Bowling with good pace and using the conditions to his advantage on a pitch on which the ball is keeping a bit low occasionally, Rabada claimed 5-41 in an absorbing session in which South Africa claimed four wickets while India added 85 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
This is Rabada's 14th five-wicket haul in 61 Tests as he kept pace with South African legend Shaun Pollock, who got his 14 in 60 Tests.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Vice-captain KL Rahul was keeping the visitors afloat with a fighting 39 off 71 deliveries with Jasprit Bumrah yet to open his account.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Starting at 91\/3 in 26 overs with Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer adding 67 runs to rescue from a precarious 24\/3, India lost their way again as Iyer fell in the first over after restart.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rabada made the breakthrough with a full inswinger that landed on a patch and kept low, took the inside edge to crash into the stumps, ending Iyer's 50-ball vigil for 31 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 28-year-old right-handed pacer also got Kohli with another superb delivery, forcing the former India captain to nick one behind to the keeper. Rabada had Kohli playing at a well-pitched delivery angling in at off which jagged and took the outside edge to Verreynne as India slumped to 107\/5.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ravichandran Ashwin lasted only balls for eight runs before Rahul and Shardul Thakur came together for another short-lived rescue act.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Shardul Thakur showed grit with a spirited 24 off 33 balls, hitting three fours, and added 43 runs for the seventh wicket. Shardul, who took a couple of blows bravely, became Rabada's fifth victim of the day when his drive on the up off a length ball outside off-stump went straight to Dean Elgar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Brief scores (At Tea, Day 1):<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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