IND vs SA: Watch - Kagiso Rabada Castles Shreyas Iyer With A Peach In Centurion

South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada struck just after the Lunch on Day 1 of the ongoing Test against India to put his team at the top. The Boxing Day game between the teams is taking place at the Supersport Park in Centurion. 

Kagiso Rabada has been the pick of the bowlers for South Africa in the ongoing game. The fast bowler has troubled Indian batters a lot and hasn’t allowed the visitors to get the partnership going. He landed a blow to the opposition just after lunch with the sensational delivery 

Kagiso Rabada removed Shreyas Iyer with a snorter and the batter had no clue to it. Just the 6th delivery after lunch, the fast bowler bowled a wobble-seam nipbacker on the stumps. The ball kept low and the batter failed to get his bat down in time. 

Shreyas Iyer looked clueless to the inward movement of the ball from Kagiso Rabada and that cost him his wicket. This was much much-needed blow for South Africa as Iyer was looking threatening and was trying to score runs quickly. 

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Shreyas Iyer played well under pressure. He came to bat when India lost three wickets for just 24 runs. He along with Virat Kohli bailed the team out of trouble and made sure that he helped the team get runs quickly after the early blows. 

Shreyas Iyer ended with a knock of 31 runs off 50 balls. He smashed three boundaries and 1 six in his innings. He along with Virat Kohli added 68 runs and made sure that India crossed 90 runs without any further blow. 

IND vs SA: Kagiso Rabada strikes big as he removes Virat Kohli as well 

After removing Shreyas Iyer, Kagiso Rabada jolted India with a huge blow. The lanky pacer removed Virat Kohli with a jaffa as he found the outside edge of his bat and sent him packing in his fourth over after lunch. 

It seemed that Kagiso Rabada did his homework well during the lunch intervals. The pacer bowled a brilliant outswinger that was angling in initially to the off-stump and then curved away nicely. The moment of the ball troubled Virat Kohli. 

The batter was committed to the original line and the ball kissed the outside edge and was caught by the keeper with ease. The South African team was extremely jugular after they got the batter out. With this scalp, the Proteas surely got on the front foot. 

Virat Kohli worked hard and played some gorgeous shots in his innings. He scored 38 runs off 64 balls and helped India go past 100 runs. He also slammed 5 fours in his innings. Kohli’s scalp left visitors tottering at 107/5. If this was not enough, Kagiso Rabada also removed Ravichandran Ashwin to pick his 4th wicket of the day.

Kagiso Rabada has been exceptional in the ongoing game. He provided his team with the first breakthrough as he removed Indian captain Rohit Sharma for just 5 runs. He now would be hoping to wrap the rest of the batters early and take his team to a winning position.