India vs South Africa Match Live ScoreIndia vs South Africa 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Dean Elgar and Keegan Petersen, who were batting on 11 and 14, resume for South Africa on day two after India was all out for 202 on the opening day of the second Test against South Africa in Johannesburg. Stand-in skipper KL Rahul (50) was the top-scorer for the visitors while R Ashwin (46) played a crucial knock towards the end of the innings.
India Playing XI: KL Rahul (c), Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj
South Africa Playing XI: Dean Elgar (c), Aiden Markram, Keegan Petersen, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Kyle Verreynne (w), Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Duanne Olivier and Lungi Ngidi
India's batsman Mohammed Shami, middle, successfully appeals for the dismissal of South Africa's Aiden Markram, during the first day of the 2nd Test Cricket match between South Africa and India at the Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
South Africa bring up 50 runs. Elgar and Petersen are a showing good patience. Waiting until Bumrah and Shami are out of the attack then we need to get going, score runs. Dean Elgar has played out 44 balls without adding to his score. But more importantly, he's doing well to negotiate the threat from Bumrah and Shami. SA are 51/1 after 28 overs.
Bumrah thought he had claimed the wicket but Elgar survives. The ball seemed to have bounced behind the bat. On field umpires wanted a closer look at a caught behind from Elgar, and gave a soft signal of out. SA are 49/1 after 26 overs.
First boundary of the day! Keegan Petersen hits Jasprit Bumrah for a four! With that boundary from Petersen, he now has his highest Test score (22*). It's been a good start from Shami and Bumrah who have tested the batsmen with movement so far, but no wickets yet. SA are 44/1 after 22 overs.
Mohammed Siraj has taken the field for team India this morning, after his injury scare last evening. Elgar and Petersen kickstart proceedings for South Africa on the second day. SA are 35/1 after 19 overs.
India stand-in captain KL Rahul received a warning from umpire Marais Erasmus on the first day of the second Test, after he belatedly pulled out of a Kagiso Rabada delivery.
In the 5th over of the Indian innings, South African pacer Rabada was all set to bowl the third delivery but had to stop at the last moment because Rahul had pulled out at the last second. However, he was quick to apologise for the situation. “Just try and be a little quicker please KL,” the stump mic caught umpire Erasmus as saying, to which Rahul quickly said “Sorry”.
Clearly, he is someone who loves to bat; after all as a kid, batting was his first love not just in the gully cricket but even in competitive cricket till an injury opened the door to the world of offspin. The overthinking, as tabled above, can be quite amusing and interesting to watch. Not easy for a batsman to keep tinkering like this. In the past, through a series, he has had a different set-up according to the conditions and the pitches.
A porous Indian middle-order became even weaker after back spasms ruled Virat Kohli out of the second Test. Even in the middle of an elongated fallow period, Kohli has been scoring 30s and 40s, and India missed their captain today.
In his absence, the onus fell on two senior batsmen, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, to raise their game. Pujara is horribly out of form at the moment. Rahane, despite not scoring big in the first Test at Centurion, looked good and showed intent. Both came to this tour walking a tightrope and so far they have failed to live up to the pressure.
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