Classy Kohli resists as India reach 183 for five in Centurion
Virat Kohli settled down and gave India's reply direction to reach  to his 16th Test half-century ©BCCI
Virat Kohli settled down and gave India's reply direction to reach to his 16th Test half-century ©BCCI

PRETORIA (Reuters) – Young South African seamer Lungi Ngidi took his first Test wicket but India captain Virat Kohli led the resistance for the tourists as they reached 183 for five at the close of day two of the second test in Pretoria on Sunday.

India trail South Africa by 152 runs having bowled their hosts out for 335 just before lunch on a slow wicket that has bounce, but little lateral movement.
Kohli will resume his innings on 85 not out along with all-rounder Hardik Pandya (11 not out) as the pair seek to eke out a first innings lead in the knowledge that batting last on a wicket already showing variable bounce will be a challenge.

India have tried to be positive with the bat, but have lost wickets at regular intervals, with the top seven so far failing to provide support for Kohli.
The openers took the score to 28 before losing their first wicket when Lokesh Rahul (10) was caught and bowled by Morne Morkel, misjudging a delivery that held up on the surface.

They lost another wicket on the next ball when new batsman Cheteshwar Pujara took on the arm of Ngidi at mid-on and lost, run out by a direct hit.
Murali Vijay (46) added 79 for the third wicket with his captain before he edged spinner Keshav Maharaj (1-53) to wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock.
Rohit Sharma (10) was trapped leg before wicket by the world’s leading test bowler Kagiso Rabada (1-33), before Ngidi (1-26) delighted the home crowd with his first test wicket – Parthiv Patel (19) edging to De Kock.

Kohli has played a superb innings in trying to hold the India effort together, scoring at a brisk pace as well with his 85 coming off 130 deliveries.
India had earlier taken the final four South African wickets in their innings for 66 runs in the morning session.

Home captain Faf du Plessis struck a well-compiled 63 before he was bowled by Ishant Sharma (3-46), but the pick of the tourists’ attack was spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who claimed 4-113 and also had three catches dropped off his bowling.
Mohammed Shami became the seventh Indian fast bowler to 100 test wickets when he had Maharaj caught by Patel, the third quickest to reach that mark in his 29th test after Kapil Dev (25 tests) and Irfan Pathan (28).
South Africa lead the three-Test series 1-0 after a 72-run victory in Cape Town in the opening fixture.

 

SOUTH AFRICA  1st innings

 Dean Elgar        c Murali Vijay b Ravichandran Ashwin            31

 Aiden Markram     c Parthiv Patel b Ravichandran Ashwin           94

 Hashim Amla       Run Out Hardik Pandya                           82

 AB de Villiers    b Ishant Sharma                                 20

 Faf du Plessis    b Ishant Sharma                                 63

 Quinton de Kock   c Virat Kohli b Ravichandran Ashwin              0

 Vernon Philander  Run Out Parthiv Patel                            0

 Keshav Maharaj    c Parthiv Patel b Mohammed Shami                18

 Kagiso Rabada     c Hardik Pandya b Ishant Sharma                 11

 Morne Morkel      c Murali Vijay b Ravichandran Ashwin             6

 Lungi Ngidi       Not Out                                          1

 Extras            0b 8lb 1nb 0pen 0w                               9

 Total             (113.5 overs)                          335 all out

Fall of Wickets : 1-85 Elgar, 2-148 Markram, 3-199 de Villiers, 4-246 Amla, 5-250 de Kock, 6-251 Philander, 7-282 Maharaj, 8-324 Rabada, 9-333 du Plessis, 10-335 Morkel

 

 Bowling: Bumrah 22 – 6 – 60-0, (1nb,)Shami 15- 2- 58-1,

 Sharma  22- 4- 46-3, Pandya 16-4-50-0 Ashwin 38.5-10-113-4.

 

 ……………………………………………………

 INDIA  1st innings

 Murali Vijay       c Quinton de Kock b Keshav Maharaj     46

 Lokesh Rahul       c&b Morne Morkel                       10

 Cheteshwar Pujara  Run Out Lungi Ngidi                     0

 Virat Kohli        Not Out                                85

 Rohit Sharma       lbw Kagiso Rabada                      10

 Parthiv Patel      c Quinton de Kock b Lungi Ngidi        19

 Hardik Pandya      Not Out                                11

 Extras             0b 1lb 0nb 0pen 1w                      2

 Total              (61.0 overs)                        183-5

Fall of Wickets : 1-28 Rahul, 2-28 Pujara, 3-107 Vijay, 4-132 Sharma, 5-164 Patel

To Bat : Ashwin, Shami, Bumrah, Sharma

 

 Bowling: Maharaj 16- 1-53-1, Morkel 15-3-47-1, Philander 9-3-23-0,

  Rabada  12-0-33-1, Ngidi  9- 2 – 26-1.

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