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At Lunch of day 3rd, India is batting at 95 for the loss of 3 wickets. Laxman is playing at 19 and Dada is there at 10, still trailing by 323 runs.

And Dravid falls. Thats a big wicket for Morkel. India is now at 64 for 2. He scored 17 out of 41 balls. Laxman’s the new batsman.

Its Drinks for the day now, and Team India are batting at 64 for the loss of one wickets. W Jaffer is batting at 19 and Dravid at 17.

First Day of Play:

So finally day 1 is over. This day completely belongs to Steyn 5/23. At the time of stump South Africa is at 223 for the loss of 4 wickets. J Kallis is not out at 60 while Ab de Villers is at 59. So we will have to wait for the third day of play to see what this pair can do. South Africa is still lead by 147 runs with 6 wickets remaining.

One beautiful boundary from A de Villers brought South Africa to 164 for 4. South Africa lead by 88 runs with 6 wickets remaining. Kallis is now at 39 with A de Villers at 21.

Consecutive wicket to Bhajji.He dismissed McKenzie, H Amla and now Prince.

One beautiful six from Kallis brought South Africa to 116 for 3.South Africa lead by 40 runs with 7 wickets remaining.

One beautiful boundary from Amla brought South Africa to 92 for 1.South Africa lead by 17 runs with 9 wickets remaining. McKenzie is now at 37 with Amla at 11.

And Smith falls. Thats a big wicket for Sreesanth. South Africa is now at 78 for 1. He scored 34 out of 42 balls. H Amla’s the new batsman.

One beautiful boundary from McKenzie brought South Africa to 78 and he is now at 36 with Smith at 34. Two consecutive boundaries from McKenzie has reached him to 20 and South Africa at 54 for no loss.

Team India is on back foot. Team India got out for a low score of 76.

India is struggling at 76 for the loss of nine wickets. Two consecutive boundary by Pathan brought India to 72.

Three wickets fell at a gap of 8 balls and that incident put India on complete back foot.

And Dravid gone for 3 while India is at 55 for the loss of 5 wickets. These quick wickets are changing the match. Dhoni came to join Dravid and the first boundary from Dhoni brought India to 36 for the loss of 4 wickets. India has suffered quick losses. Team India opened with Jaffer and Virender Sehwag. Ntini took the earlier breakthrough. He dismissed Jaffer, Laxman and Ganguly.

VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, and Sourav Ganguly at a training sessions.

Team India and South Africa are now looking for the second test match, which is scheduled to begin on 3rd of April 2008 in Ahmadabad. Bowlers of both the team are looking to whitewash the memories of the first test match played at Chennai. In the first test match the pitch of the Chennai didn’t helped any bowler except Bhajji. His eight wicket haul was the best among all the bowlers.

For the batsman of both the team first match was like the match practice and they have gained the confidence. Especially the likes of Sehwag, Dravid, McKenzie, Amla and Smith are the person to look upon. South African coach has already announced to welcome Sehwag with short pitched ball especially the ball to his body.

Team Indian think tank is thinking of using five specialist bowlers in the second match. As Sachin is unfit for the match, team India might give place to Yuvraj Singh.