Indian bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar grabbed wickets in each of his first three overs in a dream start on the first day of the first Test against SA at Newlands on Friday. Kumar dismissed Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram and Hashim Amla to have SA — who are second behind India on the world Test rankings — reeling on 12/3 after five overs. South African captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to bat on a well-grassed pitch, a decision which he admitted was tricky. Elgar, SA’s leading batsman in 2017, edged the third ball of the match to be caught behind by Wriddhiman Saha for nought. His opening partner, Markram, fell in Kumar’s next over, leg before wicket for five, before Amla, on three, edged an attempted back foot drive and gave Saha a second catch. AB de Villiers counterattacked, hitting Kumar for four fours in his fifth over as SA reached 33/3 after 10 overs. Tough call A lively wicket has been prepared to benefit SA’s pace bowlers but Du Plessis said he was taking a gamble that it...
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