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At SuperSport Park: Former opener Aakash Chopra came down heavily on India following their defeat by an innings and 32 runs to South Africa in the first Test, saying the batters gave the look of not willing to play ugly and take blows on the body, while the bowlers looked undercooked to excel.

At SuperSport Park, KL Rahul’s magnificent 101 took India to 245 in the first innings under challenging conditions. With the ball, Bumrah and Siraj did well, but the change bowlers in Shardul Thakur and Prasidh Krishna were ineffective, giving away 194 runs between them in 39 overs for just two wickets.

It meant opener Dean Elgar, playing his final Test match at his home ground, made a majestic 185. Along with fifties from Marco Jansen and David Bedingham, South Africa made 408, thus taking a lead of 163 runs.