The first match of the Test series between India and South Africa will be played in Centurion. At the end of the first day’s play, Team India had scored 208 runs while losing 8 wickets. Now the second match day begins. Team India got off to a bad start. But Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer added some runs. After that, KL Rahul took over the innings. He remained unbeaten after scoring 70 runs by the end of the first day’s play. Kagiso Rabada bowled lethally for South Africa and took five wickets.
Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal opened for Team India after losing the toss and came to bat first. During this time, Rohit was eliminated after scoring 5 runs in 14 balls. Yashasvi continued after scoring 17 runs in 37 balls. Shubman Gill came to bat at third and was out after scoring two runs. Virat Kohli scored 38 runs and Shreyas Iyer scored 31 runs. KL Rahul faced 105 balls and scored an unbeaten 70 runs. Rahul’s innings included 10 fours and 2 sixes.
Ravichandran Ashwin couldn’t do anything special. He was eliminated after scoring 8 runs in 11 balls. Shardul Thakur faced 33 balls, hit 3 fours and scored 24 runs. Jasprit Bumrah was out after scoring one run. Mohammad Siraj remained unbeaten until the end of the first match day. The first session of the second day of play will be a challenge for Team India. Apart from scoring runs, India also needs to save wickets. He only has 2 wickets left. If Rahul doesn’t survive, it will be difficult to score runs.
The South African bowlers performed well on the first day. Rabada took 5 wickets for 44 runs in 17 overs. He also killed three virgins. Nandre Berger took 2 wickets for 50 runs in 15 overs. Marco Jansen also took a wicket. South African bowlers want to challenge India in the first session.