South Africa last two quick wickets in their first innings, on day one of the first cricket Test against India, at Mohali. The visitors were 24 for 2 in their first innings, when reports last came in. Earlier, electing to bat, India were all out for 201 in their first innings. Murali Vijay who scored 75 off 136 balls was the top scorer for the hosts. As many as 3 Indian batsmen, Shikhar Dhawan, W.P.Saha and V.R.Aaron failed to score. For South Africa, Dean Elgar took 4 wickets giving away 22 runs.