India to resume their first innings from the overnight score of 28 for 3 on the second day of the first cricket Test against South Africa at Cape Town today. Cheteswar Pujara with 5 and Rohit Sharma with no score were on the crease when stumps were drawn yesterday. For South Africa, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel claimed one wicket each.Earlier, fine performances by Indian bowlers, led by Bhuvaneshwar Kumar helped the team to dismissed South Africa for a modest first innings total of 286 runs on an opening day yesterday. For the hosts, De Villiers emerged as the top scorer with 65 while Du Plessis made 62.For India, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the main wicket-taker with an analysis of four for 87 in 19 overs. Ravichandran Ashwin claimed two wickets. Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya took one wicket each, while there was one run out.
News On AIR | January 6, 2018 1:56 PM
1st Test: India to resume their first innings today