Mohammed Siraj had figures of 2/91 in South Africa's only innings in the opening Test but returned with six for 15 from nine overs to bundle out the hosts for 55 in first innings as 23 wickets fell on day one.
Aiden Markram and David Bedingham were at crease on 36 and 7 respectively at close of play.
Kohli had dropped out of the top 10 in 2022, but his 38 and 76 in the opening Test against South Africa last week brought him back into that bracket, according to ICC.
Siraj conceded just 15 runs from his nine overs as he triggered an abject surrender from South African batters on a pace-bowling friendly pitch.
Chasing a daunting 333, India folded for 148 in 32.4 Overs. Deepti Sharma (25 not out), Smriti Mandhana (29), Jemimah Rodrigues (25), Richa Ghosh (19) and Pooja Vastrakar (14) couldn't capitalise on their starts as India's batting completely fell apart.
This is Australia’s highest total against India, bettering the previous best of 332/7 in 2018.
Warner was handed a lifetime leadership ban after team-mate Cameron Bancroft was caught with sandpaper in his trouser pocket and Australia admitted to ball-tampering during the Cape Town Test against South Africa in 2018.
Team India's batting superstar Shubman Gill recently reflected on 2023 through a post on his official Instagram account. Gill wrote down his goals at the end of 2022 that he wanted to scale. How well did he do?
The 37-year-old, a key member of the Australia team that won the 50-overs World Cup for the sixth time in India last year, will play his 112th and final test against Pakistan at his home Sydney Cricket Ground starting on Wednesday.
2024 promises to be an equally challenging year for India, with bilateral series scheduled both home and away and a T20 World Cup set to take place in the middle of the year.
Even as the country mourned the men's team's World Cup final loss, Captain Harmanpreet Kaur and her team kept the hope alive for the Indian cricket fan this year, one game at a time.
Brief Scores: Australia: 258/8 in 50 overs (Phoebe Litchfield 63, Ellyse Perry 50; Deepti Sharma 5/38) beat India 255 for 8 in 50 overs ( Richa Ghosh 96, Jemimah Rodrigues 44; Annabel Sutherland 3/47 )
The home attack dismissed India for 131 in their second innings after South Africa had earlier scored 408 for a 163-run first innings lead at Centurion.
Jemimah scored 82 off 77 deliveries, while Vastrakar remained unbeaten on 62 off just 46 balls as the two ensured a huge total for India at the Wankhede Stadium
This was India's wicketkeeper's 5th century in SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia), which is the most by an Indian in the history of the World Test Championships.
Kagiso Rabada (1/15) bowled a probing opening spell to get rival captain Rohit Sharma (5) and allowed debutant left-arm pacer Nandre Burger (2/23) to go flat out and get Yashasvi Jaiswal (17) and Shubman Gill (2) in quick succession. India were tottering at 24 for 3 within the first hour.
The Coca-Cola Company and International Cricket Council (ICC) have signed an agreement at the latter's headquarters extending the partnership till end of 2031, said a joint statement.
When asked where does Rohit Sharma the batter see himself in the coming two years? "I will play whatever cricket is there in front of me," he said in a loaded answer open to interpretation.
India will play two tests against the hosts, South Africa, beginning in Pretoria on Tuesday. The team is aiming to make history by winning a series for the first time in a country where they have previously come dangerously near but failed.
England will defend the title they won for the second time in Australia 13 months ago in a tournament expanded from 16 to 20 teams.
A Test half-century — No.4 Richa Ghosh’s third across formats — in a momentum-changing, and potentially match-winning, 187-ball 113-run partnership with No. 5 Jemimah Rodrigues.
India will need to play like the No. 1 team in the world if they are to beard the Protean lion in its own den. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul will loom as central figures alongside Rohit Sharma in India’s batting line-up.
Kohli had travelled to South Africa as part of the Indian squad for the two-Test series, which will begin here on December 26.
Nandre Burger was the most successful bowler for South Africa with three wickets for 30, while Keshav Maharaj and Beuran Hendricks took two apiece.
For the first time in the IPL auction's history, two Australian players sold for more than INR 20 crore.
