IND vs SA 1st Test, Day 1 Highlights: Rabada 5-fer gives Proteas upper hand

India vs South Africa 1st Test, Day 1 Highlights: Only 59 overs of play was possible on the first day as Kagiso Rabada took a five-wicket haul and KL Rahul hit fifty as India remained 208/8

8:34 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: The second day could be a thriller

 

With India eight down and Proteas looking to get them all done and dusted, get ready to catch the live updates and full scorecard of the second day of the Boxing Day Test between India and South Africa. 

 

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8:31 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Play called-off

 

Rain played spoilsport even as Kagiso Rabada shone with his 14th five-wicket haul and reduced India to 208/8 in 59 overs on Day 1 of the first match of the two Tests series between India and South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Tuesday, December 26, 2023. 

 

For India, KL Rahul top-scored and was the only player to score a fifty. He is still at the crease on 70 off 105 balls and has Mohammed Siraj for company. India dominated the first session, scoring 91/3 with Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer adding 68 for the fourth wicket after early inroads were made by Rabada and Nandre Burger. 

 

Rabada then got the better of the Indian team in the second session, taking all four wickets to fall even as Shardul Thakur accompanied Rahul for a fighting 43-run stand for the seventh wicket. In the third session, only nine overs of play were possible in which Rahul brought up his fifty and India lost Jasprit Bumrah to Marco Jansen. A total of 32 runs were scored at the loss of one wicket in that session. 

 

Earlier, the toss was won by the Proteas captain Temba Bavuma, who decided to bowl first in the Boxing Day Test. Bavuma was injured and returned to the dressing room in the 20th over during the first session and did not return to the field. 

 

Burger and David Bedingham were the two debutants for South Africa and they went with seven proper batters and four bowlers. Ravindra Jadeja was ruled out from India’s playing 11 as Ravichandran Ashwin got a game. Prasidh Krishna made his Test debut for India. Shardul, Siraj and Bumrah were the other two pacers. 
 

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8:10 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Bad light stops play

 

Bad light has stopped play, the official broadcasters are saying and it seems like that would be the end of the day, although the official confirmation is yet awaited. 

 

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7:53 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Rain stops play

 

After the fall of the Jasprit Bumrah wicket, India brought up their 200, but rain came in and is now playing spoilsport as the match has been stopped due to rain at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. 

 

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7:23 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Jansen strikes, Bumrah out

 

Jasprit Bumrah has been cleaned up by Marco Jansen as the Indian vice-captain went for a big heave and missed the ball coming in with an angle from around the wicket by the Proteas pacer. India are now eight down as Mohammed Siraj joins KL Rahul at the crease. 

 

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7:11 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Fifty for KL Rahul

 

KL Rahul hits the first boundary after Tea as he gets a ball touch straighter from Nandre Burger who is bowling from around the wicket. He flicked that past the deep square leg and mid-wicket for a four. And Rahy7ul has brought up his fifty with a six over third-man. It has come in 80 balls and is the first one for any Indian batter in this game. 

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6:47 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Tea taken

 

It is Tea on the first day of the Boxing Day Test in Centurion and Proteas will be the team at the top thanks to Kagiso Rabada’s five-wicket haul. South Africa got four wickets for 85 runs in the 24 overs in the second session and all four wickets came courtesy of Rabada, who picked his 14th five-wicket haul. 

 

For India, Shardul Thakur and KL Rahul added 43 for the seventh wicket as the team lost three quick wickets at the start of the session in the form of Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin. Rabada came back and broke the Shardul-Rahul stand as well. 

 

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6:34 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Five-wicket haul for Rabada

 

Kagiso Rabada brought up his 14th five-wicket haul after scalping Shardul Thakur. It was a fuller-length delivery and Thakur went for the drive, getting the ball in the air and stand-in skipper Dean Elgar caught it well at cover-mid-off. 

 

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6:25 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Shardul hit on shoulders

 

It is a body line against Sharadul Thakur from the Proteas pacers now. After being hit on the helmet by Coetzee, now Rabada hits him on the shoulder muscles. 

 

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6:15 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Runout chance goes begging

 

A run-out chance for South Africa, with which they could have broken the 42-run stand between KL Rahul and Shardul Thakur went begging as Nandre Burger at mid-on was not only slow to pick the ball but slower to throw at the stumps. He even missed the stumps from a close range and as a result, Thakur survived. 

 

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6:04 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Coetzee bangs on one on Shardul's helmet

 

Gerald Coetzee is showing his speed as he has banged one short ball straight on the helmet of Shardul Thakur and the mandatory concussion test is being conducted on the ground now. 

 

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6:02 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: 150 up for Indian team

 

150 is up for the Indian team and it is thanks to the 34-run stand between Shardul Thakur and KL Rahul, the last recognized batting pair of the team. They would be required to add at least 50 more to give the Indian score some respectability. 

 

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5:50 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Shardul doing ‘Lord’ things

 

Shardul Thakur, fondly known as ‘Lord’ among fans for his flamboyant batting in the recent past in Test cricket for India down the order, is doing the same thing here as he is batting on 15 and has added 28 important runs with KL Rahul for the seventh wicket. 

