Pandya falls for 93, India 9 down
January 06, 2018  19:39
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India 200-9 (70 ovs) vs SA 286 | Scorecard


Rabada bowls a bouncer from round the stumps as Pandya walks across his stumps and tries to pull it fine but fails to make connection.

Pandya then makes room as the bouncer follows next ball and he somehow manages to avoid it. Three balls later, he tries the pull shot again but this time he misses and is hit on the box. He looks in some pain but decides to continue without calling for the physio and keeps strike with a single from the last ball.

In the next over, Pandya makes room and lofts Morkel over the off-side for a four to take his score into the 90s.

Morkel bowls a full delivery as Pandya gets into a tangle trying to keep out the delivery before he slaps a full toss to deep cover for two runs and pulls a short ball to deep square leg off the last ball for one to keep strike.

Rabada dashes Pandya's hopes of getting a century as he gets the right-hander caught behind for 93. Pandya tries to slash a short wide ball slanted across him but only manages an edge and wicketkeeper de Kock completes a regulation catch behind the stumps.

Pandya misses a deserved century but his stunning counter-attack has kept India in the contest. When he walked out to the middle, India were tottering on 76 for five following the dismissal of Pujara before Pandya in the company of Bhuvneshwar (25) scripted the turnaround.

Jasprit Bumrah is welcomed with a quick bouncer by Rabada, his first delivery in Tests, which he does well to avoid. He taps the second ball in the covers to collect a single and get off the mark in Test cricket and also brings up India's 200.

Mohammed Shami is beaten two balls in a row outside the off-stump before Rabada sprays the last ball down the leg side.

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