The first Test being played in the Krishnagiri stadium in Wayanad, between India A vs South Africa A was dominated completely by South Africa A.
South Africa A who won the toss and had elected to bat first, had put up a score of 293 for the loss of four wickets in 88 overs on Day 1.
The top scorers for the African team were Omphile Ramela who scored 112, Reeza Hendricks scored 50 and Temba Bavuma who is still playing in the score of 55.
For India Axar Patel took two crucial wickets of Hendricks and Ramela, whereas Jayant Yadav and Ishwar Pandey took one wicket each.
India A team recently won the one day tri-series and are high on confidence. They are looking forward to win this test series too and would like to prove that they can perform even in the longer formats of the game.
Follow the live scores here.
For the two test series, Ambati Rayudu is elected as the captain for India A and Dane Vilas will lead the South Africa A team.
The live telecast can be watched on TV channel Star Sports. The live streaming can also be watched at the official website of Starsports.com.
As the play was interrupted due to rain, the pitch also might get slow and would help the spinners, also the result of the match could be dependent on the weather in the upcoming days.
As the first day was dominate by South Africa A, India A will surely bounce back strongly and would try to restrict South Africa to a low score, to win the first test match.