South Africa vs India 2018: 1st Test, Day 1 - 5 things we learnt from the day

#2 India fight back after the break before Philander - De Kock counter-attack again

Du Plessis fell to a wild shot after the lunch break

India fought back after the lunch break with the wickets of AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis coming in quick time. The former was cleaned up by Jasprit Bumrah while Faf du Plessis escaped a review from India for LBW off the bowling of Hardik Pandya. The Indians were furious with the ball tracking showing umpire's call on hitting the stumps but were relieved when du Plessis edged Pandya behind two balls later.

If India thought they had a grip on proceedings, Quinton de Kock and Vernon Philander thwarted that with some counter-attacking shots that once again swung the momentum in the way of the hosts. de Kock was sublime with his off-side stroke making while Philander, trusted with more responsibility at no.7, appeared pretty good too. Their 50 run stand came at more than run a ball but eventually, Bhuvneshwar returned to send de Kock back.