IND vs SA: Dean Elgar hundred propels South Africa to 11-run lead before bad light forces early stump on Day 2

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IND vs SA: Bad light led to early stumps again on Day 2 but South Africa managed to take an 11-run lead after a majestic hundred from Dean Elgar in the first Test at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. The retiring southpaw batter remained unbeaten on 140 off 211 balls as the hosts finished the day at 256/5 in 66 overs.

Earlier in the day, it was Rahul's 101 off just 137 balls which propelled India to a first innings score of 245 on a track that offered variable bounce. India finished Day 1 at 208/8, with KL Rahul unbeaten on 70.

However, the 36-year-old stole the limelight later. He was way more attacking against a wayward Indian attack whose third and fourth pacers were rendered completely ineffective on a good bowling track.

Playing his penultimate Test match, Elgar nicely blended defence with a plethora of pulls and tucks off his legs as his 115 not out off 168 balls, took the Proteas to 51 runs within India's first innings total.

Jasprit Bumrah (2/48 in 16 overs) bowled a couple of wicket-taking deliveries to pull India briefly back into the contest. Mohammed Siraj cleaned bowled David Bedingham (56) after Tea. Prasidh Krishna also pulled back things a bit for India with his debut Test wicket in the form of Kyle Verreynne (4).

Bumrah and his seasoned new-ball colleague Mohammed Siraj (2/63 in 15 overs) did test the home batters but Shardul Thakur (0/57 in 12 overs) looked insipid and debutant Prasidh Krishna was very erratic, leaking way too many runs.

Such was their profligacy that in South Africa's first 100 runs, 18 were boundaries. The Gujarat slinger ended the 93-run second wicket stand by bowling a perfect off-cutter to southpaw Tony de Zorzi (28 off 62 balls), which pitched on length and moved enough to take a thick outside edge into the hands of Yashasvi Jaiswal at third slip.

Keegan Petersen (2), India's nemesis during the previous tour, lasted only seven deliveries, as he lazily played away from his body and dragged a slightly back of the length delivery coming in with the angle onto his stumps.

However, the dismissals didn't deter Elgar, who hit as many as 23 boundaries and was quick to cut and pull whenever anything short came his way.