Fourth Test: Indian batter Protea bowling, dominate first session
At lunch India scored 326 runs for the loss of 8 wickets.
Ajinkya Rahane, the man dismissed on Friday morning, scored his hundred, the first in his home soil, with a copy-book straight drive. The Mumbaikar accelerated right after reaching the 3 figure mark and hit a couple of sixes of Dane Piedt but was finally caught by A B de Villiers while trying to hit Imran Tahir for an inside out lofted drive.
His partner at the other end too completed his half-century with a six off Tahir.
The Rahane-Ashwin partnership not only took India out of turbulent waters but the 98-run stand also gave the team the stability in their first innings.
Ashwin, who is batting at 53 runs, will commence batting with Umesh Yadav (5) when play resumes, post lunch.
For South Africa, the dropped catches kept on hurting them, as a chance from Rahane went begging while he was in the 'nervous-nineties'.
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