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New Delhi: Senuran Muthusamy scored his maiden century while Marco Jansen missed his by a small margin as they propelled South Africa to a comfortable 489 in their first innings on Day 2 of the second Test against India in Guwahati on Sunday.
Muthusamy's 109 off 206 deliveries with the help of 10 boundaries and two sixes, and Jansen's 93 off with 91 balls with six fours and seven sixes drove India to the ground after South Africa resumed their batting at 247 for six.
In 61. overs at the fag end of the day's action, India were nine for no loss with Yashasvi Jaiswal unbeaten on seven and KL Rahul undefeated in two.
Muthusamy became only the South African batter with a century from No.7 or lower against India, after Quinton de Kock (111 in 2019) and Lance Klusener (102* in 1997).
The left hander added 88 runs for the seventh wicket with Kyle Verreynne (45), who was stumped after advancing down the pitch to Ravindra Jadeja (2/94).
Jansen then joined hands and put on 97 runs with Muthuswamy to consolidate South Africa's positon as Indian bowlers struggled to break through their resolve.
Even after Muthusamy's deaprture, Jansen continued to bat with gusto as he clubbed big sixes off the pacers but was unfortunate to have missed on his first century as played one onto his wickets off Kuldeep Yadav, who was India's most successful bolwer with 4/115.
Pacers Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and left-arm finger spinner Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets each.
Spin-bowling all-rounder Washington Sundar and seamer-batter Nitish Reddy remained wicketless in their cumulative 32 overs.
South Africa 489 in 151.1 overs (Senuran Muthusamy 109, Marco Jansen 93, Tristan Stubbs 49; Kuldeep Yadav 4/115) lead India 9/0 in 6.1 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 7 not out, KL Rahul 2 not out) by 480 runs.
