By the end of the first day’s play in the Kolkata Test, India had scored 37 runs at the loss of one wicket. KL Rahul and Washington Sundar have taken command of Team India. The team management took a surprising decision and fielded Sundar at number 3, who has batted in a composed manner till now. His partnership with Rahul has reached 19 runs. Let us tell you that the first innings of the South African team was limited to 159 runs. India is still behind by 122 runs in the first innings.

South Africa restricted to 159 runs

Aiden Markram and Ryan Rickleton gave a steady start to the South African team with a partnership of 57 runs. But after this, other batsmen including captain Temba Bavuma and Tony D’Jorji proved to be unsuccessful. At one time South Africa had scored 114 runs with the loss of 3 wickets, but within the next 29 runs, Africa lost its remaining 7 wickets.

Jasprit Bumrah took 5 wickets

Jasprit Bumrah took 5 wickets for just 27 runs in 14 overs in the innings. This was the 16th five-wicket haul of Bumrah’s Test career. He dismissed Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickleton, Tony De Jorji, Simon Harmer and Keshav Maharaj. Apart from him, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammad Siraj took two wickets each in the innings. Akshar Patel also dismissed a batsman.

By the end of the first day’s play, KL Rahul scored 13 runs in 59 balls and Washington Sundar, who came to bat at third position, scored 6 runs in 38 balls. It was shocking that Sai Sudarshan, who played at number 3, was not given a chance in this match.

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