Marco Jansen's Historic Achievement: Becomes the First Proteas Player to...
New Delhi: South Africa and Sri Lanka are currently facing off in a 2 test match series. I...
New Delhi: South Africa and Sri Lanka are currently facing off in a 2 test match series. In the first match, South Africa emerged victorious, taking a 1-0 lead in the series. One of the standout performers for South Africa was Marco Jansen, who had a remarkable game and etched his name in the history books. Jansen made history by becoming the first bowler from Africa to achieve a certain milestone.
Marco Jansen creates history:
Young fast bowler Marco Jansen performed brilliantly against Sri Lanka, due to which Africa defeated Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 233 runs. The hero of this victory was Marco Jansen, who took 11 wickets in both innings. He has become the first left-handed bowler from Africa to take a 10-wicket haul in a match.
Marco Jansen in great form:
In the first innings, Marco Jansen took 7 wickets of Sri Lanka. Apart from this, he also took 4 wickets in the second innings. After taking 7 wickets in the first innings, Marco destroyed Sri Lanka. This was the reason why Sri Lanka was left far behind in this match. Marco Jansen has now become the first left-handed batsman to take a 10-wicket haul in a Test match.
This was the situation of the match:
In the first innings, Africa scored 191/10 runs. Captain Temba Bavuma scored the most runs in the first innings for Africa. He played an innings of 70 runs in 117 balls. In response to this Sri Lanka was all out for 42 runs. In the second innings, Africa made a great comeback and scored 366 runs on the basis of Tristan Stubbs’ 122 and Temba Bavuma’s 113 runs. While chasing the target, Sri Lanka was all out for 233 runs. Africa won the first Test match by a big margin of 233 runs.