India VS SA World Test Championship 1st Test Vizag

[Moochad]

India won the toss and elected to bat

[Moochad]

It's a debut for spin-bowling allrounder Senuran Muthusamy. 129 wickets with his left-arm spin in 69 FC matches and an average of 32.72 with the bat - he's made seven FC hundreds.

South Africa: 1 Aiden Markram, 2 Dean Elgar, 3 Theunis de Bruyn, 4 Faf du Plessis (capt), 5 Temba Bavuma, 6 Quinton de Kock (wk), 7 Vernon Philander, 8 Senuran Muthusamy, 9 Keshav Maharaj, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 11 Dane Piedt
 

India: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Mayank Agarwal, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli (capt), Ajinkya Rahane, 6 Hanuma Vihari, 7 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 8 R Ashwin, 9 Ravindra Jadeja, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Mohammed Shami

[Moochad]

Faf du Plessis can chuckle about their recent toss form in the subcontinent. He reinforces that this series is a look into the future. "We've lost a lot of Test players," he says and it's time now to groom the next Steyn and the next Amla. They're going with two spinners today. (An early stat from Bharath Seervi: South Africa had lost all 4 tosses in 2015-16 tour and have lost the toss in this Test as well.)
 

A "no-brainer" to bat, says Kohli. Expects the pitch to get slow and turn later on. Says it's good that Rohit has some clarity on his role, something he hasn't been given previously. Saha coming back in was around the corner, they were just waiting for the right moment - Kohli reckons he's the best keeper in the world.
 

9am India have won the toss and elected to bat

8:56am Support for spin from day two, reckons Sunil Gavaskar at the pitch report. They're standing in overcast conditions - there might be a little bit for seamers early on.

[test fan]

Really?

 

[Norman]

South Africa are over cooking here. No need for 3 spinners. They should have gone with Ngidi or Nortje. 

[Tibarn]

Shami and Ishant the pacers.

 

I'm surprised that Ishant is playing at home, but he has earned it. This is his chance to collect some more wickets and fix his home record

Edited October 2, 2019 by Tibarn

[Moochad]

Rohit 4 off Rabada

[Norman]

Already it's keeping low. 

 

Why don't they leave some grass on the wicket ? 

[Tibarn]

Great crowd at the ground for the 1st day of a test match

 

Vizag

[Moochad]

Bewda already has sunglasses on

[Moochad]

Saffers look like Irish in their kits 

[Tibarn]

2 minutes ago, Moochad said:

Saffers look like Irish in their kits 

They should wear leprechaun hats 

[vvvslaxman]

Painful stay at the crease by Rohit. No clue where his off stump is. He will hope to survive till the movement is gone.

[cowboysfan]

Sa  have very little chance to win this match after losing the toss.,even with the rain we should put up a good score.

[cowboysfan]

are they using the duke ball? there is a lot of swing and seam so far.

[vvvslaxman]

On a flat pitch Rohti is found wanting against new ball movement. He is adopting a low percentage approach. His experiment as an opener might work on these roads. He will be brutally exposed outside.

[Nikhil_cric]

SG ball always swings a bit upfront and reverses very quickly . Seam movement is probably because pitch us damp from all the rain. 

[Nikhil_cric]

I hope India wins but brothers senuran and Keshav do well. Don't want their averages to suffer. 

[cowboysfan]

4 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

On a flat pitch Rohti is found wanting against new ball movement. He is adopting a low percentage approach. His experiment as an opener might work on these roads. He will be brutally exposed outside.

what experience?as far as i know he has never opened before.

[Moochad]

Shout for lbw on Agarwal denied, no review taken