India vs South Africa, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Siraj to Maharaj, no run, full and tails back into middle, Maharaj gets forward to drive to mid-off

Siraj to Marco Jansen, 1 run, short outside off, Marco Jansen cuts to deep backward point and is happy with one

Siraj to Marco Jansen, FOUR, Siraj is not happy. Jaiswal the man at deep mid-wicket. Siraj has a double-teapot pose, stares for long at Jaiswal. It's short outside off, Marco Jansen pulls and deep mid-wicket was in business, Jaiswal runs to his right, the ball lands and goes one bounce over the ropes

Siraj to Maharaj, 1 run, full on middle, Maharaj gets forward to drive wide of cover, Jurel runs and slides to keep it to one

Siraj to Marco Jansen, 1 run, full on middle, Marco Jansen gets forward to drive wide of long-off and they are happy with one

Siraj to Marco Jansen, no run, short and across Marco Jansen who pulls and misses, doesn't carry to Pant

Siraj to Maharaj, 1 run, and Maharaj retains the strike with that back foot punch wide of mid-off, short of length and Maharaj takes the run, Marco Jansen is happy to take one

Siraj to Maharaj, no run, full on the stumps, Maharaj gets forward to drive to mid-off

Siraj to Maharaj, no run, short again at Maharaj who ducks

Siraj to Maharaj, no run, short of length outside off, Maharaj goes on the back foot and punches nicely, picks out cover

Siraj to Maharaj, no run, short on the stumps, Maharaj ducks

Siraj to Maharaj, no run, right up there, full, Maharaj gets forward to drive and the thick inside-edge rolls to the short mid-wicket area

Siraj to Marco Jansen, no run, short at Marco Jansen, he pulls and misses

Siraj to Harmer, 1 run, short on off, Harmer goes on the back foot and rolls his wrists to pull to deep square-leg

Siraj to Harmer, no run, full on off, Harmer gets forward and shows the full face of the bat to drive to mid-off

Siraj to Marco Jansen, 1 run, short outside off, Marco Jansen flat-bats it hard and straight to long-off

Siraj to Harmer, 1 run, short of length on off, Harmer gets a thick inside-edge on to the pad, rolls wide of cover, they take a quick single, Siraj has his hands on his head

Siraj to Marco Jansen, 1 run, goes for the yorker, it's a low full-toss on middle, Marco Jansen sinks low and drives wide of sweeper cover, just one

Siraj to Marco Jansen, no run, full just outside off, Marco Jansen is staying leg-side of the ball, drives and misses, Siraj has a disappointed expression on his face

Siraj to Marco Jansen, SIX, Siraj keeps going short and disappears. It's short on middle, Marco Jansen pulls and there's a lot of height and elevation too, deep mid-wicket watches it sail over, these runs are going to hurt India even more

Siraj to Marco Jansen, FOUR, Marco Jansen is now looking to play his shots. A short of length delivery on off, he makes room and pulls, clears mid-on and runs away

Siraj to Harmer, 1 run, full and on off, Harmer gets forward and drives with a closed face wide of mid-on

Siraj to Harmer, no run, good length and targetting off, tail back in, Harmer shuffles across and defends to mid-wicket

Siraj to Marco Jansen, 1 run, short of length and across Marco Jansen just outside off, he slashes after making room, the thick outside-edge flies to fine third man

Siraj to Harmer, no run, good delivery, short of length and late tail back in, reverse I guess, Harmer shoulders arms and it's not far from off-stump, Siraj knows it as he has a wry smile on his face

Siraj to Harmer, no run, another fiery short delivery, just over the left shoulder of Harmer who flinches and lets it go, flies to Pant, called two short deliveries for the over

Siraj to Harmer, no run, short and at pace on the stumps, Harmer ducks, had to be quick to get out of the way

Siraj to Harmer, no run, good inswinging yorker on middle, Harmer with a little shuffle across, digs it out to mid-wicket

Siraj to Harmer, no run, surprisingly Siraj only tells Pant that the impact is outside off. Siraj is right. Usually Siraj wants everything to be reviewed. It's a good delivery, tailed back in late, from outside off, but Harmer got well outside off and the ball thudded into the pads, then Pant catches it, no bat and Pant jokingly tells that Siraj is saying it is outside off so has to be not out

