Cricket Times: India vs South Africa 1st Test Match : India extends its run lead

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Rohit Sharma, who has just been promoted to the position of an opener is playing on 70 runs, and Cheteshwar Pujara on 65, as India is on 143 for 1 in their second innings of the First Test match between India and South Africa. The place is Visakhapatnam. Earlier, South Africa posted 431 runs in response to India's 502 for 7 declared. For South Africa, Dean Elgar scored 160 runs, and Quinton De Kock scored 111. Captain Faf du Plessis scored 55 runs. One of the best Indian spinners, R.Ashwin took 7 for 145 runs in his comeback match. For India, openers Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma both scored centuries in the first innings. Mayank scored 215 runs, and Rohit Sharma made 176 runs. India does seems to have an upper edge but needs to be cautious about players like Dean Elgar and Quinton De Kock. Source: Cricbuzz from Times of India