For India, KL Rahul top-scored and was the only player to score a fifty. He is still at the crease on 70 off 105 balls and has Mohammed Siraj for company. India dominated the first session, scoring 91/3 with Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer adding 68 for the fourth wicket after early inroads were made by Rabada and Nandre Burger.
Rabada then got the better of the Indian team in the second session, taking all four wickets to fall even as Shardul Thakur accompanied Rahul for a fighting 43-run stand for the seventh wicket. In the third session, only nine overs of play were possible in which Rahul brought up his fifty and India lost Jasprit Bumrah to Marco Jansen. A total of 32 runs were scored at the loss of one wicket in that session.
Earlier, the toss was won by the Proteas captain Temba Bavuma, who decided to bowl first in the Boxing Day Test. Bavuma was injured and returned to the dressing room in the 20th over during the first session and did not return to the field.
Burger and David Bedingham were the two debutants for South Africa and they went with seven proper batters and four bowlers. Ravindra Jadeja was ruled out from India’s playing 11 as Ravichandran Ashwin got a game. Prasidh Krishna made his Test debut for India. Shardul, Siraj and Bumrah were the other two pacers.
India vs South Africa 1st Test Playing 11
India Playing 11: Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
South Africa Playing 11: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Temba Bavuma(c), Keegan Petersen, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne(w), Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada, Nandre Burger
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