Siraj to Muthusamy, out Caught by Jaiswal!! Finally India get Muthusamy. Muthusamy was looking to help the pull but the ball carries to fine-leg. Short at Muthusamy, he rolled his wrists but failed to keep it down, simple catch to fine-leg. Good ovation from the crowd for Muthusamy. Muthusamy c Jaiswal b Siraj 109(206) [4s-10 6s-2]

Siraj to Marco Jansen, no run, dug in short on middle, Marco Jansen makes room slightly to ramp it, misses and it flies over the bat. Lunch as well

Siraj to Muthusamy, 1 run, fine delivery and there's no-one catching at slip. It's short and rising at Muthusamy who tries to fend it down, takes the shoulder of the bat and I reckon even if there were slips, it would have cleared them, luck with Muthusamy

Siraj to Muthusamy, wide, too short and a one-handed leaping take by Pant. It flies after Muthusamy lets it go and Pant did so well, called a wide

Siraj to Marco Jansen, 1 run, short of length on off, Marco Jansen flat-bats it and doesn't time it, just one as Jadeja fields straight down the ground

Siraj to Marco Jansen, no run, short on the stumps, Marco Jansen ducks

Siraj to Muthusamy, leg byes, 1 run, short of length down leg, Muthusamy goes on the back foot to flick, misses, off the pad for a legbye

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, quick bouncer on the stumps, Muthusamy is late on the pull, flies over the top-edge

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, wide of the crease and short of length on off, Muthusamy with a textbook back foot block, rolls to mid-on

Siraj to Muthusamy, FOUR, width and put away. On a good length and well wide outside off, Muthusamy cuts late and beats the two gullies out there, no deep backward point and it races away, Muthusamy opened the face too

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, good length outside off, from wide of the crease, Muthusamy defends to the left of gully and shouts NO, NO to Marco Jansen

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, good length outside off, Muthusamy gets forward to defend to cover

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, short of length outside off, tapped to gully

Siraj to Muthusamy, 2 runs, there it is! Maiden Test 100 for Muthusamy and he flashes a big smile showing all his teeth. Must be a popular man in the dressing room as his mates are up and applauding heartily. He missed out in Pakistan recently but no such issues here, short of length outside off, Muthusamy goes on the back foot and punches wide of sweeper cover, takes two and as soon as he hit that into the gap, he had the right hand up and was thrilled. Harmer is elated as are the others in the dressing room, Muthusamy punches the air with his helmet and then raises the bat. Hugs Marco Jansen and then gets on with it. Fine fine knock and richly deserved, he has not put a foot wrong. One more look at the celebrations: Harmer is actually more happy than Muthusamy, he slaps the glass door as he celebrates, he was immediately off his seat and celebrating

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, short of length, defended to cover

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, 135.6kph, good length on off, Muthusamy doesn't quite get forward as he pushes it to cover-point

Siraj to Verreynne, 1 run, 135.1kph, short of length on middle-leg, tucked away to backward square leg

Siraj to Verreynne, no run, 135.2kph, pitched up, solidly defended to the left of the bowler

Siraj to Verreynne, no run, 135.6kph, fuller than a length, blocked to mid-off

Siraj to Verreynne, no run, 136.3kph, back of a length, Verreynne punches it to mid-off

Siraj to Muthusamy, no ball, 1 run, 138kph, round the wicket and straying onto the pads, Muthusamy glances it to fine leg

Siraj to Verreynne, no run, short of length, punched to cover

Siraj to Verreynne, no run, 136.1kph, punches this length ball back to the bowler and Siraj mocks a throw at the batter

Siraj to Verreynne, no run, 137.2kph, good length on off, Verreynne covers the line and defends it down the pitch

Siraj to Verreynne, 2 runs, 136.7kph, short of length on leg, a shuffling Verreynne nicely tucks it between mid-on and midwicket for a couple of runs

Siraj to Verreynne, no run, 135.1kph, on a length and wide of off, pushed to short cover

Siraj to Verreynne, no run, 136.4kph, back of a length on off, Verreynne keeps it out on the off-side

Siraj to Verreynne, no run, angling in towards middle-leg, Verreynne shuffles and knocks it to mid-on

Siraj to Verreynne, no run, short of length, punched off the back foot and Nitish makes another good stop. Dives to his left at cover to stop it with both hands

Siraj to Muthusamy, 3 runs, back of a length, short-arm-jabs it stylishly in front of square on the leg-side. NKR gives the chase and acrobatically flicks it back into play to save a run for his team

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, 140.9kph, fuller and angled across the left-hander, no shot offered

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, the length is shortened and Muthusamy stands tall to block

