India vs South Africa, 2nd Test, Day 1 Highlights: Bowlers dominate opening day as Elgar, Petersen steady ship

India
v
South
Africa,
2nd
Test:
Virat
Kohli
misses
Wanderers
Test
due
to
back
spasm;
KL
Rahul
leads,
India
bat

At
stumps
on
day
1
the
hosts
scorecard
read
35/1
with
South
Africa
skipper
Dean
Elgar
(11)
and
Keegan
Petersen
(14)
at
the
crease.
The
first
day
of
the
Test
belonged
to
the
bowlers
as
11
wickets
fell
at
the
Wanderers
Stadium,
with
Mohammed
Shami
picking
up
the
only
wicket
for
the
visitors.

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51800

After
the
hosts
bowled
out
the
visitors
for
202,
with
Marco
Jansen
leading
the
bowling
attack
with
a
four
wicket
haul,
South
Africa
got
off
to
a
shaky
start
with
Shami
removing
opener
Aiden
Markram
early.
After
Markram
fell
in
the
fourth
over
of
the
hosts’ innings,
skipper
Elgar
and
Petersen
steadied
the
ship
as
South
Africa
lost
no
more
wickets
on
the
opening
day.
Shami
trapped
Markram
(7)
to
hand
India
the
only
breakthrough
of
the
day
as
the
hosts
ended
the
day
with
nine
wickets
in
hand.

Earlier,
the
second
Test
was
in
for
a
shock
as
KL
Rahul
walked
in
for
the
toss
instead
of
Test
skipper
Virat
Kohli.
Rahul
revealed
that
the
Indian
skipper
did
not
take
to
the
field
due
to
a
upper
back
spasm.
For
the
visitors,
stand-in
skipper
Rahul
top-scored
with
a
half-century
off
133
deliveries.

The
opening
pair
of
Rahul
and
Mayank
Agarwal
put
up
a
opening
partnership
off
36
from
86
deliveries,
before
Jansen
handed
SA
the
first
breakthrough.
Agarwal
fell
for
26.
The
Indian
batsmen
struggled
to
build
partnerships
on
a
day
where
the
South
Africa
bowlers
ran
riot.
Ashwin
held
up
the
lower-order
with
a
solid
46
off
50.

Cheteshwar
Pujara
and
Ajinkya
Rahane
once
again
failed
to
get
going
with
the
bat.
The
duo
fell
cheaply
as
Duanne
Olivier
removed
Pujara
for
just
3
and
then
went
on
to
remove
Rahane
for
a
golden
duck.
For
SA,
Jansen
led
the
attack
with
a
four
wicket
haul
as
Kagiso
Rabad
and
Olivier
picked
up
three
wickets
each.