First test ,SA vs Ind , Day 2: India fight back to post 185-7 at tea break

Cape Town: Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will hope to put up a good partnership and take India towards South Africa's 286.

Hardik Pandya played a fine knock of 81 as India looked to recover from the early blow in the second session during the first Test against South Africa on Day 2.

At tea break, India were 185-7, still 101 runs behind.

Resuming the



action after lunch, Vernon Philander took the wickets of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravichandran Ashwin, as India's nightmare in South Africa continued.

Wriddhiman Saha, too, departed without scoring, as India's hopes for a comeback were in tatters.

However, Pandya came to the rescue as he played a confident innings, putting up a 93-run stand with Bhuvneshwar Kumar at the other end.