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SA vs IND | 2nd Test, Day 2: Petersen, Bavuma help Proteas take lead despite Shardul's seven-wicket haul

Despite heroic bowling performance from Shardul Thakur, who take a magnificent seven-wicket haul, South Africa managed to go past the first innings total of India and secure a lead of 27 runs on the second day of the second Test in Johannesburg.

Keegan Petersen was the highest-run scorer for the hosts with a classy 62 while Temba Bavuma held the lower order together with a sublime 51. However, both those batsmen were guilty of throwing their wickets away to Shardul and wasting advantageous position.

Skipper Dean Elgar fought hard for 120 balls for his 28 and his wicket opened the gate for Shardul and India in the morning session of the day.

South Africa would not be too disappointed at getting bowled out for a mere 229 but they would certainly rue the set batsmen such as Petersen and Bavuma not converting their starts into big scores and instead throwing their wickets away.

South Africa are 0-1 behind in the three-match long series and they would hope the bowling attack will put the Indian batting line up under pressure in response to a 27-run lead.

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Mahmudul Hasan Joy suffers injury, ruled out of remainder of New Zealand tour

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SA vs IND | 2nd Test, Day 2: Shardul Thakur picks first five-wicket haul to keep India in the game

Just when the unbeaten pair of Dean Elgar and Keegan Petersen were looking resolute to make things tough for India, Shardul Thakur put his hands up and rocked the Proteas batting order to bring the men in blue back in the game. He was held back for a long time by the skipper KL Rahul as Elgar and Petersen remained unbeaten till the first hour of the day. The pacer proved his worth straightway with the big wicket of Proteas skipper Elgar by an absolute jaffa that nipped off the seam from the line of the off-stump. At the other end of the pitch, Petersen cashed in on the boundary scoring opportunities by Mohammad Shami, who himself bowled a tremendous spell of bowling towards the end of the session, and reached his first half-century in Test cricket. However, he could not maintain the discipline after reaching the landmark of fifty and played rash shots before edging an away going delivery from Shardul to Mayank Agarwal in the slips. To conclude the session, Shardul got one to seam back at Rassie van der Dussen with bounce and the batsman inside-edged onto his thigh that barely carried to Rishabh Pant. India had their task cut out in the morning session with Mohammad Siraj not bowling full tilt after a leg injury and they would be delighted at Shardul Thakur doing the job with the ball just when they needed it the most.