IND VS RSA - 1st Test, South Africa tour of India, 2019

Harsha Bhogle: The resistance was resolute but the peak was too high to scale for South Africa. Second innings Shami was magnificent again.1-0

South Africa knew what they were up against coming in, and they have now seen it first hand. They'll try again in Pune. Because that's what visiting teams do, they come and they try. If it happens, it happens. If it doesn't, it's India. That's all from us here. Until next time, it's a goodbye from Sagar Chawla, Raju Peethala, Rishi Roy, MS Ramakrishnan and Naga.

Rohit, MoM: Just wanted to go out there and do what I do best. Great opportunity for me at the top. Thankful for the chance, considering I've never done that before. Focus was on winning the Test match and I think we pretty much did everything right today. Couple of years ago it was communicated to me that I might open someday. Even in nets I used to practice with the new ball. Wouldn't say it was a surprise. No matter what ball you play, whether it's red ball or white ball. At the start you've got to be careful. Focus on basics - leaving ball outside off, playing close to the body. My job here is to play in a certain manner, that's what they expect me. And I'm going to try to do that. It's my game to mix caution with aggression. Everything depends on the situation you're batting in. There are lot of things in Test which I'm not aware of in terms of records. Focus was to have fun and put team in a good position. Had to try and play some shots. May come off and may not come off. Bowlers are pretty smart these days. I back myself and I guess fortune favours the brave.

Virat Kohli | India captain: The wicket played really good for the first three days. We lost a session. When you put 500 on the board, you're always ahead. Even with the fight they showed, we still had a lead. Rohit was outstanding. Mayank brilliant. It was a hard grind because of the conditions, especially the weather conditions. And the pitch slowed down too. It's all about the attitude. If fast bowlers are going to think that spinners are going to do all the work, then it doesn't justify their place. They ask for shorter spells so they can give 100%. That's when you see guys like Shami, Ishant, Jasprit and Umesh as well doing well. It's all about wanting to make a play for the team even in conditions that are difficult. Jaddu and Ash again, really good. Pitch was flat, they got a few boundaries away. Always knew it was going to be a second innings pitch. Shami has been a strike bowler in the second innings. All the guys lived up to their strengths. Batting heroes were obvious. But bowlers had it tougher in this game. This lot of SG balls is much better than the last one. If it softens up, there's literally nothing happening after 40-45 overs. Will still like it to be harder till about 60 overs.

Faf du Plessis | South Africa captain: Great start to the game with the bat. Obviously India batted well, two great knocks by Mayank and Rohit. We fought well in our first innings with the bat... To get that sort of a total in the second innings of a game in India is tough. Their second innings was tough for us, Rohit and Pujara took the game away from us. I thought up until this morning, we competed pretty well on a good pitch.. Day 5 if it starts misbehaving like that it's fine.. That's part of Test cricket. If you are always through a game like that you can think of the what ifs. The seamers were mostly doing a holding job in this game up until today. Shami bowled beautifully today. We got to improve on our spinners taking 4-5 wickets in the second innings. On a Day 5 pitch things happens quicker (wickets falling). It should be like that, it's perfect like that (the pitch playing up and down). We got to move on from this and get ready for the next Test.

Harsha Bhogle: Many pluses for India. The key players had a good test and I don't see the need to make a change for Pune. South Africa have much to contemplate, especially with respect to the composition of their bowling.

Mohammed Shami [10.5-2-35-5]: It would always be difficult (to bat) as the wicket was slow and low. We had the plans to attack the stumps between the two fast bowlers. We have been supporting each other well for the last 4-5 years. In the second innings, the variable bounce and reverse would be beneficial for us. It was visible that the batsman's discomfort zone was that stump-line and you can see the result. It was of utmost importance for us to remove the first 4-5 batsmen as soon as possible. In the first innings, of course Ashwin was fantastic for us. The more we would attacked the stumps, the better it would be for us. Thank you so much to the Vizag crowd for all the support.

13:50 Local Time, 08:20 GMT, 13:50 IST: Hard to say which South African performance was a one-off, their first-innings fight or their second innings crumble. They started the match poorly, failing to pick up a wicket for 82 overs. And finished it poorly, capitulating on the final day - their lower-order resistance notwithstanding. In between, Rohit Sharma created waves as a first-time Test opener, smashing a flurry of records with his twin tons. Mayank Agarwal brought up his maiden Test ton, which he converted into a double. Ashwin made a superb return. And Shami strengthened his bond with the second innings. Vizag played ball as well, steering clear of the rains that were forecast to allow the hosts their 1-0 lead, keeping in line with their recent run of home dominance. A lot has happened on expected lines, and yet there's always this sense of wonder at how metronomic India's home routine always turns out to be. Hang around, we'll get you the presentations.

Shami to Rabada, out Caught by Saha!! That will do. Shami completes a brilliant five-for as he straightens this length ball enough to find Rabada's outside edge. Wanted to smash this down the ground, but only managed to smash Muthusamy's hopes of a fifty. It's a win for India to start their home season. Rabada c Saha b Shami 18(19) [4s-3 6s-1]

Shami to Rabada, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Shami to Rabada, no run, back of a length delivery cutting away outside off, beats Rabada's wishful woosh

Shami to Rabada, no run, clears the front leg for a leg-side slog, keeping Muthusamy on tenterhooks on 49. It's skewed off the inside half to midwicket

Shami to Rabada, no run, short of length across off, blunted wide of mid-off

Shami to Senuran Muthusamy, 1 run, full on leg stump, flicked down to fine leg

Jadeja to Rabada, FOUR, slightly short outside off, slaps it off the back foot through cover

Jadeja to Rabada, no run, skidding through from a length outside off, past Rabada's outside edge

Jadeja to Senuran Muthusamy, 1 run, tossed up outside off, Muthusamy turns aggressive and wants to crash this through the off-side. It runs off a thick inside edge through square leg

Jadeja to Senuran Muthusamy, no run, defended past silly point

Jadeja to Senuran Muthusamy, no run, turned off the pads through midwicket

Jadeja to Senuran Muthusamy, no run, flat length ball sliding through towards off, steered wide of slip who's quickly onto it

Shami to Rabada, no run, length ball on off stump, Rabada's flat-footed as he defends into the off-side

Shami to Rabada, no run, back of a length delivery that straightens past the outside edge having squared him up in defence