IND vs SA, 2nd Test Day 2 highlights: Bumrah emerges as standout performer; Rohit and Co. level series 1-1 at Cape Town

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: South Africa have taken a review for a dismissal of Rohit Sharma in Rabada’s over. Ultra Edge confirms the ball made no contact with the blade, Rohit will continue. End of the over, IND 58/2 after 9 overs. Rohit and Co. need 21 runs to beat the Proteas and level the series 1-1 at Cape Town.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: Rohit Sharma slices the ball hard and gets away with a single. A difficult chance it was for the South Africa fielder at deep backward point. FOUR! Shubman Gill crunches the ball and gets a boundary. OUT! What a comeback by Rabada. A small victory for the bowler as Gill departs for 10 off 11 balls. Time for Virat Kohli to team up with Rohit.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: No.3 batter Shubman Gill gets off the mark on his sixth ball. Takes a quick double to retain the strike. Glorious! Brilliant from Gill as he pulls out a straight drive to get his first boundary. Fifty-up goes India! Rohit Sharma's Team India needs 27 runs to beat the Proteas in the 2nd Test. IND 52/1 after 8 overs.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: OUT! So that's the end of young Yashasvi Jaiswal. Jaiswal is the first Indian batter to get dismissed in the second session. The Indian opener played an entertaining knock of 28. Jaiswal c Tristan Stubbs b Nandre Burger 28(23). Shubman Gill is the next batter in for the visitors. India just need 35 more to win!

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: See the ball, hit the ball - the mantra, Rohit and Co. are following in the run chase. If you wanna go, go hard! A boundary to Rohit as the Indian oper gets into double figures. Rohit survives on the next ball as wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne's one-handed effort almost handed South Africa a wicket. Surprise-surprise! Ultra Edge confirms there was no edge from Rohit's blade.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: Too high for a review! Big shout by Rabada for LBW, umpire is not interested, single is taken by Rohit as on-song Jaiswal gets back on strike. He is in a hurry to wrap up the 2nd Test. India need 44 runs to beat South Africa. IND 35/0 after 5 overs.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: No problem for the Indian openers, who have opted to take the aerial route in the menacing opening spell. Yashasvi Jaiswal has smashed five fours already in 16 balls. Rohit is a spectator to Jaiswal's batting blitz. IND 30-0 after 3.5 overs. India need 48 more runs to beat South Africa in the 2nd Test at Cape Town.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: South Africa’s Dean Elgar received a guard of honour before India kickstarted its run chase in the second session. Elgar, a veteran of 86 Tests, is playing his final red-ball game for South Africa. Earlier, South Africa's stand-in skipper became the second batter to get dismissed twice on the opening day of the Test match. IND 15-0 after 1.5 overs.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: OUCH! Nasty one for Rohit Sharma as the Indian skipper is welcomed in some style by Kagiso Rabada. Rohit responded with a splendid strike, and got 2 runs from it. Earlier, Jaiswal smashed two boundaries in the same over. India off to a flyer! Team India is 11-0 in 1 over. Rohit and Co. need 68 runs to win.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit 'Hitman' Sharma have arrived at the crease to kickstart India's run chase of the 79-run target set by South Africa. India can script history by defeating the Proteas at Cape Town. No Asian side has ever won a Test match at Newlands, Cape Town. India only need 79 runs to become the first Asian side to beat South Africa at the venue.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: Former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri feels Rohit Sharma will lead India’s charge against the Proteas in the 2nd innings. Shastri expects Rohit to showcase his explosive batting style in India’s run chase of the 79-run target. Speaking to Star Sports about Rohit, the former Indian head coach backed Rohit to play a quick-fire knock to end the contest in the third session. The Indian opener played a stroke-filled knock of 39 off 50 balls in the 1st innings. “I think so, he had that in the 1st innings. He will take a similar route in the 2nd innings as well. When Virat Kohli came, he did the same thing. He put the loose ball away. The same applied to Markram,” Shastri said during the innings break. The former Indian all-rounder also asserted that the upcoming session will be the final one of the action-packed Test series between India and hosts South Africa.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: "I told you he will pick five. You could see the effort, where he bowled today," Ravi Shastri praised Bumrah at Lunch. The former Indian head coach also lauded Yashasvi Jaiswal for being safe as houses on the field. The Indian opener has taken 4 catches in the 2nd Test against South Africa. India need 79 runs to win the 2nd Test at Cape Town. With the win, Rohit and Co. level the series 1-1. “I think the pitch has gone a little faster. One spell left in the series for Rabada, Burger and Ngidi. They will go flat out,” Shastri added.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: The two-match series will end in a stalemate if India chase down the 79-run target in its 2nd innings at Cape Town. Aiden Markram's brilliant century lifted South Africa to 176 in 36.5 overs. Jasprit Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers in the 2nd innings. He bagged six wickets and leaked 61 runs in 13.5 overs. Bumrah’s bowling heroics forced an early lunch on Day 2 of the 2nd Test in Cape Town. India will begin its chase after the break.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: Siraj and Bumrag have both bagged six-wicket hauls in the same Test match at Cape Town. Jaiswal takes another sharp catch at slip and Ngidi is dismissed for 8 off 10 balls. Bumrah is leading the Indian team at Lunch as South Africa are all out for 176 in the 2nd innings.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: Pacer Jasprit Bumrah bagged his 9th Test five-wicket haul in the 2nd innings of the series decider against South Africa on Day 2 in Cape Town. Skipper Rohit Sharma has handed the ball to Bumrah again for the 36th over. Pacer Bumrah will be hoping to finish the South Africa tour with a six-wicket haul. Meanwhile, Team India hasn't used veteran spinner Ravindra Jadeja. South Africa lead by 76 runs. RSA 175-9 after 36.3 overs.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: Prasidh Krishna has been tasked to take the final wicket of the Proteas. The Indian pacer has bowled only four overs in the 2nd innings. He earlier dismissed Rabada to open his account. "This can be very frustrating, when the tail wags," Ravi Shastri said on-air as Burder gets a four over the third man. RSA 169-9 after 35 overs. South Africa lead India by 71 runs.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: Tailender Lungi Ngidi has joined Nandre Burger after India dismissed Rabada and Markram in the last two overs. Pacer Prasidh Krishna has opened his account with the wicket of Rabada. Siraj has taken charge for Team India with the ball. RSA 164/9 after 33.3 overs. South Africa lead India by 66 runs.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: Enters Siraj and the strike bowler has a big wicket to his name. After taking the catch, Rohit smashes the ball on the ground as Aiden Markram departs! Has the damage been done? A fabulous innings from Markram has come to an end. Markram c Rohit b Siraj 106(103). RSA 162/8 after 31.5 overs.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: How to turn the tie on its head! Opener Aiden Markram smashes two fours in Bumrah's over to complete a match-altering century. Dean Elgar, who has played his final Test for South Africa, is on his seat as Markram gets to his century in style. He salutes Elgar in return! Newlands is all praise for the Proteas batter. Don’t forget Rahul dropped the South African opener on 73.

