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India National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Scorecard: The orthodox spinner Kuldeep Yadav kept a tight grip on Day 1's play of the second Test as South Africa mustered to post 247/6 at the Stumps at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Saturday.

At the time of Stumps, South Africa's score read 247/6 with Senuran Muthusamy (25) and Kyle Verreynne (1) standing unbeaten at the crease.

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The Indian bowlers -- especially Kuldeep (3/48) and Jasprit Bumrah (1/38) -- displayed immaculate control and mastery on a track that was reasonably good for batting with no signs of variable bounce whatsoever.

Ravindra Jadeja (1/30) didn't get much help off the surface but dismissing Bavuma (41 off 92 balls) was one of the turning points of day one.

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This was after his 84-run stand with Tristan Stubbs (49 off 112 balls) and South Africa were looking good to carry on with the momentum.

It was a delivery from Kuldeep that was angled across Stubbs, who wanted to play a non-existent steer as a practice catch, went to KL Rahul at the first slip.

Stubbs did look good after some initial jitters as he used his big 6 feet 4 inch frame to come down the track, defend the deliveries based on length and attack when needed. Both his sixes off Kuldeep -- one over long-on and other over long-off -- were a result of picture-perfect footwork.

The two quick wickets resulted in a third as Wiaan Mulder (13) also repeated the mistake made by Bavuma.

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Once again, there was no elevation and Jaiswal made no mistake as South Africa, from a comfortable 166 for 2 slumped to 201 for 5.

At the fag end of the day, Mohammed Siraj produced a beauty where the ball deviated late to get Tony de Zorzi (28 off 59 balls) nick one to a diving Rishabh Pant behind the stumps.

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