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'Sharam karlo thori'- Fans react as South Africa take lead against India in Day 2 of 1st Test

Coming to bat the hosts lost the wicket of Aiden Markram early, but later Dean Elgar and Tony de Zorzi built a partnership of 93 run for the second wicket.

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South Africa vs India 1st test Day 2 has concluded at the Supersport Park, Centurion. After being elected to field first the hosts bowled India out for 245 runs. Kagiso Rabada was the standout in Day among the bowlers, picking up a fifer against the Men in Blue on a green wicket. The openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal had no impact and were back in the pavilion early. They were struggling at 24/3 when Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer built an important 68-run partnership for the fourth wicket.   

Both batters were well set but failed to reach their fifty and were dismissed on 38 and 31 runs respectively. KL Rahul was the standout among the batters as the wicket-keeper batter is going through the form of his life. He was on 70 runs at the end of Day 1 and started Day 2 brilliantly, the batter scored the majority of his runs in boundaries. The Karntaka-born batter was out on 101 runs hitting 14 fours and 4 sixes. He built valuable partnerships with Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj while having the majority of the strike. His partnership with Siraj for the 9th wicket was the second-highest for the side. 

Coming to bat the hosts lost the wicket of Aiden Markram early, but later Dean Elgar and Tony de Zorzi built a partnership of 93 runs for the second wicket. The latter was dismissed by Jasorit Bumrah and then Keegan Petersen also went back early leaving them 113/3. 

Dean Elgar shines on Day 2 

Elgar was the standout as the wickets kept on falling from the other end. The left-handed opener scored his 14th Test hundred in 140 deliveries, hitting 20 fours. He is playing his last series and what better ending than a hundred in the farewell series of the 36-year-old batter. He also became only the third South Africa opener after Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs to hit a Test hundred against India at home.

Mohammed Siraj and Bumrah were the pick of the bowlers for the visitors as both pacers picked two wickets each. The score at the end of Day 2 is 256/5 with Elgar still batting at 140 along with Marco Jensen. 

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