Oh no! Aiden Markram has taken charge after gloveman KL Rahul DROPPED a sitter in the previous over bowled by Bumrah. Speedster Prasidh Krishna, who was introduced into the attack by Rohit, has leaked 16 runs in his first over. Add another four to it! Markram is on 94 now! South Africa lead by 51 runs. 149/7 after 29 overs.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: Stationed at first slip, former Indian skipper Virat Kohli was on his way to celebrate the massive wicket of Aiden Markram but wicketkeeper KL Rahul has put down a dolly of a catch. Bumrah too in shock! How costly will it prove? First setback for India in the opening session. Rahul drops Markram on 73 as South Africa lead India by 31 runs. RSA 129/7 after 28 overs.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test: After Markram refused a single and creamed a boundary off Bumrah in the 26th over, Rohit has decided to unleash pace ace Siraj for the first time in the 1st session on Day 2 at Cape Town. FOUR AND FOUR! Siraj leaks a couple of boundaries, courtesy of an on-song Markram. He is the batter to watch out for! RSA 128/7 in 26.5 overs.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: Jasprit Bumrah has picked up a match-changing fifer for India in the first session on Day 2 of the 2nd Test. He has bowled exceptionally as a new ball bowler. Keshav Maharaj, who arrived in the 23rd over, is dismissed 8 balls later. Shreyas Iyer takes a simple catch and Proteas now have three wickets in hand. Maharaj c Shreyas Iyer b Bumrah 3(4). RSA 111-7 in 25.2 overs. South Africa lead by 13 runs.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: Jasprit Bumrah is on a roll! Sharp reflexes from the bowler and he is rewarded with the wicket of Jansen. Bumrah's individual brilliance has put Rohit Sharma’s Team India on top in the first session on Day 2! Marco Jansen c and b Bumrah 11(9). RSA 103/6 after 24.2 overs. South Africa lead by 5 runs.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: Aiden Markram wants to issue a statement! He is doing the bat do all the talking. Taunted by Kohli earlier, Markram smashed a boundary in the 22nd over to bring up his half-century. Markram is the first batter to score a 50 in the Cape Town Test. RSA 97-5 after 23 overs. The Proteas trail India by 1 run.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: OUT! Kyle Verreynne, what have you done? Beaten by Bumrah's pace, the Proteas batter opted to play the cross-bat shot. Pollock on-air also questioned the shot selection of the Proteas batter. It's a gift! And India have taken it with both hands. Bumrah has the third wicket in the 2nd innings. Verreynne c Siraj b Bumrah 9(7). RSA 85-5 after 21.1 overs. South Africa trail India by 13 runs.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli was the first to unnerve Aiden Markram after Bumrah's appeal for an LBW was turned down by the umpire in the 19th over. Rohit Sharma suggested Bumrah that wickets might have been missing, thus, India have opted against the review. "Just matter of time," Kohli is rallying behind Bumrah and Co. as Team India is searching for the remaining six wickets in the first session. Markram is feeling the heat!

