Vizag Test: Mayank, Rohit consolidate India’s position on day two

Visakhapatnam: Mayank Agarwal’s scintillating knock of 215 and Rohit Sharma’s score of 176 consolidated India’s position on day two of the first Test match between India and South Africa here at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium.
India declared their innings at 502/7. In response South Africa ended day two at a score of 39/3, still trailing India by 463 runs.
Ravichandran Ashwin provided the first breakthrough to India as he castled the stumps of Aiden Markram (5). The Proteas lost their second wicket with just 31 runs on the board as Ashwin got Theunis de Bruyn (4) stumped at the hands of wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha.
Ravindra Jadeja castled the stumps of Dane Piedt (0), reducing South Africa to 34/3. Proteas did not lose any more wickets and they will resume day three with seven wickets in hand.
Earlier, resuming day two at 202/0, Rohit and Mayank did not let go off the momentum and carried on from where they left off on day one. Both batsmen piled on the misery on South Africa’s bowling lineup and their partnership saw Sharma going past 150-run mark and Agarwal bringing up his maiden century.
Along the way, Sharma and Agarwal broke the record of Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid to script the highest partnership for India in the Test matches against the Proteas.