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, change of ends for Siraj. 137.5kph, good length on off, Muthusamy taps it to point by opening the bat-face

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, 134.8kph, short of a good length just outside off, blocked from the crease. Maiden over

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, 136.2kph, slightly fuller from Siraj and Muthusamy gets forward to tap it to cover-point

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, 135.1kph, good length on leg-middle, defended towards mid-on

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, 137kph, angling away on a good length, left alone. Pant collects it on the bounce

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, 133.5kph, pitched up, Muthusamy gets forward to defend it to mid-off

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, 135.7kph, on a length and marginally outside off, Muthusamy taps it to cover

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, 131.9kph, full and angled across the left-hander, Muthusamy leaves it alone

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, 134.5kph, full ball, Muthusamy pushes to cover

Siraj to Verreynne, 1 run, 132.4kph, fuller length, Verreynne presses forward to ease the drive through cover-point

Siraj to Verreynne, FOUR, Verreynne finds the gap between the two fielders in the deep. Banged in short by Siraj, the batter sees it coming, stands tall and rolls his wrists to pull it behind square on the leg-side. South Africa go past 250 with that boundary

Siraj to Verreynne, no run, 132.2kph, length ball slanted in towards off, Verreynne defends to mid-off

Siraj to Verreynne, no run, 132.9kph, Verreynne walks forward and across to tuck this shortish ball. Hits the glove and goes to the left of the keeper. Pant dives to make a good stop

Siraj to Muthusamy, 1 run, 131kph, fullish ball that shapes in a bit , Muthusamy stays in his crease to defend and inside-edges to backward square leg

Siraj to Verreynne, 1 run, bouncer from Siraj! Eyes off the ball, front leg off the ground and Verreynne pulls it to deep backward square leg

Siraj to Verreynne, no run, 131.1kph, similar ball, Verreynne is half-forward to defend

Siraj to Verreynne, no run, 135.5kph, slanting in on a good length, Verreynne blocks it into off

Siraj to Verreynne, no run, 134.2kph, fullish ball holding its line outside off, Verreynne leaves it alone

Siraj to de Zorzi, out Caught by Pant!! Siraj strikes with the second new ball! The 45-run stand has been broken and Siraj is pumped up. Good length ball that seams away slightly outside off. De Zorzi could have let it go on line but he has a poke at it without any feet movement. Thick outside edge and Pant dives to his left to collect it safely with both hands. de Zorzi c Pant b Siraj 28(59) [4s-3 6s-1]

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, 131.7kph, another one down the leg-side, Muthusamy flicks and misses, Pant dives to collect it

Siraj to Muthusamy, FOUR, 137.5kph, shortish ball on middle-leg, Muthusamy gets inside the line and short-arm-jabs it to send it to fine leg. Makes it look so easy as he places it square of the fine leg fielder

Siraj to de Zorzi, 1 run, short ball around the armpit region, de Zorzi hops and fends it towards square leg. Hit the glove and went to ground

Siraj to de Zorzi, no run, 135.4kph, bouncer, de Zorzi half-ducks to evade it

Siraj to de Zorzi, no run, Siraj pulls his length back by a fraction, off-stump line and that's been nudged into the leg-side

Siraj to de Zorzi, FOUR, 136.6kph, pitched up delivery outside off and de Zorzi plays a lovely cover drive. Leans forward and caresses it into the gap through the covers

Siraj to Muthusamy, 1 run, on a length and outside off, steered to third man

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, 136.8kph, pitched up, blocked to short midwicket

Siraj to de Zorzi, 1 run, very full, driven to mid-on for a quick single

Siraj to de Zorzi, no run, 137.8kph, fuller ball angling in towards middle-leg, clipped to midwicket

Siraj to de Zorzi, no run, 138.1kph, short of a good length, de Zorzi blocks from the crease

Siraj to Muthusamy, 1 run, 138.3kph, full outside off, Muthusamy opens the bat-face to steer it to third man

Siraj to de Zorzi, no run, 138.2kph, on a length and outside off, tapped to cover. Maiden over

Siraj to de Zorzi, no run, 136.5kph, back of a length delivery angling in, tucked to midwicket

Siraj to de Zorzi, no run, 142.3kph, bouncer from Siraj, de Zorzi half-heartedly pulls and misses. Pant flies to his right to catch it one-handed

Siraj to de Zorzi, no run, beaten! No feet movement from de Zorzi who sticks his bat out to block. The length ball straightens off the deck to go past the outside edge

