India vs South Africa 1st Test, Day 1 highlights: Play called off after rain interruption

Considering the intensity of the rain, play has been called off and hence that's all for Day1. India end the day 208/8.

Pitch has been covered due to a rain interruption. Stay tuned for further updates.

India have gone past the mark of 200. KL Rahul is batting at 70, and Siraj is yet to open to his account. India 208/8 after 58.5 overs. 

Jasprit Bumrah departs after scoring just 1 run. India 191/8 after 54.3 overs.

India end second session of Day 1 at 176/7 after 50 overs. KL Rahul is batting on 39, and carry the onus of taking India past 200.

Shardul Thakur departs after a quick-fire 24. India 165/7 after 47 overs.

KL Rahul and Shardul Thakur have put on a quick 32-run stand. India 153/6 after 41.2 overs.

Virat Kohli departs after a gritty 38. India 107/5 after 31 overs.

India breach past the 100 mark. IND-102/4 after 30 overs.

Shreyas Iyer gets out after scoring 31. Rabada's in-winger disturbed his stumps. India 93/4 after 27.2 overs.

India are 91/3 after the end of 1st session. Kohli and Iyer have put on a 66-run stand.

After a s disastrous start, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer have put in a 55-run stand. India 80/3 after 24 overs. 

Nandre Burger strikes yet again as Shubman Gill departs after scoring just two runs | IND at 25/3

N Burger finds his first ever test wicket in Yashasvi Jaiswal as the young batter departs after scoring 17 runs | IND at 23/2

Rohit Sharma has to depart after a mistimes shot costed him big time; the Skipper departs after just 5 runs | IND at 13/1

As per an update by BCCI, Jadeja suffered from upper back spasms in the morning of the match and was not available for selection. 

IND Playing XI: Rohit, Jaiswal, Kohli, Shubman, Shreyas, KL Rahul, Ashwin, Shardul, Krishna, Siraj, Bumrah

South Africa won the toss and have decided to bowl first in the first test match against India 

The toss for the IND vs SA is set to happen in a few minutes

The toss has been delayed for the first IND vs SA test match. Inspection to take place at 01:30 PM 

The weather could act as a damper at Centurion as there are high chances of rain cutting the play. While there is no rains of now, the threat still remains.