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: Pacer Jasprit Bumrah was right on the money for India in his first over of the second day of the 2nd Test against South Africa. The Indian pacer dismissed David Bedingham for 11 off 12 balls. Bumrah has picked up 2 wickets in his first 7 overs of the 2nd innings. More to come? Here's what Bumrah said about India's gameplan for Day 2.

"Cricket is always surprising. When we saw the wicket in the morning, we didn't expect that it's going to be an action-packed day like how it was. It's always fun for a bowler that you are always in play, anything can happen anytime. If you bowled disciplined lines, there's a lot in the wicket. Interesting day of cricket. We have a lot of belief in our bowling line-up, but a lot of the bowlers are new. The discussion was about consistency and bowling in partnerships," Bumrah said before the start of the day's play in Cape Town.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: OUT! A booming drive and Bumrah gets the outside edge. What a start by India! KL Rahul takes a routine catch to complete the dismissal of David Bedingham. Bedingham c Rahul b Bumrah 11(12). RSA 66-4 after 18 overs. Hosts trail India by 32 runs.

We are underway on Day 2 of the 2nd Test match between India and South Africa! Edge and safe! Early drama to start the second day at Newlands. Bedingham gets lucky as the batter is gifted with a four in Bumrah's first over. RSA 66/3 after 17.5 overs.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: Legendary cricketers Sunil Gavaskar and Shaun Pollock shared their views about the Cape Town match pitch in the lead-up to the second day of the series decider. India are tasked to take seven more wickets to remain in the driving seat of the 2nd Test. India have never won a Test match at Newlands. South Africa are behind India by 36 runs. What to expect from Cape Town's pitch on Day 2? Here's what legendary cricketers Pollock and Gavaskar said.

"You don't want these kind of conditions. If you bowl a full delivery, it's fine. If you bowl a short delivery, it's fine. But it's all happening from a quality length and there's nothing you can do as a batter when it hits that area and stands up steeply which we saw happen on countless occasions. Was it a 55 wicket? No. Certainly wasn't a 250-300 wicket. These types of pitches are dangerous for batters' physical health. Spinning pitches are dangerous to batters' reputation. It's not very easy for batters to play, little of the skill involved. It has to be an even covering of grass. Little bit of grass here, bare patches there. Thick bit of grass around the cracks, that's the problem. It's between 5 and a half and 7 and a half metres. I can't see this changing much," Pollock and Gavaskar explained in their pitch report ahead of Day 2.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: Star batter Aiden Markram is expected to be Team India's priced scalp in the first session on Day 2 at Cape Town. The Proteas opener is batting on 36 off 51 balls. He will be supported by David Bedingham, who remained unbeaten on 7 off 6 balls. Jasprit Bumrah and Mukesh Kumar have picked up three wickets for India in the 2nd innings. Siraj, who returned his career-best figures in the 1st innings, has remained wicketless in South Africa's second essay. Can Siraj and Bumrah make sure Proteas fold for cheap in 2nd innings?

