India’s Test vice-captain Rishabh Pant was on point with his inputs for the bowlers on Saturday, November 15, at the Eden Gardens and his invaluable advice to Kuldeep Yadav helped India bag a big wicket on Day 2 of the Test against South Africa.

Pant stepped into a bigger role after regular skipper Shubman Gill retired hurt early in India’s innings with a neck spasm.

Simon Harmer finished with 4/30 from 14.2 overs, teasing India’s six left-handers, a first in their Test history, while tall pacer Marco Jansen (3/35) used steep bounce to clean up the lower order as India folded for a paltry 189.

With a lead of just 30 runs, India required quick breakthroughs to protect it. At stumps, Ravindra Jadeja’s 4/27 in 13 overs saw South Africa in tatters at 93/7 with an overall lead of 63.

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