1st Test India Vs South Africa at Chennai 2008 Day 2 Review Plus Full VIdeo Highlights

Amla Awesome 159 runs innings plus and Mark Boucher struggling partnership with Morne Morkel lifted South Africa to 540 which would have been a bit low if India would have wrapped them early .It took 12.3 overs after tea to get South Africa all out and India in reply Started blasting and ended day without losing single wicket . The pitch seems to be not offering any help to bowlers and thats why Indian bowlers struggled second day too.

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Amla played a sensible knock and helped South africa dominate the first two sesssion of second day as Heat stated to make player exhausted. Amla today first reached a glorious century which Smith and Mckenzie were thinking of get on first Day .Its his first century against India and he thanked god to make him happened at last. Ab de Villiers was looking to good but didnt last long and got out in first session of Second day as he just got caught by Dhoni. Then a sizzling partnership of 99 runs by Boucher and Amla just went to make Indian Supporter . Boucher too looked to take Indian Attack with ease and scored 70 runs in his sparkling innings. at 456 when it started to look that India will be in trouble.India got the most wanted wicket of AMla as he went for 159 . and South africa was 6 for 456. Then Boucher and Morkel added 50 runs and made India sweat to take next wicket . It was after tea that India just looked energetic as they first took Boucher first at 510 runs and then Morkel at 520 .But the tail enders just manage to add 20 more odd runs to score and South Africa finished for 540 on board.Harbhajan Singh was the most sucessful bowler for India as he took 5 wickets for 164 runs. RP Singh will be looking to forget his performance in this inning as he was deprit of wicket.

With 540 runs trail India started positively and told the world that pitch is looking to offer nothing bowlers as Jaffer and Sehwag were playing the attack of South African attack . And they both ended Day 2 keeping South Africa deprit of Wickets. India finsihed at 82 for 0 and it looking like that Third day will be deciding day for this First Test.Sehwag just crushed to blast fifty of just 62 balls and he looked like that he is playing ODI match.

Day 2 Scorecard:

South africa - 540 ( Amla 159, Harbhajan Singh 5-164)

India -82/0 ( Virendra Sehwag 52*, Jaffer 25*)

1st Test India Vs South Africa at Chennai Day 2 Full  Video Highlights

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