Live scorecard, India vs South Africa, 1st Test, Day 2, Cape Town


Pandya on fire!


First with the bat and now with the ball, this lad is having a fantastic outing at the Newlands. Th 25-year-old has sent both the openers packing. SA 59/2


Pandya strikes


Pandya is in the thick of things again! The all-rounder provides much-needed first wicket. Markram gets a top edge and Bhuvneshwar Kumar at gully makes no mistakes. South Africa 52/1


Hosts start steady


That's it! India all out on 209


Hardik Pandya led India with a counter-attacking 95-ball 93 run knock before the Indian innings folded for 209. The hosts have taken 77 runs first innings lead.


OH NO! Pandya walks back


The swashbuckling all-rounder has missed his second Test hundred by a whisker. Kagiso Rabada gets him caught behind on 93. India 199/9


Pandya going strong


Hardik Pandya is inching closer towards his second Test hundred. The deficit has now reduced 95


Morkel with the breakthrough


Morkel with the breakthrough for the hosts, 99-run stand is finally broken. Bhuvneshwar falls on 25. IND 191/8


Day 2, Session 3..


The players are out in the middle again. Maharaj to start the proceedings for the hosts. India trail South Africa by 101 runs.


End of Session 2


Hardik Pandya did exactly what AB de Villiers did on this track. He is hitting big shots. India were tumbling on 92/7 and Now, Pandya and Bhuvneshwar have pushed the visiting side to 185/7 at the end of session.


Hardik Pandya is playing his shots and trying to reduce the deficit.


Man on mission


After a disappointing start to the second session, Hardik Pandya has given Indians a hope. 


Now, Steyn gets his man


Steyn strikes, Saha shoulders his arms, gets trapped in front and immediately asks for a review. All red! IND 92/7


Philander on fire!


Not the start India would have wanter after lunch. Ashwin follows Pujara back to the pavilion. IND 81/6


Pandya survives


Pandya is late to bring his bat down. Seems that he has missed the ball and it goes off something into the gloves of de Kock.  Steyn is elated but Pandya challenges the decision immediately. Well, the noise was of the thigh-pad. Pandya survives and the Indian camp takes a deep breath!


Pujara Dismissed


OH NO! Lunch does the trick for the hosts. Vernon Philander provides the much-needed breakthrough for South Africa, Cheteshwar Pujara is the man to go. India in big big trouble in Cape Town. IND 76/5


Day 2, Session 2..


Players are out in the middle. India will hope Cheteshwar Pujara to bat sedately in the second session and guide India to safety. India still trail South Africa by 210 runs.


End of session 1


India have fought hard in the first session scoring 48 runs in 25 overs and losing just one wicket in the process. Pujara and Ashwin at crease as the visitors head to lunch on 76/4


Rabada gets Rohit


That's out, yes, no doubt about that. Rabada breaches Rohit's defense, his patient vigil comes to an end. No use of the referral, the ball would have crashed on to middle and leg. India lose their fourth for 57.


Fifty for India


Rohit must have had his heart in his mouth. The ball flew between the third slip and gully and raced to the boundary. Fifty up for India. Rohit has to be careful. His eyes lit up seeing the fuller lenght delivery from Morkel.


So far so good for India


One hour without any wicket. So India have managed to acheive thier fast target. It wasn't easy by any means. Hostile seam bowling led by Steyn has kept the Indian pair honest. But both Pujara and Rohit have kept the good ones away, restraining from playing any fancy shot.


Hat-trick of maidens to start Day 2


Steyn and Philander have started off with three maidens in a row. India yet to score a run on Day 2. Both Pujara and Rohit made to do a lot of hopping and fending in the crease.


Steyn to start Day 2, Rohit on strike. Here we go... What a start from Steyn, beats Rohit all ends up in the very first ball of the day.


Hello and welcome to the live coverage of Day 2 of what promises to be a fascinating Test match. Boy, the Indians have a lot to do, their fast task would be to see off the first hour without further losses. But with Rabada, Steyn, Philander and Morkel in their ranks, South Africa sure won't make that easy.


Day 1 Highlights


Indian vice-captain dropped, Bumrah debut, Steyn's comeback, if this wasn't enough drama at toss-time, Faf du Plessis decided to bat first on a Newlands track that offered plenty to the seamers.


His decision was proven wrong as early as the third delivery of the Test match when Bhuvneshwar Kumar sent South Africa's highest run scorer of 2017, Dean Elgar back in the hut for a duck. Situation worsened when Aiden Markram (5) and Hashim Amla (3) fell to the same bowler in successive overs. At 12 for 3, South Africa were fearing the worst. 


AB de Villiers then emerged as the messiah, displaying brilliant counter-attacking skills, taking Bhuvneshwar Kumar head-on. Along with du Plessis, he bailed the hosts out of a sticky situation, taking them to lunch without further damage.


In the post-lunch session, both de Villiers and du Plessis reached their half centuries but fell quickly to Bumrah and Pandya, again handing the advantage back to India. Quinton de Kock came out fighting fire with fire and hit a few breathtaking strokes before getting out to the best bowler of the day Bhuvneshwar Kumar. 


The South African tail wagged, with invaluable contributions from Vernon Philander (23), Keshav Maharaj (35) and Kagiso Rabada (26) they reached a more than respactable total of 286.


In reply, India found themselves in hot weather very early as Murali Vijay played a flashing shot off Philander to give South Africa their first wicket. 


Returning to Test match cricket after a gap of almost 2 years, Steyn hurried Dhawan into a pull shot and got him caught and bowled. 


In fading light, Morne Morkel picked up the Indian captain Virat Kohli on his first ball to geoparadise the Indian innings. At stumps, India were tottering at 28 for 3, trailing South Africa by 258 runs.