IND vs SA 2nd Test Day 1: India hold advantage with 6 wickets on good batting track in Guwahati – Action in Images

India might be the slightly happier team after contaning South Africa to 247/6 on what appeared to be a good batting surface, with no big scorers.

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India just about have their noses ahead after stumps on Day 1 in Guwahati. A very balanced day where the South African top order managed good starts, but nobody stayed in the capitalise. Kuldeep Yadav stars with the ball, taking three important wickets. (AFP)

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Rishabh Pant shares a laugh with Temba Bavuma. Pant became India's 38th Test captain, but that didn't take away from his cheery nature. Nevertheless, new captain didn't mean new luck: once again, India lost the toss. (PTI)

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On a flat surface compared to the one prepared at Kolkata last week, Aiden Markram and Ryan Rickleton set South Africa off to a good start. They put on 82 runs for the first wicket, heaping pressure onto India's rookie captain. (PTI)

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Need a wicket? You know who to call. Jasprit Bumrah was the man to do the damage for India after the opening stand, slanting one through Markram's bat-pad gap to rattle his stumps. Just your normal Saturday. (ANI)

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Tristan Stubbs top-scored for the Proteas on the first day, but fell short of a half-century as he was dismissed on 49. Looked comfortable after moving back up to number three. (AFP)

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Temba Bavuma's success as Proteas captain continues, as he brought up 1000 runs as skipper – the second-fastest to reach 1000 runs as captain. He would be disappoint after a soft dismissal while batting on 41. (AFP)

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The spinners turned the tide of the match after South Africa were in a strong position at 166/2. First, Jadeja removed Bavuma, before Kuldeep Yadav responded with the dual strikes of Stubbs and Wiaan Mulder batting down the order. 3 wickets in the space of 10 overs that swung the needle towards India. (PTI)

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India wrapped up the day with a couple of overs with the second new ball, and Siraj made it count. Drew a false stroke from Tony de Zorzi, with Rishabh Pant completing a good catch to swing momentum India's way. (PTI)