India 251-7 (93 ovs) vs SA | Scorecard

Morkel tries the bouncer but Ashwin is content to leave it alone before he plays a nice straight drive two balls later which the mid-off fielder dives but half-stops it to give only a single.

Abbott gets Ashwin to edge a full delivery as he goes for a drive through the covers but Hashim Amla at first slip is unsure if he has taken the catch cleanly. The umpires refer the decision to the third umpire with a soft signal saying not out and replays indicate that the ball could have touched the ground before Amla took it. And the third umpire rightly turns confirm that the catch was not taken cleanly.

He turns the third ball on the leg side before Rahane plays a cross batted swat but gets only one run.

Morkel attempts a short ball but this time Rahane plays the pull shot but slow running between the wickets from his partner gets him just a single.

Ashwin then plays a delightful shot through the covers, going back and hitting a short delivery through the gap in the off-side, for a boundary which would have made many a batsman proud.

That boundary brings up the 50-run stand for the eighth wicket between the duo from 120 deliveries as India continue to build.