199 from Du Plessis, South Africa’s racing hill

The double century in test cricket is a very lovable thing for batsmen. Even the greatest hitters suffer from nervousness when they return home for two centuries. There are many cases in which a flight of a double century is escaped. Former South African captain Faf du Plessis left the field with the same frustration. The Proteas hitter was fired for exactly 199 runs.

However, on the day of Du Plessis’s repentance, South Africa scored a record collection in the Centurion test. For the first time against Sri Lanka, the hosts had 600 runs. South Africa scored 821 runs in the first innings of the Test on Monday. Previously at the Cape Town test in 2012, 560 runs for four terrains was Proteas’s highest run against Lankans.

Sri Lanka finished the third day with 75 races for the loss of two wickets in the second inning yesterday. Kushal Perera (33) and Dinesh Chandimal (21) were on the grounds at the end of the day. The Lankans are still 180 runs behind. Previously, the visitors scored 398 runs in the first innings.

South Africa started the day with 316 races over four terrains. Du Plessis and Bavuma started the day well. After that, when Babumar was out, the 169-run pair was broken. He scored 61 runs before coming back.

When Bavuma returned, Du Plessis and Keshab Maharaj got 133 for the seventh wicket. In between, Vanidu hit Hasaranga with four points and completed two centuries of Plessis with 151 balls. This is your tenth century of testing. Du Plessis was addressing a double after the century. But in the end he could not touch the house for two centuries. The right-handed hitter easily caught in the middle while trying to make a great shot with a smiley face. Du Plessis came back with 199 runs from 24 balls with 24 limits. South Africa stopped in 621 when Du Plessis returned.

Short score:

First entries from Sri Lanka: ৩৯৬

First entries from South Africa: (318/4 the day before) 621 in 142.1 overs (Du Plessis 199, Bavuma 61, Mulder 38, Maharaj 63, Narkia 0, Sipamla 0, NGD 2 *; Fernando 31.1-3-129-3, Rajitha 2. 1- 0-18-0, Shanaka 26.5-2-96-2, Hasaranga 45-5-181-4, Kumara 21.1-0-103-1, Kornaratne 7.5-0-38-0, Kusal Mendis 6-0-41- 0)

Second entry from Sri Lanka: 75/2 in 12 overs (Kornaratne 6, Perera 33 *, Mendis 0, Chandimal 21; NGD 6-0-26-2, Narkia 3-0-23-0, Mulder 3-0-10-0).