On day 1 of the second Test match against Team India, South Africa posted a score of 156 runs for the loss of two wickets in 55 overs at the Assam Cricket Association Stadium in Guwahati.
Tristan Stubbs and Temba Bavuma are unbeaten at the crease on the scores of 32 and 36 runs, respectively. Facing 82 balls, Stubbs has smashed two boundaries and a maximum, and on the other hand, Bavuma has smashed four boundaries in his knock of 86 balls, so far.
Earlier in the day, the South African opening duo, Aiden Markram and Ryan Rickelton, provided a decent start to the visitors. Facing 81 deliveries, Markram smashed 38 runs, which was laced with five boundaries. Rickelton also smashed five boundaries off 82 balls.
So far, Team India`s Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav have tasted success in claiming the wickets. Bowling 12 overs, Bumrah has conceded 17 runs for one wicket, whereas Kuldeep has bagged one wicket for 27 runs in 12 overs.
Mohammed Siraj was smashed for 34 runs in 11 overs, and Nitish Kumar Yadav leaked 21 runs in four overs. Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja registered scores of 26 and 17 runs, respectively, in eight overs each.
Earlier, Bumrah hit Markram`s pads with some sharp off-cutters, making him uncomfortable. Then he got one to straight, which the Proteas vice-captain jabbed at and, to his relief, found Rahul spill a regulation chance. It was the seventh over of the innings.
Just when it seemed that Proteas` opening pair was firmly in control, Bumrah bowled a full delivery and Markram, going for an expansive drive, was castled all ends up.
Towards the end of the first session of the second Test match, a couple of deliveries from Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar did turn and jump, but the better batting surface on offer did make the job of the openers way easier.
Bumrah kept posing the challenge by trying to get the outside edge of both Rickelton and Markram`s bats. From the other end, Mohammed Siraj kept troubling the South African duo with the angular deliveries.
Team India skipper Rishabh Pant introduced Nitish Kumar Reddy at the stroke of drinks break. The field changes made by Pant, which saw three slips along with deep point and deep square leg, made the task easy for South Africa`s opening batsmen.
Once the moisture dried up, Markram did play some flowing drives, and the punch through covers off Reddy was among the best boundaries during the first session.
In the case of Rickleton, he punished the deliveries from Siraj and Reddy which strayed down the leg side. Tristan Stubbs has entered the ground to shoulder Rickelton.
