Overview
- Senuran Muthusamy struck 109 and Marco Jansen made 93 as South Africa piled up 489 in the first innings at Barsapara.
- India's reply ended at 201, with an eighth-wicket stand of 72 between Washington Sundar (48) and Kuldeep Yadav (19 off 134 balls).
- Kuldeep was India's most effective bowler with four wickets on what he described as a surface that felt like a road.
- He said Nitish Kumar Reddy is fit and explained the light workload as normal rotation with six bowling options.
- A circulating statistic since 2022 shows Kuldeep averaging 64 balls per dismissal, higher than several senior India batters cited.