Rishabh Pant asked Kuldeep Yadav to make a small switch, and India were immadiately rewarded for it.

15 wickets fell on the second day’s play at the Eden Gardens, posing some difficult questions about the quality of the pitch upon Test cricket’s return to Kolkata for the first time in 6 years. India’s spinners in particular were dominant, with Ravindra Jadeja taking 4 wickets while Kuldeep Yadav chipped in with a couple in the third innings.

Even though there was plenty of assistance in the pitch and South Africa’s batters didn’t have the best time of it, there was still time for some good thinking Test cricket to be put on display late on Day 2.

With Marco Jansen counter-attacking against the spinners late on and Shubman Gill off the pitch due to his neck spasms, Rishabh Pant as

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