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Bacha lia all out se'- Fans react as South Africa bowlers dominate as India score 208/8 at end of Day 1 of 1st Test

On a green top pacers like Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jensen, started well, with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma were careful with their strokes.

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South Africa bowlers dominate India at end of Day 1 of 1st Test

South Africa vs India 1st Test Day 1 has ended at the Supersport Park, Centurion. The hosts won the toss and elected to field first on a green wicket of the Centurion. Temba Bavuma’s side is playing without their star spinner Keshav Maharaj and has gone with all pacers lineup for the bowling department. On the other hand the Men in Blue had other plans of playing Ravichandran Ashwin instead of Ravindra Jadeja as the all-rounder had backspams ahead of the game. 

On a green top pacers like Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jensen, started well, with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma were careful with their strokes. The team India skipper was the first one to be dismissed by Rabada as the 36-year-old batter was caught in the deep fine leg area while pulling a short ball of the Protea pacer. 

Jaiswal was the next one to be dismissed by Nandre Burger and India were in trouble as Shubman Gill was also back in the pavilions without troubling the scorers they were 24/3. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer then stitched a partnership of 68 runs for the fourth wicket. Both batters failed to reach the half-century marks after getting the start. 

KL Rahul fights for India

Kohli scored 38 runs and Iyer was back in the pavilion after scoring 31 runs. The openers Jaiswal and Rohit were back early, with the former scoring 17 runs and the skipper scoring 5 runs. KL Rahul who was making a comeback in the test side had a different role to play in the first test and he was the highest run scorer for the side as well after the end of first day’s play. The batter is playing on 70 runs and has been the only one who got past the 50 run mark against the Rainbow Nation.

Kagiso Rabada makes history as the bowler picks his first five wicket haul against the Men in Blue. With that he joined the exclusive club of 500 as he picked his 500th  international wicket on Tuesday. He became the 7th Protea bowler to achieve the miletsone. At the end of Day 1 which ended due to bad light the visitors are 208/8.  

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