Twitter Reactions: India v South Africa 2nd day,1st Test: India in driver seat

Twitter Reactions: India v South Africa 2nd day,1st Test: India in driver seat: India took the day 2 honours, as Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli sealed India’s fate in a familiar fashion. Cheteshwar Pujara remained unbeaten on 63*, courtesy 6 boundaries and a towering six, while Virat Kohli found his touch back, staying on 11* not out.

For South Africa, Vernon Philander and Imran Tahir picked up 1 wicket each.

Earlier in the day, South Africa were bowled out for 184, as India took a slender lead of 17 runs. The Indian spinners took all the 10 wickets, with Ashwin leading the pack with 5-51, while Jadeja bagged 3 and Amit Mishra scalped 2 wickets in the proceedings.

AB de Villiers top-scored for South Africa with 63, while Hashim Amla missed out on a fifty by 7 runs.

Apart from these two, the visitors struggled to read the Indian spinners on a tricky pitch, as India sealed day 2 honours.

India now sits pretty on the driver seat with a 142 runs lead with 8 wickets in hand. Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara will look to capitalize from the early morning while the Africans will look to make early inroads.

Let’s have a look at how Twitter reacted to an eventful day, that was on offer.

https://twitter.com/SirRamizRaja/status/662542089930977280

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