Siraj to de Zorzi, no run, good length marginally outside off, de Zorzi defends from the crease and outside-edges it to gully

Siraj to de Zorzi, no run, round the wicket, short of a good length, de Zorzi fences it to cover

Siraj to de Zorzi, no run, good length ball, de Zorzi pokes it to gully

Siraj to de Zorzi, no run, 136.9kph, bouncer, de Zorzi ducks under it

Siraj to de Zorzi, no run, 136kph, leg-lined, nudged to midwicket

Siraj to Muthusamy, 1 run, 135.4kph, short and that's been pulled to deep square leg

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, on a length and around off, Muthusamy covers the line to block it out

Siraj to Muthusamy, no run, round the wicket, with two slips and a gully in place, Siraj bowls a fullish ball on the stumps. Muthusamy defends it into off

Siraj to de Zorzi, no run, another short ball by Siraj and the batter has no problem to sway away from it

Siraj to de Zorzi, no run, a well-directed bouncer by Siraj and de Zorzi lets it through to the keeper

Siraj to Mulder, 1 run, steered towards the off-side by Mulder for a single

Siraj to Mulder, 2 runs, pitched up by the bowler outside off, Mulder drives it through covers for a brace. 200 up for South Africa

Siraj to Mulder, no run, on a length around off, Mulder defends it into the off-side

Siraj to Mulder, no run, bouncer around off, Mulder ducks underneath. Pant grabs it with a leap

Siraj to Mulder, no run, blocked back to the bowler by Mulder

Siraj to Mulder, no run, banged in short by Siraj as Mulder lets it through to the keeper

Siraj to Mulder, FOUR, Mulder off to a positive start. Most of the batters have gotten off to good starts in this Test so far. This was pitched up by Siraj and Mulder drilled it through wide mid-off as the ball raced away to the fence

Siraj to Mulder, no run, back of a length outside off, keeps a touch low as Mulder shoulders arms

Siraj to Mulder, no run, knocked to mid-off as Siraj pitches it up

Siraj to Mulder, FOUR, great shot! Pitched up by the bowler outside off, Mulder leans forward and creams it through cover for his first boundary of the innings

Siraj to Stubbs, 1 run, that shall be lunch on day 1. Full length delivery on the pads and Stubbs flicks it away for a single

Siraj to Stubbs, no run, length delivery around off, Stubbs defends it from within the crease. Siraj gathers the ball and mimes a throw at the batter

Siraj to Stubbs, no run, back of a length around off, punched to cover by Stubbs

Siraj to Stubbs, no run, knocked back to the bowler as it's a length ball by Siraj

Siraj to Bavuma, 1 run, driven towards wide mid-off as the bowler goes full, a single taken

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, on a length around middle and leg, clipped to mid-wicket by Bavuma

Siraj to Stubbs, 2 runs, good length delivery on middle and leg, worked through square leg for a couple of runs. 150 up for South Africa

Siraj to Stubbs, no run, short of a length outside off, steered to point by Stubbs. Kuldeep has a shy at the bowler's end as Bavuma was out of the crease for a moment

Siraj to Stubbs, no run, nudged to mid-wicket as the bowler goes full

Siraj to Stubbs, no run, pitched up by the bowler around middle and leg, driven down the pitch

Siraj to Bavuma, 1 run, drifting on the pads, Bavuma flicks it to fine leg for one

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, back of a length around off, Bavuma defends it into the off-side

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, pitched up by the bowler around off, driven to cover by Bavuma

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, fraction short on middle and leg, nudged towards mid-wicket by Bavuma

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, pitched up by the bowler around off, driven to mid-off by Bavuma

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, appeal for an lbw turned down! Was an inside edge and there were clearly two sounds. A length delivery that kept low and Bavuma got an inside edge on to the pads as he tried to nudge it away. Replays confirm there was a deflection, hence it was a good call to not take a review

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, on a length around middle and leg, Bavuma squeezes it towards mid-on

Siraj to Stubbs, 1 run, length delivery around middle and leg, knocked to mid-on for a quick run. Stubbs collides with Siraj as both of them were ball watching. The physio is out in the middle to have a check on him. Siraj is getting treated at the moment

Siraj to Bavuma, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries! Good length outside off and Bavuma superbly punches hard through point. Bullets away to the fence

Siraj to Bavuma, FOUR, Bavuma takes on the bouncer with a pull shot. Hits him high on the bat but the ball goes fine to comfortably beat the long leg fielder

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, 137.4kph, full on the stumps, a defensive push to mid-off follows

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, full delivery, solidly blocked off the front foot

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, good length ball on off, blocked towards cover

Siraj to Stubbs, 1 run, length ball, the line is too straight and that's been tucked around the corner

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, 138.2kph, short of a good length, defended to the left of the bowler. Maiden over

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, good length delivery angling in, Bavuma defends with a closed bat-face

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, 135.5kph, banged in short and Bavuma drops his wrirts as he sways away from it

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, nip-backer, decent bounce as well from a length, Bavuma gets half-forward to defend and the ball hits his right elbow. Ouch!

