IND vs SA 1st Test, Day 1 Highlights: Rabada 5-fer gives Proteas upper hand

India vs South Africa 1st Test, Day 1 Highlights: Only 59 overs of play was possible on the first day as Kagiso Rabada took a five-wicket haul and KL Rahul hit fifty as India remained 208/8

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India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: The second day could be a thriller

 

With India eight down and Proteas looking to get them all done and dusted, get ready to catch the live updates and full scorecard of the second day of the Boxing Day Test between India and South Africa. 

 

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India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Play called-off

 

Rain played spoilsport even as Kagiso Rabada shone with his 14th five-wicket haul and reduced India to 208/8 in 59 overs on Day 1 of the first match of the two Tests series between India and South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Tuesday, December 26, 2023. 

 

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. 
 

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8:10 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Bad light stops play

 

Bad light has stopped play, the official broadcasters are saying and it seems like that would be the end of the day, although the official confirmation is yet awaited. 

 

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7:53 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Rain stops play

 

After the fall of the Jasprit Bumrah wicket, India brought up their 200, but rain came in and is now playing spoilsport as the match has been stopped due to rain at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. 

 

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7:23 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Jansen strikes, Bumrah out

 

Jasprit Bumrah has been cleaned up by Marco Jansen as the Indian vice-captain went for a big heave and missed the ball coming in with an angle from around the wicket by the Proteas pacer. India are now eight down as Mohammed Siraj joins KL Rahul at the crease. 

 

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7:11 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Fifty for KL Rahul

 

KL Rahul hits the first boundary after Tea as he gets a ball touch straighter from Nandre Burger who is bowling from around the wicket. He flicked that past the deep square leg and mid-wicket for a four. And Rahy7ul has brought up his fifty with a six over third-man. It has come in 80 balls and is the first one for any Indian batter in this game. 

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6:47 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Tea taken

 

It is Tea on the first day of the Boxing Day Test in Centurion and Proteas will be the team at the top thanks to Kagiso Rabada’s five-wicket haul. South Africa got four wickets for 85 runs in the 24 overs in the second session and all four wickets came courtesy of Rabada, who picked his 14th five-wicket haul. 

 

For India, Shardul Thakur and KL Rahul added 43 for the seventh wicket as the team lost three quick wickets at the start of the session in the form of Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin. Rabada came back and broke the Shardul-Rahul stand as well. 

 

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6:34 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Five-wicket haul for Rabada

 

Kagiso Rabada brought up his 14th five-wicket haul after scalping Shardul Thakur. It was a fuller-length delivery and Thakur went for the drive, getting the ball in the air and stand-in skipper Dean Elgar caught it well at cover-mid-off. 

 

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6:25 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Shardul hit on shoulders

 

It is a body line against Sharadul Thakur from the Proteas pacers now. After being hit on the helmet by Coetzee, now Rabada hits him on the shoulder muscles. 

 

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6:15 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Runout chance goes begging

 

A run-out chance for South Africa, with which they could have broken the 42-run stand between KL Rahul and Shardul Thakur went begging as Nandre Burger at mid-on was not only slow to pick the ball but slower to throw at the stumps. He even missed the stumps from a close range and as a result, Thakur survived. 

 

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6:04 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Coetzee bangs on one on Shardul's helmet

 

Gerald Coetzee is showing his speed as he has banged one short ball straight on the helmet of Shardul Thakur and the mandatory concussion test is being conducted on the ground now. 

 

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6:02 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: 150 up for Indian team

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India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Shardul doing ‘Lord’ things

 

Shardul Thakur, fondly known as ‘Lord’ among fans for his flamboyant batting in the recent past in Test cricket for India down the order, is doing the same thing here as he is batting on 15 and has added 28 important runs with KL Rahul for the seventh wicket. 

 

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India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Rahul shows some form

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India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Four for Thakur

 

Shardul Thakur got a four, the first of his innings as he played Rabada straight down the ground. In the next two balls, Rabada pulled his length back and troubled the Indian batter, going past the edge of his bat. 

 

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