Unlucky Pujara adds unwanted record to his name
Earlier, in the long history of Test cricket only 24 players have got run out in both innings of a Test match.
Double run out incident last happened in international cricket 18 years back. Stephen Fleming of New Zealand got run out twice in a Test match in year 2000.
This kind of an incident happened for the first time on South African soil.
Pujara got run out twice in two innings of a Test match and now holds the record of becoming the first Indian cricketer to get into this double trouble act.
No Indian cricketer earlier got run out twice in a Test match.
Top order batsman Cheteswar Pujara once again disappointed with the bat. He scored 19 in the second inning after getting run out in first inning for a duck.
Pujara in the match added an unwanted record to his name
Debutant Lungi Ngidi, playing at his home ground took an impressive 6/39 in the second innings.
Skipper Virat, who scored brilliant 153 in the first inning got dismissed cheaply for 5 in the second inning of the match.
South Africa on Wednesday ended India's nine-series winning streak.The hosts defeated India by 135 runs and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3 match Test series.