India Vs. South Africa 1st Test Live Streaming: Zaheer got India off to a splendid start as he took two quick wickets early on. Prince was unlucky to be given out caught behind while replays suggested that it went off his arm guard. Zak bowled a beauty to send Smith back to the hut and SA were put on the backfoot right away.
Kallis came in and looked to rebuild the innings with Amla giving him good company. The South Africans paced the innings beautifully after the loss of two wickets and Kallis got to his 53rd Test fifty minutes before the Lunch break.
India Vs. South Africa 1st Test Live Streaming: Things were just as eventful half an hour before the first ball was bowled. VVS Laxman lost the fitness race, his last-minute replacement Rohit Sharma injured himself playing football, and India had to give Bengal wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha a Test debut as a specialist batsman.
Then MS Dhoni lost the toss and South Africa got first use of a slow pitch that would get harder for scoring runs with time. Not everything conspired against India, though: a sharp bouncer from Zaheer hit Ashwell Prince on the arm guard and the batsman was given out caught behind. Perhaps used to the review system, he wanted to challenge the decision, but had to take the walk back.
There was no luck involved in how Zaheer set Prince up. Twice he beat Prince with deliveries that seamed in, the ball hitting him marginally outside the line of off, and once he got an edge with the away-going delivery, but it fell short of the slip cordon. Finally came the bouncer, not too short, but surprising the batsman.(source)

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