India captain Virat Kohli was the lone warrior for the tourists as the batting maestro gave a glimpse of his vintage best in his first innings of 2022. Kohli – who is making his comeback in this match after recovering from a back spasm – negotiated a phase of high-quality fast bowling.
Kohli scored a gritty 79 off 201 deliveries and put on a display of batting of very high quality. The right-handed talismanic batsman notched up his career’s 28th fifty and had he found any support from the other end he would have slammed the much elusive 71st international century. The India captain who was head and shoulders above the rest of the Indian batters in the first innings became a victim of Rabada and was the ninth wicket to perish.
Young pacer Marco Jansen was the second-best bowler for South Africa as he returned with figures of 3 for 55. The tall left-arm quick – who is playing his third international game – picked up the wickets of Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant and R Ashwin. He…