CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa took a 142-run lead in the first test but a swashbuckling individual performance by Hardik Pandya on Saturday and another injury to Dale Steyn left India still with some hope in the series opener after two days. South Africa progressed to 65-2 in its second innings in the late afternoon at Newlands to leave India behind. South Africa first posted 286 and then bowled the tourists out for 209 in their first innings. “If he hadn’t scored those runs, I think we would have been in trouble,” said India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara. Before Pandya’s adventurous innings, India had struggled against South Africa’s unrelenting pacemen.

Source: National Post January 06, 2018 10:45 UTC