PROTEAS BID FOR No.1 MAY BE HIT BY STRIKE

NEIL MANTHORP

Lone resistance: Hashim Amla was the only South African to pass 50 but eventually fell to Jasprit Bumrah
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South Africa’s best cricketers have belted India in the first two Tests and are currently engaged in an intriguing third match in pursuit of a whitewash that would atone for the 3-0 loss they endured in India two years ago.
The pitch at the Wanderers is as bouncy and spicy as the ones in India were dry and broken. As Faf du Plessis said before the series began: “There is a score to settle.”
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