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Rahane fifty counters South Africa

Virat Kohli won his fourth consecutive toss of the series, and chose to bat in tricky morning conditions  BCCI
Kyle Abbott found early success as he had M Vijay caught at second slip. However, replays showed he had overstepped  BCCI
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Shikhar Dhawan and Vijay started cautiously before Vijay edged to slip for the second time in his tentative innings  BCCI
Kyle Abbott then brought one back in to disturb Cheteshwar Pujara's stumps  BCCI
Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane revived India with a solid 70-run stand before Kohli was done in by a freak dismissal, with the ball hitting Temba Bavuma at short leg and popping up to give Dane Vilas a catch  BCCI
South Africa finished the second session by removing Wriddhiman Saha, leaving the hosts at 139 for 6 at the tea break  BCCI
Ravindra Jadeja then pitched in with 24...  BCCI
... but Rahane was the main man, his maiden half-century at home guiding India to 231 for 7 before bad light curbed the day  Associated Press
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