 

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5:42 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Rahul shows some form

 

KL Rahul is looking positive here as he hits Marco Jansen for back-to-back fours and collects important runs for Team India with their backs against the wall.  

5:33 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Four for Thakur

 

Shardul Thakur got a four, the first of his innings as he played Rabada straight down the ground. In the next two balls, Rabada pulled his length back and troubled the Indian batter, going past the edge of his bat. 

 

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5:23 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Rabada gets his fourth, Ashwin gone

 

Kagiso Rabada has his fourth wicket of the match and third of the session as India are now six down. It was a tough ball for number seven, Ravichandran Ashwin who had to play at it. It kissed the edge of the bat’s shoulder and Wiaan Mulder took a great jumping catch in the third slip. 

 

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5:19 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Second session so far to Proteas

 

In the first 8 overs in the second session, the Proteas have been all over the Indian team, taking two wickets and conceding only 29 runs. More importantly, both the set Indian batters Shreyas Iyer and Virat Kohli are back in the hut and KL Rahul and Ravichandran Ashwin are left to build the innings all over again. 

 

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5:08 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Gone!! Kohli done in by Rabada

 

One of the most important balls of the series probably as Kagiso Rabada bowls an unplayable outswinger and Kohli has a sniff at it. It kisses the edge of Kohli’s bat and Kyle Verreyenne behind the stumps does the rest as India lose their fifth wicket. 

 

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4:57 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Rabada bang on length

 

It seems like South African pacers have learned something or the other from the first session and they are not looking to offer any room to Kohli. And just as I say, Burger offers room and Kohli dispatches it for a four. Kgiao Rabada though has been bang on length. 

 

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4:50 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Rabada strikes, gets Iyer

 

Kagiso Rabada has struck right after Lunch and Shreyas Iyer has been cleaned up here as Proteas march back into the game with an early wicket in the session. The 68-run partnership between him and Kohli comes to an end. 

 

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4:06 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Lunch taken

 

India will be the happier team heading to the dressing rooms as Lucnh has been taken in the Boxing Day Test at Centurion. Proteas took the early lead, taking three Indian wickets for just 24 runs on the board. With skipper Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal back in the hut, the pressure was on India. 

 

Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer were dropped on a score of four runs each with Tony de Zorzi and MMarco Jansen being the culprits. Now they have added 67 off just 90 balls, and taken control of the game with India at 91/3 in 26 overs. Proteas must ponder over at Lunch on how to dismiss the two Indian batters. Virat is batting 33 while Iyer has scored 31. 

 

Debutant Nadre Burger was the pick of the bowlers for the Proteas, taking 2/23 in his first five overs, One catch was dropped off his bowling as well. The second Proteas bowler to take a wicket is Kagiso Rabada.

 

3:57 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Fifty partnership between Kohli-Iyer

 

Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer have now added 68 for the fourth wicket and brought India back into the game after they were left reeling at 24/3. Sure they have got one chance each, but they have utilised the chance and that's what matters. 

 

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3:54 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: First six of the match

 

The first six of the match is here and it has come courtesy of Shreasy Iyer who has hooked one from Gerald Coetzee over deep square leg for a six. 

 

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3:49 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Jansen ineffective

 

Marco Jansen has not only dropped a catch of Shreyas Iyer, but he has also not been effective as a bowler in this match, going for 21 runs in his first six overs as the Proteas try to change the ball. They are talking to the umpires, but the result is not going in their favour.

 

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3:40 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Another edge, another chance for Iyer

 

Iyer seems to have traded luck with the luckiest guy today as one of the edges of the outside of his blade flies over the gully fielder and on the very next ball, an inside edge reaches the leg slip fielder on one bounce. Coetzee remains wicketless as Iyer continues to get runs. 

 

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3:34 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Bavuma injured, walks off the field

 

Temba Bavuma, who recovered just before this game from an injury, has injured himself once again it seems while chasing a ball. He missed his footing and is now holding on to his left foot and walking back with the team physio as Wiaan Mulder replaces him as the substitute fielder. 

 

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3:21 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Gerald Coetzee swinging it

 

Gerald Coetzee is doing good work as he is making the ball talk and Shreyas Iyer is falling prey to it, playing out of the line. 

 

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3:18 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Fifty up for Indian team

 

The Indian team have brought up their 50 in the 15th over as Kohli hit Burger for back-to-back fours. Remember Kohli was dropped off the bowling off Burger in his last over. 

 

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3:14 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: De Zorzi drops Kohli

 

It is the second drop catch of the match and this one has come courtesy of Tony de Zorzi who puts down yet another sitter and this one is Virat Kohli. Temba Bavuma and Nadre Burger would be scratching their heads at this drop. Kohli is not someone to let go of things easily. 

 

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3:03 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score| 1st Test Day 1: Jansen drops Iyer

 

It could have very well been four down if Marco Jansen did not drop a straightforward chance against Shreyas Iyer. Iyer went for the drive and hit straight to the point where Jasnen tried to catch it reverse cupped, but could not hold on to it. 

 

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