The South Africa tour for India has started on a good note as the openers tackled the new ball well especially KL Rahul who went on to score a century and became only the second Indian opener to score a century in South Africa after Wasim Jaffer.
KL Rahul who made his comeback in red-ball cricket earlier this year in the England tour has been just fantastic. He had a century in Lord’s where India won the match, now he has a century in South Africa as well.
This was KL’s 7th Test century and out of those 7 centuries, 6 are out of India which shows his temperament and class.
Wasim Jaffar congratulated KL Rahul in his style
Wasim Jaffar who is known for his social media tweets and replies has once scored a test century in South Africa as an opener.
Wasim Jaffar scored a test century (116 runs)as an opener in Cape Town in the year 2006/07. He welcomes KL Rahul to the list of Indian openers with a century in South Africa by sharing a hilarious Meme on social Media. The edited meme is having a scene of Bollywood movie ‘Welcome’.
The Meme-
Welcome to the exclusive club of Indian openers with a Test hundred in SA @klrahul11 😁 very well played 👏🏼 #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/Fjz2RRA4aA
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) December 26, 2021
Summary of the Match till Day-2
Virat Kohli, Indian Skipper won the toss and elected to bat first. The decision to bat first went in Team India’s way as the openers gave a brilliant start.
Both Mayank and Rahul looked compact, and we’re respecting the condition and punishing the bad ball.
India lost 2 wickets in 2 balls as Mayank and Pujara both departed for 69 and 0 runs respectively. Virat
looked very comfortable in his innings but got out while poking a delivery finishing on the 8th or 9th stump.
At the end of Play on Day-1 India have scored 272 runs for a loss of 3 wickets. India’s current and former Vice-Captain, Rahul, and Rahane are batting in the middle.
The play on day-2 was abandoned due to rain. The action will begin on Day-3 if the weather is good.