After a quiet and safe start India lost Virender Sehwag in the 11th over of their inning on total score of 43; when Dale Steyn caught him in crease for a perfect length ball and Jack Kallis made no mistake in the slips to grab a simple catch. He scored 25 runs. Rahul Dravid onboard now with Murali Vijay who was batting on 15. He got second life when AB de Villiers couldn't grab a stunner in the slips. But he couldn't live long and fall to Steyn on 19 on the total of 49.
Sachin Tendulkar, centurion in the first test, fell prey of Lonwabo Tsotsobe on total of 79. He just scored 13 runs. VVS Laxman joined Dravid, playing on 18.
Earlier, South Africa skipper Graeme Smith won the toss and invited India to bat in the second cricket Test at Kingsmead, Durban on Sunday. India are playing without Gautam Gambhir, who injured his left hand during the first Test at Centurion but paceman
Zaheer Khan is back in the side.
India have also left out Suresh Raina. Murali Vijay has replaced Gambhir in the line-up while Zaheer Khan has taken place of Jaidev Unadkat. Cheteshwar Pujara replaced Raina in the final XI.
South Africa have fielded the same side that won the first Test. The match had a delayed start due to wet outfield.
Teams: India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Virender Sehwag, Murali Vijay, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Cheteshwar Pujara, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, S Sreesanth and Ishant Sharma.
South Africa: Graeme Smith (C), Alviro Petersen, Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Paul Harris, Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.
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