India vs South Africa Test Scorecard Live Updates, SA vs IND 2nd Test Match Live Match Result Ball Update

Indian striker Mohammed Shami, center, successfully appeals for the dismissal of South African Aiden Markram on the first day of the 2nd test cricket match between South Africa and India at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Monday, January 3, 2022. (AP Photo / Themba Hadebe)

The first nine crossings of the Wanderers test indicated almost repetition of the first hour of the Centurion test. South Africa had squandered a new ball on Killing Day, bowling too wide and offering too many boundary balls to build any kind of pressure on the new Kookaburra. India’s opening winners KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal had added 117, and the match had to slide out of South Africa there.

But in stark contrast, at the end of Johannesburg Day, the hosts were happier after India resigned with 202 and reached 35/1. Without the decisive half-century of KL Rahul, who led India, without Virat Kohl, who treated the upper back spasm, and the valuable cameo of Ravichandra Ashwin, tourists would have found it difficult to cross 150. (READ THE FULL REPORT)