GUWAHATI: India removed both South African openers in the space of three deliveries on either side of morning break but the visitors displayed way more purpose on a better batting track to post 156 for 2 at lunch on the opening day of the second Test here on Saturday. After Aiden Markram (38) found his defence breached off the final Jasprit Bumrah delivery in the morning session, it was Kuldeep Yadav, who picked Ryan Rickleton within two deliveries post resumption to set some panic among the Proteas ranks.

However, skipper Temba Bavuma (36 batting) was composed as usual, defending well and that also gave an initially shaky Tristan Stubbs (32) time to settle down and play some confident strokes in an unbroken stand of 74 for the third wicket.

For the spinners, there was some turn on offe

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