India vs sa Steyn was raring to run like a demon, as he removed both the openers quickly. While Murali Vijay went out for 19 from 42 balls, Virender Sehwag scored 25 from 32 balls. Vijay even offered them two chances that SA wasn’t lucky to hold on. Durable partnership was building up, with VVS Laxmman scoring 38 from 73 balls and Rahul Dravid 25 from 68 balls. But, Steyn was still at work and had their wickets.India might say due to fast bowler-friendly conditions they scored so little and lost too many wickets quickly, but the story is still the same. India lost 4 wickets for 94 runs in the middle session of the game. Lonwabo Tsotsobe took Sachin Tendulkar’s wicket. SA had earlier won the tossDravid got out by Steyn’s bowl, and he gifted his wicket to be caught by wicketkeeper (WC) Mark Boucher. It was Boucher’s 50th wicketkeeper dismissal against team India.
Cheteshwar Pujara did hit three fours, and was even lucky when he was dropped at short leg. He fell out to Tsotsobe, playing a bad shot that was caught by WC Boucher. He scored 19 from 45 balls.captain Graeme Smith won the toss yet again at Eden Garden in Kolkata Sunday morning and without any doubt elected to bat first as the second and final Test match in ongoing India South Africa series on Sunday. The latest update of the second test match is visitors South Africa scored 266 runs for the loss of 9 wickets.
Bad light followed by rain led to an early end to the first day’s play with India looking down the barrel in the second Test against South Africa at Durban. India can breathe easy for a while, but don’t expect South Africa to let it slip on Day 2, even though Steyn was off the field for cramps. Catch the action 2nd Test, Day 2 of India vs South Africa
