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India vs SA 1st Test, Day 2: Rain and thunderstorm threaten play at Centurion

The progress of Virat Kohli’s Personnel India is also halted due to rain which is anticipated on Day 2 of the Boxing Day Test towards South Africa at Centurion on Monday (December 27). In step with weather prediction, there’ll be 99 per cent cloud quilt in Centurion.

The maximum temperature throughout the day time will be hovering around 19 degrees Celsius within the Highveld. The humidity stage will be excessive around 97 per cent by procedure of Monday. The weather department predicts no no longer up to four hours of rain on Day 2 which consist of a few showers and a thunderstorm as neatly.

Here’s no longer honest recordsdata for Personnel India, who ended Day 1 in a stable space at 272/3 with opener KL Rahul batting unbeaten on 122 and Ajinkya Rahane within the middle batting on 40.

Vice-captain Rahul, who averaged 7.50 in four innings with a top rating of 16 in South Africa three years ago, reached his ton off 218 balls as he toyed with a blunt dwelling bowling attack on a slack wicket. He’ll resume on the 2d morning with Ajinkya Rahane (40 no longer out), whose space within the facet had been below scrutiny however played some bright shots to portion an unbeaten fourth-wicket stand of 73.

Feeble South Africa looked love a side who enjoy no longer played test cricket since June, with a assortment of their gamers having had no red-ball cricket within the remainder six months. They bowled too immediate on a wicket offering small assistance and did no longer attack the stumps ample after India had received the toss and elected to bat in overcast stipulations.

The resolution to interact 21-Twelve months-previous debutant left-arm seamer Marco Jansen (0/61) over the more experienced, and in-salvage, Duanne Olivier raised eyebrows too. The dwelling facet had to wait till the 2d session to salvage a breakthrough as India opener Mayank Agarwal (60) used to be trapped lbw by Lungi Ngidi (3/45) after a 117-speed opening partnership with Rahul.

Agarwal left the field vigorously shaking his head after a overview from South Africa instantaneous the transport used to be inserting the tip of leg stump. “Placing up 270 on the first day is wonderful and the important thing to us doing that used to be getting a honest beginning,” Agarwal informed journalists.

“Will enjoy to you strategy in a foreign country to areas love South Africa, it is terribly crucial you apply yourself, be disciplined and strategy with honest sport-plans. That paid dividends for us. The pitch used to be within the beginning pretty mushy and there used to be moisture there. We knew scoring runs on the entrance foot would no longer be easy,” he added.

(with Reuters inputs)

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