JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — KL Rahul, captaining
India in the absence of
Virat Kohli, made a patient half-century as his team
struggled on the first day of the second Test against South Africa at the Wanderers
Stadium on Monday.
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India were 146 for five at tea after Rahul won the toss and
decided to bat on a pitch which offered the bowlers high bounce and some
sideways movement.
Kohli was a late withdrawal because of what Rahul said was
an upper back spasm.
Rahul, who hit a century and was man of the match in India’s
win in the first Test in Centurion, saw four of his teammates perish before he
was fifth man out, top-edging a pull shot against left-arm fast bowler Marco
Jansen to be caught by a diving
Kagiso Rabada at long leg. He made 50 off 133
balls with nine fours.
Rahul and
Mayank Agarwal gave India a solid start, scoring
36 runs in the first hour before Agarwal was caught behind off Jansen
immediately after the mid-morning drinks break.
Jansen had figures of two for 18 off 12 overs, while Duanne
Olivier, who dismissed
Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane off successive
balls, had two for 47.
The series is being played without spectators, apart from
media and some private suite-holders, because of coronavirus protocols.
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