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: As many as six batters of the Indian team failed to open their accounts in the 1st innings. However, skipper Rohit Sharma showcased his counterattacking batting style against South Africa with his brilliant 39-run knock. India's new No.3 batter Shubman Gill scored 36 off 55 balls while ex-skipper Virat Kohli was the highest run-getter for the Asian giants. Kohli scored 46 off 59 balls. Which Indian player batted the best at Cape Town?

"Kohli, I think, batted the best. If you will leave aside the first shot, which was streaky, he batted extremely well after that. Shubman Gill was looking good but the ball is doing a lot here - extra bounce, sideways movement, and sometimes the ball stays low," former India opener Aakash Chopra said after the day's play at Cape Town.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: South African batting consultant Ashwell Prince opined that "there was something wrong" about the match pitch at Cape Town. As many as 23 wickets fell on the first day of the second Test between India and South Africa on Wednesday. "I've never seen the pitch that quick on day one," said Prince, who also praised Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj after Stumps Day 1.

"As a batsman you don't mind pace in the wicket if the bounce is consistent but the bounce was a little bit inconsistent. You expect a bit of seam movement on day one but seam movement with inconsistent bounce is a different situation. Sometimes it happens that a great bowling line-up bowls out a team cheaply but if both batting line-ups can't bat there's something wrong," he added.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: The New Year's Test became the first red-ball game to witness the dismissals of 23 batters on opening day's play in South Africa. The 1902 Test match between Australia and England saw 23 batters getting dismissed on the first day. India bowled out for 153 in its 1st innings. For the first time, a team lost six wickets at the same score in a Test innings. Rohit Sharma's Team India lost their last six wickets in 11 balls. India and South Africa played 349 balls in their respective 1st innings at Cape Town. Tristian Stubbs became the second batter to get dismissed twice on the first day of his Test debut.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: Proteas opener Dean Elgar will bid farewell to Test cricket after the India series. Elgar scored 4 and 12 runs in his final Test match. Elgar managed to cross the 1000-run mark against India in the longest format. The South Africa stand-in skipper is the fourth batter after Jacques Kallis (1734), Hashim Amla (1528) and AB de Villiers (1334) to scale mount 1k against India.

“On these wickets, where ball is doing so much, often bowlers tend to think, ‘let me try and bowl an outswinger darting from leg to off or get one to bend back from angle but one should just stick to one line. If you hit areas, wickets will come automatically, if you try many things, you yourself can get confused,” Siraj observed.

“When senior bowler is operating and there is wicketkeeper who advises you on what is the correct length, job becomes easier as there is lot of communication. When you are hit for 4-5 boundaries, you know what length to switch to,” Siraj added.

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: Indian skipper Rohit Sharma played a quick-fire knock against the Proteas in the series decider at Cape Town. Rohit scored 39 off 50 balls and the India skipper creamed seven fours. The 36-year-old batted at a strike rate of 78- the most by an Indian batter in the 1st innings. Reflecting on Rohit's knock, former India opener Aakash Chopra opined that the skipper played an attacking and valuable innings to keep the visitors in the hunt. "Rohit Sharma - short knock but attacking and valuable. Valuable runs because too many runs are not being scored in this match. So the 35 to 45 runs become very important, and that includes Rohit, Gill and Kohli," Chopra said.

Pacer Mohammed Siraj bagged six wickets as South Africa folded for 55 in 23.2 overs. Siraj registered his career-best Test figures inside nine overs. Siraj has bowled five overs, and the pacer conceded 11 runs in the 2nd innings. Is Siraj's 6/15 the best piece of bowling by an Indian new-ball pacer in Tests?

India vs South Africa, Live Score 2nd Test Day 2: Who would have thought that India and South Africa would play out their respective innings on Day 1 of the Cape Town decider? Did Siraj think he will bowl twice for India on the opening day? Siraj had a counter-question when the pacer was asked about his bowling heroics.

“Did you think so?,” Siraj chuckled. “We didn’t think also. We had put our feet up but this is cricket. You see both good and bad things. You want the New Year to go well. I realised what I missed in the last game and wanted to compensate and I executed my plans accordingly. I wanted to hit one area consistently and I did that and got reward for it. Wicket looks quite similar to Centurion,” Siraj added.