Centurion,
\nYoung 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\/5 at the<\/p>\n
close of Day 2 of the second Test.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Kohli will resume his innings on 85 not out along with all-rounder Hardik Pandya (11*) as the pair seek to eke out a first innings lead in the knowledge that batting<\/p>\n
last on a wicket already showing variable bounce will be a challenge.<\/p>\n
India have tried to be positive with the bat, but have lost wickets at regular intervals, with the other top batsmen failing to provide support for Kohli.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n
direct hit.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Rohit Sharma (10) was trapped leg before wicket by the world\u2019s leading Test bowler Kagiso Rabada (1\/33), before Ngidi (1\/26) delighted the home crowd with<\/p>\n
his first Test wicket \u2014 Parthiv Patel (19) edging to de Kock.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n
63 before he was bowled by Ishant Sharma (3\/46), but the pick of the tourists\u2019 attack was spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who claimed 4\/113 and also had three<\/p>\n
catches dropped off his bowling.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n
29th Test after Kapil Dev (25 Tests) and Irfan Pathan (28).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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