1st Day,1st Test,IND vs SA

“The day belonged to the Batsmen”.Anyone hearing this line cannot be faulted for thinking that the Indian batsmen called the shots because the instances of batsmen from visiting team(other than sub-continent teams) dominating the entire days proceedings in india are rare.But it was the South African batsmen who called the shots on the first day of the 1^st test of the future cup being played between India and South Africa at the M.A.CHIDAMBARAM STADIUM,chepauk,Chennai..

Neil Mckenzie,Greame Smith,Hashim Amla helped themselves to half-centuries on a lifeless wicket.Harbhajan and Anil Kumble snared two wickets each.

The momentum wrest with the South Africans but the Indian can shift the momentum by picking up two early wickets tomorrow.