{
    "id": "33762",
    "author": "13",
    "cnmid": "191603",
    "title": "1st Test: South Africa struggle at 230\/7 vs India at tea on Day 1",
    "lang": "en",
    "series": "325",
    "cup_year": "2017",
    "article_type": "General",
    "excerpt": "Cape Town, Jan 5 (Cricketnmore) South Africa continued to struggle on the opening day of their first cricket Test against India at Newlands here on Friday reaching 230\/7 at tea.\r\n",
    "subtype": "South Africa,Sports,Cricket",
    "editor1": "<p><strong>Cape Town, Jan 5 (Cricketnmore)<\/strong> South Africa continued to struggle on the opening day of their first cricket Test against India at Newlands here on Friday reaching 230\/7 at tea.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Tailenders Kagiso Rabada (1) and Keshav Maharaj (23) were at the crease when the umpires called for the break.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Resuming the post-lunch session at 107\/3, the South African pair of AB de Villiers and skipper Faf du Plessis continued from where they left, piling on the runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>But debutant pacer Jasprit Bumrah provided the much needed breakthrough for India claiming the prized scalp of de Villiers (65) -- who slammed 11 boundaries in 84 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The fall of de Villiers (at 126\/4) brought in Quinton de Kock, who along with du Plessis played cautiously.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>But in the 36th over when the scoreboard was reading 142\/4, du Plessis (62) was sent back to the pavilion by all-rounder Hardik Pandya. Stumper Wriddhiman Saha took a brilliant catch to dismiss the Proteas skipper.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Paceman Vernon Philander then joined de Kock in the middle.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Just when things seemed good for the hosts, Saha took another spectacular catch off pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar to dismiss the Proteas wicket-keeper de Kock (43).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>With three set batsmen back in the hut, it was now on the lower middle-order batsmen Philander and Maharaj. The duo faced the Indian bowlers confidently.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>But towards the end of the second session, pacer Mohammad Shami produced a perfect in-swinger to dismiss Philander (23). He played 35 balls and hit four boundaries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>For India, Pandya, Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar and Shami took one wicket each in the second session.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Brief Scores: South Africa 230\/7 (AB de Villiers 65, Faf du Plessis 62, Quinton de Kock 43; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4\/68) vs India.<\/p>\r\n",
    "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2018\/01\/India-vs-South-Africa2.jpg",
    "alt_img": "1st Test: South Africa struggle at 230\/7 vs India at tea on Day 1",
    "alt_title": "1st Test: South Africa struggle at 230\/7 vs India at tea on Day 1",
    "image1": "",
    "video": "",
    "seo_title": "1st Test: South Africa struggle at 230\/7 vs India at tea on Day 1",
    "seo_desc": ".",
    "seo_keywords": "India vs South Africa",
    "tag": "",
    "tagging": "India vs South Africa,",
    "status": "1",
    "img_rpt": "1",
    "google": "0",
    "standout": "0",
    "edapps": "0",
    "pulse": "0",
    "no_index": "0",
    "feed": "0",
    "fixture": "0",
    "slug": "1st-test-south-africa-struggle-at-2307-vs-india-at-tea-on-day-1",
    "user_id": "0",
    "read_count": "0",
    "ians_date": "2018-01-05",
    "ians_time": "19:16:03",
    "server_time": "2018-01-05 19:47:19",
    "trash": "0",
    "view_count": "1822",
    "page_break": "0",
    "instant_articles": "0",
    "auto_link": "0",
    "created": "2018-01-05 19:47:44",
    "updated": "2018-01-05 19:48:47",
    "img_from": "",
    "img_source": "",
    "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
    "news_keywords": null,
    "livescore_text": null,
    "livescore_link": null,
    "btn_text": null,
    "resend_feed": "0",
    "google_feed": "0",
    "read_more": "0",
    "posted_by": "1",
    "jio_date": "2018-01-05 19:47:44",
    "scheduled": "0",
    "news_now": "1",
    "breaking_news": "0",
    "google_date": "2018-01-05 19:47:44",
    "featured": "0",
    "pred_match_id": null,
    "article_content_type": null,
    "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/1st-test-south-africa-struggle-at-2307-vs-india-at-tea-on-day-1-33762"
}