Mayank Agarwal extended his century-scoring streak to another innings as India piled on the runs on Day 1 of second India vs South Africa Test match at Pune. While Mayank continued his love-affair of hitting milestones in the first innings of a Test match, Virat Kohli surpassed Sourav Ganguly to become India’s second most capped captain in Test matches. Meanwhile, Cheteshwar Pujara also achieved an interesting personal milestone on Day 1 of second India vs South Africa Test match. To read all the stat highlight and every record that was created or broken of Day 1 of the IND vs SA 2ns Test match, please scroll down. India Vs South Africa, Live Cricket Score 2nd Test Match.

When Kohli stepped out for the toss on a sunny Thursday morning at the Maharashtra Cricket Stadium in Pune, he was leading India for the 50th time in Test matches, a record only eclipsed by MS Dhoni in Indian cricket. The 30-year-old also left counterpart and Proteas skipper Faf du Plessis to his ninth successive toss loss in Asia. Mayank Agarwal and Virat Kohli Shine.

Du Plessis has now lost the toss in his last six consecutive Test matches away from home. India opted to bat first after Du Plessis called it wrong but Kagiso Rabada gave them a breathing space by dismissing Rohit Sharma. Agarwal and Pujara and later Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, however, held fort to compound a successive Day 1 for India with the bat.

# Virat Kohli overtook Sourav Ganguly to become the player to have led India in the second-highest number of Test matches. Kohli has now captained India in 50 Test matches, surpassing Ganguly's 49 Test matches.

# Virat Kohli is also the 17th international captain to have led their teams in 50 or more Test matches. He is currently tied with Sir VIV Richards, Andrew Strauss and Mark Taylor all of whom captained their respective teams in exactly 50 Test matches.

# MS Dhoni with 60 Test matches as an Indian captain tops the chart for India in Test matches.

# South Africa captain Faf du Plessis have now lost nine successive toss in Asia. He has also now lost the toss for six consecutive away Test matches.

# Virat Kohli has the third-best win ratio among captains to have led their teams in at least 49 Test matches. Kohli has won 29 of the 49 Test matches he has led India in, which is only bettered by Ricky Ponting (34) and Steve Waugh (36).

# Mayank Agarwal slammed his second century in Test cricket. It was also his second Test hundred against South Africa.

# Mayank Agarwal became the second Indian opener after Virender Sehwag to score centuries in consecutive Test matches against South Africa in a single Test series. Mayank Joins Virender Sehwag in Elite List.

# Mayank Agarwal is also the fourth Indian batsman to score centuries in consecutive Test matches against South Africa. Mohammad Azharuddin (1996), Sachin Tendulkar (2010), Virender Sehwag (2010) are the other batsmen to do it.

# This was the fourth Instance of Indian opening batsmen scoring at least four centuries in a single Test series.

# Interestingly, All of Mayank Agarwal's centuries and half-centuries have come in the first innings.

# This was also the first time that Cheteshwar Pujara has smashed sixes in successive innings in Test cricket.

# Cheteshwar Pujara completed his 22nd half-century in Test cricket, while Virat Kohli hit his 23rd Test fifty.

Meanwhile, India leads the three-match Test series 1-0 and can seal a series victory if they manage to beat South Africa in the second Test match. A series win will make India the first team to win 11 successive Test series at home. At stumps on Day 1, India were comfortably placed on 273/3 with skipper Kohli (63) and his deputy Rahane (18) at the crease. The half-century was the record-breaking Indian captain’s 23rd half-century in the longest format of cricket.

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