India vs South Africa 1st Test Highlights: KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal help India dominate Day 1

Follow our LIVE blog for latest score and updates from Day 1 of 1st IND vs SA Test being played at SuperSport Park in Centurion.

KL Rahul (Source: Twitter)

Preview: Skipper Virat Kohli will be battling on multiple fronts with an aim to get the tricky team combination right as India have a real shot at winning their first-ever away series against South Africa, which is short on experience going into the contest, starting with the Boxing Day Test.

The choice between an untested rookie like Shreyas Iyer and a proven but out-of-form Ajinkya Rahane for the number five slot, is not an enviable one. It's more like choosing between rock and hard place with fear of unknown being a persistent factor.

Squads:

India: Virat Kohli (captain), KL Rahul (vc), Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Jayant Yadav, Priyank Panchal, Umesh Yadav, Hanuma Vihari, Ishant Sharma

South Africa: Dean Elgar (captain), Temba Bavuma (vice-captain), Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper), Kagiso Rabada, Sarel Erwee, Beuran Hendricks, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Keegan Petersen, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Glenton Stuurman, Prenelan Subrayen, Sisanda Magala, Ryan Rickelton, Duanne Olivier.

With PTI inputs

26 December 2021

20:02 IST

IND 272/3 at Day 1 Stumps

Team India dominated the opening day of the first Test against South Africa courtesy of a century by KL Rahul and a fifty by Mayank Agarwal. The visitors have so far lost Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Virat Kohli as all three batters fell victim to Ngidi.  Ajinkya Rahane (40) and Rahul (122) were unbeaten at stumps on Day 1.

19:24 IST

Century for KL Rahul

KL Rahul continued his superb form as he gets himself a hundred on Boxing Day. It's his sixth away century.