The lunch time has a lot to say when India won the toss and decided to bat first. KL Rahul is the captain, playing a captain’s innings, leading from the front as Virat Kohli injured. Kohli with a back-spasm watching the match actively to comeback or return in the third test. Had Kohli played then it would have marked his 99th test. However, Mayank Agarwal is out for 26 off just 37 balls, hitting 5 fours. He played a nice little innings. Caught behind Kyle Verreynne when he nicked to an outgoing beauty from Marco Jansen. Cheteshwar Pujara comes in, and is out for a very low score. Just 3 runs off 33 balls. India played first session cautiously, and it’s good if KL Rahul scores another century.
Wanderers pitch is good for batting, but India played first session cautiously, which’s good so far.
KL Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara tried hard to build a good partnership. South Africa is still needs to bowl too good to pick at least 6 wickets at the end of the day to comeback in the second Test. India has no pressure after winning the first Test, but South Africa needs a series levelling victory in second Test to keep hopes alive.
What South Africa needs to do is just pick couple of wickets, bowling right on the middle and off side in the second session. India’s middle order is not so strong without Virat Kohli. There will be some quick-wickets to fall as it’s expected if India’s middle-order fails in the second session. With no more batting left, India still will not be in trouble. The fourth innings will be tough for South Africa even to reach a target of 190. India’s bowling attack is just too good.
What will be India’s total today?
If India reaches just over 240 even after losing more than 4 wickets then this small first innings total will put South Africa in trouble. However, in the second day it would be tough for India to reach even 300 runs. Wickets likely to fall in quick time in the first session, tomorrow. Whoever bats first session tomorrow, India or South Africa, wickets likely to fall in quick time. There’s long-way to go, but still it looks 50-50% chance of winning for the two teams. If India can bounce back then South Africa too, but playing fourth innings and scoring more than 200 would be tough.
Jasprit Bumrah along with three more attacking bowlers can swing the match again in India’s way to another interesting victory. So far, KL Rahul playing too much defensively. South African bowlers are much better this time in the second Test than they were in the first Test.
Second Test – Wanderers – India 53/3 at Lunch.
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