The last wicket-less session for India at home was a month back in Delhi, during a late West Indies uprising. But the way their bowlers were foiled by the South Africa lower order has no recent precedent.

Senuran Muthusamy’s defiance (109) , Marco Jansen’s belligerence (93) and Kyle Verreynne’s resourcefulness (45) covered Day 2 in near-entirety to deflate India early in the second Test. It will take a herculean feat, and a fast one at that, for the hosts – 0-1 down in the two-Test series – to bounce back after conceding 489 in over 151 overs at the ACA Stadium.

Batting under floodlights and lavender skies, openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (7 not out) and KL Rahul (2 not out) survived as play closed three minutes before the scheduled stumps with India at nine without loss.

Sunday morning bro

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