Indian capital.
Ravichandran Ashwin (2-26) and Ishant Sharma (1-28) also joined the party, helping India end the day on a high. — AFP.
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