Second day washed out in Bangalore

He knew what kind of shots he wanted to play and I knew where essentially I should not be bowling. AB de Villiers, who is playing his 100 Test is the only batman to have provided any resistance.

After seven quiet overs, Kohli introduced Ravichandran Ashwin (3-53) and the off-spinner, who had taken eight wickets in the first test, jolted South Africa with a double burst in his first over. He had taken exactly 51 wickets in 2012-13.

Dean Elgar, who had survived several close calls, finally saw his luck run out when he was bowled while trying to sweep Jadeja. One of the most technically gifted batsmen in the Proteas squad, Amla managed a total of just 43 runs during the two innings in the opening Test.

It was at 78 for four that Duminy joined De Villiers as the two experienced players took the score to 100 in the 32nd over. “I feel pressure because we are 1-0 down”.

The third day of the second Test between India and the Proteas in Bangalore was washed out without a ball bowled on Monday.

India might have misread the conditions a little, but they certainly did not have enough time to fret over it. This was only the 20th time in 246 Tests in India that a side had made a decision to field. The second Test begins here tomorrow. Considering they last lost a Test series away from home in 2006, this could spell the end of that run.

De Villiers’ average against spinners on this tour; he has scored at a strike rate of 93.27 against them and has been dismissed six times in 357 balls. Finally, in the last over, just before the tea, De Villiers surrendered his wicket to Jadeja.

Ashwin had JP Duminy snapped up by Ajinkya Rahane in the slips before Jadeja grabbed a return catch off Dane Vilas (15) in a double blow that had the South Africans hopping at 159-6.

Indian batting great Sunil Gavaskar, the world’s first batsman to reach 10,000 runs in Test cricket, had a word of advice for both teams on how to play on a bowler-friendly wicket. Steyn is yet to recover from a groin strain which he suffered during the opening Test, while Philander injured his ankle in a freak accident during a football game in practice. South Africa too kept it short and sweet and didn’t want to risk any more injuries on the eve of the match. The earliest before this was the 15th over in the first innings of the Guyana Test in 2003 when Brad Hogg got the wickets of Wavell Hinds and Marlon Samuels in the same over.