South African bowlers dashed all Indian hopes to the ground as they bowled out the entire team for 135 runs on the fourth day of the first Test at Cape Town on Monday. South Africa won by 72 runs even as the hosts were defending a small target of 207.

Fast bowler Vernon Philander stood between the visitors and the victory like an iron wall as he took six wickets for 42 runs, giving the visitors little chance to recover.

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The last hope for India came in the pair of Ravichandran Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar as the two held the fort for some time, before Ashwin was caught behind. After that the hosts didn’t take much time to wrap up the match with one day to spare.

Brief scores

South Africa 286 and 130 all out in 41.2 overs (De Villiers 35; Shami 3/28, Bumrah 3/39).

India 209 and 135 (Philander 6/42).

Earlier, South Africa were bowled out for 130 runs in their second innings, giving them a lead of 207 runs against India in the first Test of the three-match series being played at Newlands in Cape Town on Monday.

The Proteas had reached 65 for two after bowling India out for 209 in their first innings on the second day of the opening Test on Saturday. On the third day, the match was called off due to rain.

Resuming on the fourth day, Hashim Amla and night-watchman Kagiso Rabada started the Proteas their innings, were soon sent back to the pavilion by Mohammed Shammi. After the dismissal of Rabada, the Proteas skipper Faf du Plessis joined AB de Villiers on the ground. Du Plessis was not able to hold the ground for much time as Jasprit Bumrah got him for a duck and soon Quinton de Kock (8) joined him in the stands.

FOr South Africa, apart from AB de Villiers (35) and Keshav Maharaj (15) no other player was able to cross 10 runs on fourth day.

Fall of wicket: 52-1 (Aiden Markram, 14.6), 59-2 (Dean Elgar, 16.4), 66-3 (Hashim Amla, 21.3), 73-4 (Kagiso Rabada, 25.5), 82-5 (Faf du Plessis, 28.4), 92-6 (Quinton de Kock, 30.4), 95-7 (Vernon Philander, 33.4), 122-8 (Keshav Maharaj, 38.4), 130-9 (Morne Morkel, 40.2), 130-10 (AB de Villiers, 41.2)