Openers perish early, India in trouble
January 24, 2018  14:31


India 19-2 (13 ovs) vs SA | Scorecard

Pujara is all at sea at the moment as Philander beats him yet again with one that moves away and also bounces quite a bit.

A few balls later, Pujara is nearly done in by the incoming delivery as he opts to leave thinking the ball would move away but it comes in sharply and is lucky that it just missed the stumps.

Rabada bowls a quick delivery which swings in as Kohli is hit high on the pads. Three balls later, he takes a big stride forward and drives a full delivery through the covers for a four to get off the mark in some style.

An angry Rabada beats Kohli with the inswinging delivery which beats him and strikes him on the pads before he blocks the last ball.

Pujara is yet to get off the mark from 20 balls faced so far. He gets another unplayable delivery from Philander, bounce and movement and Pujara looks to defend but is beaten again.

The next ball is the same as Pujara is again lucky not to have got the edge.

The right-hander blocks the rest of the over as he is still to get off the mark after scoring 26 balls.

Rabada is getting so much bounce as he beats Kohli yet again with one that moves away.

Kohli then looks for a quick single at the other end but Pujara, who was run out in the last match turns down the call.

Kohli then punches it through the covers for a couple of runs before he defends the rest of the over.

The first hour has been dominated by South Africa.

India are struggling on 19 for two in 13 overs, after making a surprise decision to bat first despite picking five fast bowlers on a green wicket.
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