Centurion Test, Day 1: Tale of India´s self-inflicted toil and South Africa´s needless foil
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Virat Kohli (right) consoles Aiden Markram who fell for 94 (Image courtesy: Getty) Toil was the order of the day for India on majority of Day One of the second Test against South Africa at Centurion. A part of it was self-inflicted courtesy missed opportunities and baffling decision-making, the other part was brilliant batsmanship. Foil was the order for South Africa in the last nine overs courtesy needless panic (I will refrain from using the dreaded c word). South Africa ruled for 81 overs, yet stuttered to 269 for 6 at stumps. Suvajit Mustafi analyses the plays of the day. Where is the intent? You cannot succumb to the opinions of a billion. You don´t play the game to make everyone happy....