Cricket ground workers pull over covers as rain delays the start of play. (AP Photo)
India vs South Africa 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Persistent rain forced play to get called off on Day 2 as India remained on 272/3 against South Africa. Umpires planned to inspect the SuperSport Park pitch at 11.30 AM local time and called for an early lunch break to start at the same time, meaning there would be no play in the morning session in Centurion. But that inspection was put back an hour and 15 minutes and then delayed again as the rain returned and thunder rumbled over the ground.
Earlier, India were in a strong position in its first innings after opener KL Rahul’s unbeaten 122 gave the touring team a solid start to the three-test series. Ajinkya Rahane is 40 not out alongside Rahul. Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi took 3/45 on an opening day to be the only South African bowler to have any success. Top-ranked India is seeking a long-awaited first test series win in South Africa.
India Playing XI: KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
South Africa Playing XI: Dean Elgar (c), Aiden Markram, Keegan Petersen, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock(w), Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
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India vs South Africa Day 2 Highlights: The second day’s play in the opening Test had to be called off without a ball being bowled due to heavy and persistent rain since morning.
KL Rahul scored a fine century on Day 1 at Centurion.
At the SuperSport Arena, Indian cricket moved from darkness that had shrouded it for a fortnight, to light. A supreme first day performance with the bat, rare as they come in South Africa, brought the focus back on cricket, as it should be. Dispelling in one compelling day of cricket, the scandals and slander that had dominated the build-up, the negativity that had piled up, and the doubts and dervishes that lingered on.
It was a day out of a dream. The openers not only survived the first session without damage, but also stitched a 117-run partnership, just the third instance that an Indian opening pair had put on a century-stand on these difficult shores. It was the first time in 14 years that the openers survived the first session of the first morning of a first Test outside Asia (India have been historically shoddy starters). To elaborate the positive thread, KL Rahul, unconquered on 122, illustrated that his hundred in England was not a one-off but the beginning of a truly fruitful phase. (READ FULL STORY)
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Cricket ground workers pull over covers as rain delays the start of play. (AP Photo) India vs South Africa 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Persistent rain forced play to get called off on Day 2 as India remained on 272/3 against South Africa. Umpires planned to inspect the SuperSport Park pitch at 11.30 AM local time and called for an early lunch break to start at the same time, meaning there would be no play in the morning session in Centurion. But that inspection was put back an hour and 15 minutes and then delayed again as the rain returned and thunder rumbled over the ground. Earlier, India were in a strong position in its first innings after opener KL Rahul’s unbeaten 122 gave the touring team a solid start to the three-test series. Ajinkya Rahane is 40 not out alongside Rahul. Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi took 3/45 on an opening day to be the only South African bowler to have any success. Top-ranked India is seeking a long-awaited first test series win in South Africa. India Playing XI: KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj South Africa Playing XI: Dean Elgar (c), Aiden Markram, Keegan Petersen, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock(w), Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi Live BlogIndia vs South Africa Day 2 Highlights: The second day’s play in the opening Test had to be called off without a ball being bowled due to heavy and persistent rain since morning. KL Rahul scored a fine century on Day 1 at Centurion. At the SuperSport Arena, Indian cricket moved from darkness that had shrouded it for a fortnight, to light. A supreme first day performance with the bat, rare as they come in South Africa, brought the focus back on cricket, as it should be. Dispelling in one compelling day of cricket, the scandals and slander that had dominated the build-up, the negativity that had piled up, and the doubts and dervishes that lingered on. It was a day out of a dream. The openers not only survived the first session without damage, but also stitched a 117-run partnership, just the third instance that an Indian opening pair had put on a century-stand on these difficult shores. It was the first time in 14 years that the openers survived the first session of the first morning of a first Test outside Asia (India have been historically shoddy starters). To elaborate the positive thread, KL Rahul, unconquered on 122, illustrated that his hundred in England was not a one-off but the beginning of a truly fruitful phase. (READ FULL STORY) © IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd