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1st Test Live: Rohit, Mayank give solid start v SA

October 01, 2019
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26.4 overs: FOUR! Excellent timing and placement on that occasion from Rohit Sharma. Charges down the track against Senuran Muthusamy and hits him through deep mid-wicket region to collect another boundary. IND 83/0

Bowling Change for South Africa! Debutant Senuran Muthusamy comes into the attack. IND 79/0

24.3 overs: SIX! Bang! Rohit Sharma is now looking confident and dangerous. Dances down the track against offie Dane Piedt and deposits the ball into the long on stands. IND 79/0

23.2 overs: FOUR! Short-pitched delivery from Keshav Maharaj and Rohit Sharma cuts the ball to perfection. Places the ball in the gap as well as he collects his third four. IND 72/0

22.3 overs: SIX! Dane Piedt from around the wicket bowls a length ball. Mayank Agarwal hits the ball straight down the ground to collect his first six of the match. IND 68/0

End of 21st over: FOUR! Mayank Agarwal collects a boundary on the final ball of the over. Plays Dane Piedt's delivery very late behind point and the ball races to the fence. IND 60/0

19.1 overs: SIX! Change of ends for Keshav Maharaj and Rohit Sharma welcomes him with a massive six over long on. Steps out and hits the ball into the stands. 50 comes up for India! This is the first 50-run opening stand for India after 9 innings. IND 52/0

Bowling change from South Africa! Off spinner Dane Piedt comes in to replace Keshav Maharaj. IND 46/0 after 18 overs.

16.5 overs: FOUR! Tossed up delivery outside off from Keshav Maharaj. Mayank Agarwal reaches for it and carves it away through point to collect four runs. IND 44/0

End of 16th over: Tidy first over from Vernon Philander after the drinks break. Just three singles from it. Keshav Maharaj to continue from the other end. IND 40/0

Drinks Break!

10:34 am IST: So, the first hour of the morning session on Day 1 comes to an end. Both Rohit Sharma (17*) and Mayank Agarwal (20*) looking confident at the crease. They have denied South Africa early breakthrough in the first hour of the first session. IND 37/0

13.4 overs: FOUR! Good cover drive from Mayank Agarwal off Vernon Philander. Over-pitched and wide outside off from Philander and Mayank makes the most of it. Times the ball to perfection. IND 35/0

End of 13th over: Four runs including a boundary from Keshav Maharaj's last over. Vernon Philander comes back into the attack, replaces Kagiso Rabada. IND 31/0

End of 11th over: Extended spell for Kagiso Rabada in the morning session on Day 1. He is coming to bowl his sixth consecutive over. IND 22/0

End of 9th over: Tidy first over from Keshav Maharaj. Three runs from it. Kagiso Rabada to continue from the other end. IND 22/0

First bowling change for South Africa! Spin comes into play for the first time in the match. Keshav Maharaj introduced into the attack as he replaces Vernon Philander.

End of 8th over: Huge appeal on the fifth ball of the last over from South Africans as Kagiso Rabada hits the back leg of Mayank Agarwal. The Proteas decide not to take the review as it looked high. All in all another good over from Rabada. IND 19/0

5.3 overs: Half chance created by by Rabada. Gets the outside edge of Mayank Agarwal's bat and the ball flies between third slip and the gully fielder. 145.1 km/hr jaffa from Rabada. Agarwal eventually gets four runs. IND 15/0

End of 5th over: Maiden! Another good over from Vernon Philander comes to an end. Philander now looking in good rhythm. Bowling in a probing channel outside off. Both Indian openers looking cautious against him. IND 9/0

End of 4th over: A better second over from Kagiso Rabada as well from the other end. A maiden! Rabada generating good pace as well . All deliveries were over 140 km/hr mark. Mayank Agarwal negotiates the over well. IND 9/0

End of 3rd over: A tidy second over from Vernon Philander comes to an end. Just a run from it and a couple of beautiful away-swinging deliveries. Beats Rohit Sharma on both the occasions. IND 9/0

1.2 overs: FOUR! First runs for Rohit Sharma as a Test opener. Outside off from Kagiso Rabada and Rohit hits it behind point and the ball runs away to the third man fence. IND 8/0

End of 1st over: So, a boundary from the first over of Vernon Philander. Kagiso Rabada will share the new ball with Philander from the other end. IND 4/0

0.3 overs: FOUR! Full and wide outside off from Vernon Philander and Mayank Agarwal gets off the mark in style. Hits it through vacant backward point region to collect four runs. India and Mayank open their account. IND 4/0

New opening pair of Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma are out in the middle to start the innings for India. Both opening for the first time in Tests in India. Vernon Philander will start the proceedings for South Africa. Two slips and a gully for him. Here we go!

The temperature at the moment in Vizag is touching 30 degree Celcius and it's hot and humid. But the fans have thronged the stadium in big numbers. Both teams are out in the middle along with the match officials. Time for national anthems!

PLAYING XIs:



SOUTH AFRICA: Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Theunis de Bruyn, Temba Bavuma, Faf du Plessis (c), Quinton de Kock (wK), Vernon Philander, Senuran Muthusamy, Keshav Maharaj, Dane Piedt, Kagiso Rabada

India : Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami

TEAM NEWS: India go in with four specialists bowlers, with Ishant and Shami in the pace attack and Ashwin and Jadeja manning the spin department. Saha to keep wickets, Rohit to open with Agarwal. For South Africa, spin-bowling allrounder Senuran Mutusamy makes his Test debut.

TOSS NEWS: India win the toss and opt to bat

India's home cricket season enters the red-ball leg today in Visakhapatnam[8], where South Africa will continue its rebuilding phase in the longest format, taking on the hosts in the first Test of the three-match series. Welcome to Timesofindia.com's live updates.


India have had a few decisions to make in the run-up to the series, with Jasprit Bumrah ruled out due to a stress fracture in the back and Rishabh Pant's indifferent form forcing the team to go back to Wriddhiman Saha as the first-choice wicketkeeper.
Here's what captain Virat Kohli had to say on Pant vs Saha:

For South Africa, Faf du Plessis returns to captain the side in Tests, hoping to bury the demons of an embarrassing 0-3 loss four years ago.
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References

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  8. ^ Visakhapatnam (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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