India vs South Africa Live Score: Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer put on ...

IND vs SA Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: India's Rohit Sharma walks off after being caught by South Africa's Nandre Burger off the bowling of Kagiso Rabada on Day 1 of the 1st India vs South Africa Test. (PHOTO: REUTERS)

India vs South Africa Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer helped India to 91/3 in the first session of Day 1 of the first IND vs SA Test at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Tuesday. The visitors lost three early wickets however, the middle-order batters got together and resurrected the batting innings

Earlier, Temba Bavuma had won the toss and opted to bowl first. Ravindra Jadeja was ruled out due to back spasms so R Ashwin gets the nod. India also handed a debut to Prasidh Krishna. The match will mark the return of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah for the first time since the 2023 ODI World Cup final loss to Australia. While Suryakumar Yadav had led the team in the T20Is and KL Rahul in the ODIs, Rohit will be back to leading India for the two Tests that are part of the World Test Championship cycle.

India will be missing the services of both Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, who have both been dropped from the squad and Mohammed Shami, who is still recovering from an injury.

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There is an undulating excitement of Jasprit Bumrah returning to bowling in Tests after 16 months ago. He is a white-ball discovery, born to bowl with a red ball. In shorter versions, he is thrilling; in Tests, he is an experience. (Reuters)

Two themes have recurred in India’s recent trips to South Africa. Of new beginnings and of conquering the elusive shore. The 2018 tour was Virat Kohli’s first big overseas assignment as captain, his make or break phase on the road; the next was coach Rahul Dravid’s maiden series outside the subcontinent as the team’s head coach. Both times, hopes were high that India would return with a historic series triumph for the first time in the country. Both times they failed, as South Africa remains an unconquered bastion, the only one, for Indian cricket, the hurt and hope making the series all the more fascinating. (Read more)

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First uploaded on: 26-12-2023 at 12:10 IST