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, fuller ball, blocked into the off-side

Siraj to Bavuma, no run, length ball marginally outside off, nips in, a watchful leave from Bavuma follows

Siraj to Stubbs, no run, 137.1kph, pitched up ball, blocked solidly off the front foot

Siraj to Stubbs, no run, 134.5kph, good length delivery, Stubbs blunts it into the leg-side

Siraj to Stubbs, FOUR, edge, safe and four! 136.3kph, good length delivery, Stubbs defends from the crease and the outside edge goes between the slips and gully

Siraj to Stubbs, no run, full delivery on off, Stubbs is stout in his forward defence

Siraj to Stubbs, no run, 134.8kph, pitched up ball, Stubbs blocks it to mid-on

Siraj to Stubbs, leg byes, FOUR, Siraj starts with a poor ball. 134.4kph, straying onto the pads, Stubbs looks to glance and the ball runs away to fine leg off the pad

Siraj to Rickelton, FOUR, 134.9kph, touch too full from Siraj and Rickelton straight-drives. Good timing as he doesn't overhit and the ball runs away to the fence

Siraj to Rickelton, FOUR, 136.3kph, the line is wider, Rickelton sticks his bat out, plays with soft hands and the ball rolls between the slips and gully. Opened the bat-face as well

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, 135.7kph, beaten! Siraj has a smile. Lovely delivery. Good length ball, pitches on leg and decks away to beat the defensive outside edge of Rickelton

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, full on the stumps, defended back

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, full on leg, clipped to midwicket

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, 132.4kph, full delivery, blocked to cover

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, pitched up outside off, Rickelton drives with cemented feet and outside-halves it to backward point

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, full ball, blocked back to the bowler

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, angling away outside off on a good length, Rickelton lets it be

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, 139.6kph, full ball, Rickelton defends down the pitch

Siraj to Markram, 1 run, 135kph, full ball, knocked in front of mid-on for a quick single. Kuldeep scores a direct-hit at the bowler's end but Markram is comfortably in

Siraj to Markram, FOUR, 135.1kph, poor ball and punished. Full and way down the leg-side, Markram helps it on its way to the fine leg fence with a flick shot

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, 136.7kph, angling away on a length, Rickelton has a loose waft at it, beaten on the outside edge

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, full delivery on off, blocked to mid-off

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, good length on off, Rickelton fences it to backward point

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, full outside off, defensively pushed to mid-off

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, 135.8kph, short of length, chopped to backward point

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, 134.6kph, short of a good length, punched to cover

Siraj to Markram, no run, 136kph, in-angling good length delivery and Markram offers a vertical bat in defence

Siraj to Rickelton, 1 run, 135.5kph, full again, leg-lined, Rickelton flicks and gets a leading edge towards extra cover

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, 133.7kph, full on leg, Rickelton defends it to midwicket

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, full again, blocked back to the bowler

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, 132.8kph, clips this fuller ball to midwicket

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, 135.2kph, fullish ball moving away off the pitch, Rickelton leans forward to drive and the ball whizzes past the outside edge. No feet movement from the left-handed batter

Siraj to Markram, byes, FOUR, wayward from Siraj. Full and way down the leg-side, Markram ignores and it's impossible for Pant to even get close to it

Siraj to Rickelton, 1 run, 131.9kph, inswinger, full on leg, Rickelton clips it off his pads and it falls short and wide of the short leg fielder. NKR dives to his left to half-stop it

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, 134.3kph, Rickelton is rooted in his crease to defend this length ball on the stumps. Gets an inside edge onto his pads

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, 129.4kph, fuller length, pushed back towards the bowler who parries it to mid-on

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, 131.9kph, shapes in slightly, Rickelton shoulders arms as the ball is marginally outside off

Siraj to Rickelton, no run, over the wicket, good length delivery on the stumps, defended into the off-side