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Muthusamy's maiden ton, Jansen’s 93 power South Africa to 489 as India survive last hour

Akshita Patel

South Africa on top after Day 2 of second Test [Source: AFP Photos]South Africa on top after Day 2 of second Test [Source: AFP Photos]

South Africa dominated Day 2 of the second Test at Guwahati with the lower order frustrating Indian bowlers. Senuran Muthusamy slammed his maiden Test hundred, while Marco Jansen scored 93 as the Proteas put 489 runs on the board.

In response, Indian openers survived the initial spell of Marco Jansen and Wiaan Mulder to remain unbeaten at stumps.

Senuran Muthusamy hammers maiden century to frustrate India

Day 2 began with Senuran Muthusamy walking out to bat with Kyle Verreynne. Both batters got through the first session without losing their wickets and stitched an 88-run partnership. 

Verreynne fell just 5 runs short of his half-century as Mohammed Siraj got a breakthrough in the second session. However, Muthusamy continued his assault from the other end.

He scored his maiden Test hundred with 109 runs in 206 balls, including 10 fours and two sixes. His knock allowed South Africa to breach the 400-run mark.

Marco Jansen falls 7 runs short of a hundred

Siraj once again produced a breakthrough against the run of play as Senuran Muthusamy holed out to Jaiswal and walked back on 109.

However, Marco Jansen refused to quit. He took inspiration from Muthusamy and slammed a gritty half-century.

But Jansen suffered a heartbreak as he fell seven runs short of his maiden Test hundred. Kuldeep Yadav cleaned him up on 93 off 91 balls, but he had already done his job.

Owing to Muthusamy and Jansen’s brilliant knocks, South Africa finished with 489 runs. 

Meanwhile, Indian bowlers had a hard time on the field. Siraj conceded 106 runs. Kuldeep also conceded 115 runs but picked up four wickets.

Jasprit Bumrah was economical, as he leaked only 75 runs in 32 overs while picking two wickets. Nitish Reddy and Washington Sundar went wicketless.

India survive the last 30 minutes, as bad light led to early stumps

Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul walked out to open for India in the second innings with barely 30 minutes of play left. Marco Jansen didn’t look fatigued at all as he opened the bowling.

While he troubled the batters with steep bounce, both Jaiswal and Rahul batted with caution and composure. They batted 6.1 overs before play was stopped due to bad light, and the umpire eventually called stumps.

At the end of Day 2, India have 9 runs on the board with a huge trail of 480 runs to cover.