India vs South Africa, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Bumrah to Markram, out Caught by Pant!! Jasprit Bumrah has removed both the South African openers. 137.7kph, extra bounce from a short of length. Markram doesn't expect that. The line is around the fifth stump zone and the right-hander wants to have a feel for it. Hits the shoulder of the bat and Pant dives to his right to pouch it safely. Two absolute beauties from Bumrah to pick the two wickets. Markram c Pant b Bumrah 31(48) [4s-5 6s-1]

Axar to Markram, 1 run, 91.9kph, slides on with the arm, Markram stays back not knowing if it's going to spin or not. Gets an inside edge and the ball rolls into the on-side. Axar has his hands on head

Axar to Markram, no run, 88.6kph, non-turner on a fuller length, Markram defends off the front foot

Axar to Markram, no run, 91.7kph, drifts in, lands on a length around off and spins away with extra bounce to beat the outside edge

Axar to Markram, no run, 87.1kph, drifts in a bit, the line is still outside off, Markram treks back to cut it to backward point

Axar to Markram, FOUR, 86.3kph, more air and fuller outside off, a good forward stride from Markram to batter it through extra cover. No chance for the diving Jaiswal to stop it. The ball bullets away to the fence

Axar to Markram, no run, 92.1kph, fullish delivery, Markram defends to cover off the front foot

Axar to Markram, no run, fuller and quicker, dead-batted

Axar to Markram, no run, 86.8kph, full on off, blocked off the front foot

Axar to Markram, SIX, wow! 91.1kph, no spin and angling in, Markram shimmies down the pitch and with his back leg off the ground, he uses his wrists to whip it over wide long-on. Excellent contact and the ball has the wings to go all the way

Axar to Markram, no run, 88.8kph, full and outside off, Markram blocks off the front foot

Axar to Markram, byes, FOUR, drifting down leg, Pant moves to his left but fails to stop it and the ball runs away to fine leg. Fifty up for South Africa in the 10th over

Axar to Markram, no run, flat and on a length, middle-stump line, Markram goes deep in his crease to blunt it into the leg-side

Bumrah to Markram, 1 run, 138.3kph, fuller than a length angling in towards middle, clipped between mid-on and midwicket

Bumrah to Markram, 2 runs, 139.5kph, stands tall and forces this short of length ball between backward point and cover for a couple of runs

Bumrah to Markram, no run, angling in towards middle, blocked

Bumrah to Markram, no run, good bounce from a fullish length outside off, left alone and Pant pouches it in front of his right shoulder

Bumrah to Markram, no run, good stop! Markram punch-drives off the back foot and Washington Sundar dives full-length to his left at cover to stop a certain boundary

Axar to Markram, 1 run, 93.5kph, very full and that's been flicked to midwicket

Axar to Markram, FOUR, four more! 89.3kph, more air and fuller, Markram presses forward to drive it firmly through the covers. Beats Jaiswal to his left who barely moved. That was definitely stoppable

Axar to Markram, FOUR, 89.9kph, nicely played! Good use of the crease. Goes back deep in the crease, makes room in the process and plays late to cut this off-stump ball behind square on the off-side

Axar to Markram, no run, 89.3kph, darted in on a length, Markram makes room to punch and Jaiswal makes a diving stop to his left at cover

Axar to Markram, no run, 92.9kph, fullish ball angling in, Markram defends

Axar to Markram, no run, 83.1kph, round the wicket, extra bounce from a length and Markram chops it to backward point

Siraj to Markram, FOUR, back-to-back fours for Markram. 138.8kph, Siraj doles out another half-volley outside off. Markram presses forward and plays another gorgeous stroke. Cover-driven superbly

Siraj to Markram, FOUR, Markram gets off the mark with a glorious straight drive. Overpitched delivery from Siraj and Markram offers the maker's name to drive it firmly and just wide of the bowler

Bumrah to Markram, no run, 139kph, good length delivery, Markram is solid in defence

Bumrah to Markram, no run, 137.7kph, length ball around off, Markram plays late to tap it to point

Bumrah to Markram, no run, 135.6kph, Markram walks across and makes good contact as he clips this length ball. Sundar dives to his left to make a fine stop. Good shot but Markram still can't get off the mark

Bumrah to Markram, no run, short of a good length ball with 2 slips and a gully in place, punched to cover-point

Siraj to Markram, no run, in-seamer, leg-lined, Markram misses the flick to get hit on the thigh

Siraj to Markram, no run, 137.4kph, indecision from Markram - whether to play or leave. Shuffles and decides to leave it at the last second. The length ball keeps low and fortunately for him, it's outside off

Bumrah to Markram, no run, fuller and wide of off, Markram walks across before shouldering arms

Bumrah to Markram, no run, jags in a bit and keeps a bit low as well, Markram manages to defend it out off the bottom part of the bat

Bumrah to Markram, no run, 138.8kph, Markram trusts the bounce even as the ball comes in with the angle. Bounces over the off-stump

Bumrah to Markram, no run, 136.3kph, nip-backer, Markram hops and hurriedly defends it into the leg-side off the inner part of the bat

Bumrah to Markram, no run, full and snaking in, Markram shoulders arms after covering his off-stump

Siraj to Markram, no run, 133.3kph, Siraj pulls his length back, Markram stays in his crease and taps it to backward point

Siraj to Markram, no run, 132.7kph, fuller and angling down leg, ignored by the batter

Siraj to Markram, no run, fuller than a good length, moves away late and Markram offers no shot

Siraj to Markram, no run, 132.7kph, slightly fuller, off-stump line, Markram covers the line to block it back to the bowler

Siraj to Markram, no run, hint of away shape from a good length outside off and Markram lets it be

Bumrah to Markram, no run, 135.5kph, Markram shuffles and defends this short of a good length ball back to the bowler

Bumrah to Markram, no run, 133.9kph, good length delivery around off and Markram taps it to cover

Bumrah to Markram, no run, 135.6kph, another one that kicks off from a length outside off, left alone

Bumrah to Markram, no run, bit of extra bounce on this occasion, hits Markram high on the bat as he defends from the crease

Bumrah to Markram, byes, FOUR, oh! 133.9kph, the line is outside off, it moves away and keeps low as well. Falls short of the keeper and beats him to his right as he dives. Gets fingertips on it does Pant as Gill (1st slip) moves away and the ball runs away to the fence

Bumrah to Markram, no run, inswinger, going down leg and past Markram's flick