India star batter Virat Kohli shared a warm gesture with his young fan during the ongoing first Test between India and South Africa in Centurion. On day two of the match, Kohli signed a Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) jersey for the boy and also clicked a picture with him.

In the video shared by the broadcaster, both Kohli and the teenager looked happy after the special moment.

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Kohli is RCB loyalist as he is the only player to play for the same franchise since the inception of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008. He will be donning the RCB jersey in the upcoming edition of the tournament, likely to get started on March 22.

Dean Elgar remained unbeaten on 140 to propel South Africa to 256 for 5 in reply to India's 245 all out in the first innings before bad light brought early stumps on second day's proceedings in the opening Test on Wednesday.

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Elgar, who is to retire from international cricket after this series, made batting look easy on a spongy SuperSport Park pitch after the early dismissal of Aiden Markram (5).

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Elgar shared two crucial partnerships -- first a 93-run stand with Tony de Zorzi (28), for the second wicket and then 131 runs for the fourth wicket with debutant David Bedingham (56) -- to hand South Africa a slight upper hand.

It was Elgar's 14th Test century and only second against India. He has so far struck 23 fours during his unbeaten 211-ball knock as South Africa lead India by 11 runs.

For India, Jasprit Bumrah (2/48) and Mohammed Siraj (2/63) picked up two wickets apiece.

(With PTI inputs)


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