Diwali came early to the City of Joy as Team India lit up the ground with fireworks in the form of a flurry of runs in the first innings and quick wickets in the second. The crowd at the Eden Gardens had enough reason to celebrate with some real fireworks
All images by Ashim PaulMohammad Siraj was the one to draw first blood for India with the wicket of Quinton de Kock
Hands go up as Indian players celebrate a dismissal. This was an all-too familiar scene for the team on Sunday
It was Ravindra Jadeja’s turn to come up with a fifer on Sunday, after Mohd Shami against Sri Lanka in Wankhede. He took the wickets of South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Keshav Maharaj and Kagiso Rabada. Jadeja, who is the first Indian spinner to get five wickets in a World Cup match, gave away only 33 runs in 9 overs in the process.