IND vs SA 2nd Test: Senuran Muthusamy Smashes Maiden Test Ton As South Africa Reach 428/7 At Lunch On Day 2

India vs South Africa 2nd Test: South Africa have produced a magnificent effort to reach 428/7 in 137 overs in their first innings at lunch on the second day of the first Test against India at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday. The day has belonged to Senuran Muthusam, who smashed his maiden Test century.

Muthusamy has remained solid with the bat in his first match of the ongoing series. He completely outclassed the Indian bowlers and helped the Proteas reach a mammoth total. He has played an unbeaten knock of 107 runs in 203 balls, hitting 10 fours and two sixes. Marco Jansen has also unleashed a fiery attack ever since he arrived at the crease, having smashed an impressive fifty.

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Jansen is batting at the other end on 51, which he scored with the help of three fours and four sixes. The duo has stitched a 94-run stand for the eighth wicket so far. Only one wicket fell in the second session as Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Kyle Verreynne on 45, whereas 112 runs were scored.

Resuming from their overnight score of 247/6, South Africa got off to a brilliant start on the second day, as there were no signs of wickets in the morning session. Muthusamy and Verreynne laid the foundation of a big total on the back of an 88-run partnership for the sixth wicket.

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Earlier, Aiden Markram (38), Ryan Rickelton (35), Tristan Stubbs (49) and skipper Temba Bavuma got promising starts on the first day, but none of them managed to convert their efforts into big knocks. For India, Kuldeep has been the pick of the bowlers so far with three wickets to his name, whereas Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj have found a scalp each.

India are being captained by Rishabh Pant in the absence of regular skipper Shubman Gill, who was ruled out of the match due to a neck injury. India brought in Nitish Kumar Reddy and Sai Sudharsan to replace Gill and Axar Patel. Interestingly, Muthusamy came in as the only change the visitors made in their lineup for the second Test as he replaced Corbin Bosch. South Africa headed into the match with an aim to complete a 2-0 whitewash, having registered a historic win by 30 runs in the first Test in Kolkata. 

IND vs SA Playing XIs, 1st Test:

India: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan, Dhruv Jurel, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

South Africa: Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Temba Bavuma(c), Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne(w), Marco Jansen, Senuran Muthusamy, Simon Harmer, Keshav Maharaj