India vs South Africa: India 85/2 at lunch

Cheteshwar Pujara and K.L. Rahul hone their catching. Photo: K.R. Deepak

India strengthened their batting line-up by including Rohit Sharma in place of Varun Aaron, while Stuart Binny made way for Amit Mishra.

Electing to bat, India were 85 for two at lunch on day one of the third and penultimate Test match against South Africa on Thursday.

Cheteshwar Pujara and skipper Virat Kohli were batting on 18 and 11 respectively.

Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay batted steadily to add 50 runs in the first 14 overs, before Dhawan lost his wicket to Dean Elgar at 12 runs.

Opener Murali Vijay was out after making 40.

India lead the four—match series 1—0.

Earlier, India skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat.

India strengthened their batting line-up by including Rohit Sharma in place of Varun Aaron, while Stuart Binny made way for Amit Mishra.

India is going into the match with three spinners - R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Amit Mishra, while South Africa have two spinners and two pacemen.

South Africa made one change to their playing XI, bringing in Simon Harmer in place of Kyle Abbott. Pace spearhead Dale Steyn continued to sit out as he was yet to recover from an injury.

Teams:

India: V Kohli (c), M Vijay, S Dhawan, CA Pujara, AM Rahane, RG Sharma, WP Saha, RA Jadeja, R Ashwin, A Mishra, I Sharma

South Africa: HM Amla (c), S van Zyl, D Elgar, F du Plessis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, DJ Vilas, K Rabada, SR Harmer, M Morkel, Imran Tahir