IND vs SA 1st Test, Day 1 Live Score, Updates: SA (159 all-out), Bumrah's five-wicket haul bundles out South Africa

Wiaan Mulder shares the new ball with two slips and a gully, and immediately gets KL Rahul ticking with a neat tuck behind square. What follows is a chaotic, pressure-filled over for Yashasvi Jaiswal. A front-foot no-ball gives him one free look, but everything else is a barrage of movement and appeals. Mulder beats him on the angle, draws a loud LBW shout as Jaiswal shoulders arms, and then has the entire slip cordon up for a caught-behind shout—though Mulder himself slipped in his follow-through and wasn’t sure enough to review. Jaiswal survives it all, but it’s another testing maiden in spirit, even with the no-ball.

1st Test Day 1 Live Score: India 2/0 in 2 overs trail by 157 runs. (Jaiswal 0*, Rahul 1*)

Marco Jansen opens up with a fiery maiden, testing Yashasvi Jaiswal with seam, bounce and sharp movement back into the stumps. Jaiswal swings, misses, gets beaten on the inside edge multiple times, and even survives a thigh-pad pop-up that lands just short of Stubbs at gully. A proper examination first up, and India begin their reply under early pressure.

1st Test Day 1 Live Score: India 0/0 in 1 over trail by 159 runs. (Jaiswal 0, Rahul 0)

Well, the Indian batters are back out on the field. As expected, it is Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul who are back out opening the batting. South Africa huddles up before making their way in. During that time, South Africa was seen changing up the balls with the match officials. Guess they were not happy with what they had. Looks like Jansen will start as expected.

Jasprit Bumrah’s latest five-wicket haul lifts him to 16 in Test cricket, drawing level with Bhagwat Chandrasekhar and putting him just behind India’s greats—Ravichandran Ashwin, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Kapil Dev. His 5/27 also puts him in rare company: he’s now the first fast bowler since Ishant Sharma at this same venue in the 2019 pink-ball Test to claim a five-for on the opening day of a Test in India. You have to go all the way back to Dale Steyn in Ahmedabad in 2008 for the previous instance in a standard red-ball Test. (And for clarity, Matt Henry’s haul in Bengaluru last year technically came on Day 2 after rain wiped out the entire opening day.)

Absolute thunderbolt from Bumrah and Rod Tucker’s finger goes up after a long, thoughtful pause. With no review left, South Africa are done for 159. Bumrah bags a five-for and he’s buzzing—big cheers, hugs all around. The dismissal? Vintage Bumrah: a vicious inswinging yorker screaming in at Maharaj’s toes. He tries to yank the front leg away and dig it out, but the ball crashes into the boot, right in front of middle and leg. Maybe it was sliding, maybe not—India couldn’t care less. With no review to save him, Maharaj walks, and South Africa’s first innings comes to an abrupt end.

Keshav Maharaj 0(3) lbw b. J Bumrah

1st Test Day 1 Live Score: South Africa 159/10 in 55 overs (Stubbs 15*)

An absolute peach by Bumrah here. Gets his fourth wicket with the good length deliver nipping back in. No foot movement and is beaten on the inside as the ball went to crash onto the stumps. Boy he has been unstoppable.

Simon Harmer 5(5) b. J Bumrah

1st Test Day 1 Live Score: South Africa 159/9 in 54.3 overs (Stubbs 15*, Maharaj 0*)

Axar Patel rolls on with his spell, and Harmer wastes no time sneaking a single to the on-side. Stubbs steps down the pitch to meet the quicker one, gets beaten on the inside edge, and suddenly there’s a loud appeal. Not out, says the umpire. Gill and the crew huddle for a potential review, but cooler heads prevail—they let it go. Replays prove them right: impact well outside off. Another tight over from Axar, allowing just a single.

1st Test Day 1 Live Score: South Africa 155/8 in 54 overs (Stubbs 15*, Harmer 1*)

Bumrah’s got his tail up and the vibe is hunter mode activated. India start with a spread-out field, riders parked on the boundary to guard the easy single. But by the fourth ball—boom—they swarm into the circle, cutting off every run in sight. The plan? Simple: trap Harmer on strike and go for the kill. Bumrah wraps it all up with a cool, clinical maiden. Pure pressure bowling.

1st Test Day 1 Live Score: South Africa 154/8 in 53 overs (Stubbs 7*, Harmer 0*)

The players are back out, and there’s a buzz in the air! Team India huddles up before spreading across the field. Tristan Stubbs and Simon Harmer stroll back in as well. And here’s the twist—Jasprit Bumrah casually hands his cap to the umpire and gears up for a third spell. Oh boy, things just got interesting!

Dale Steyn, who is with the broadcasters as an expert, reckons that Mohammed Siraj's resurgence in that second spell is proof that you don't need to start strong right from ball one. Even if you get things wrong initially, you have to keep testing the batters for any small weakness that they might show. South Africa certainly did that, and Siraj, after the change of ends, looked like a completely different bowler altogether.

Tea on day one, and it has been a superb session for India. In 25 overs, they conceded only 49 runs and claimed five wickets to seize complete control. Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah, India's standout bowlers in the morning, resumed after lunch with disciplined spells. Mulder fell lbw attempting a rash reverse sweep off Kuldeep, while Bumrah jagged one back to uproot Tony de Zorzi.

South Africa's slide only deepened. Siraj, far sharper in his second spell with the ball reversing, struck twice in the same over to remove Verreynne and Jansen. Axar Patel then capped the session by trapping Corbin Bosch in front just before the break. From 57 for 0, the visitors have slumped to 154 for 8 on a pitch offering variable bounce.

With four wickets falling lbw and India's bowlers hunting in packs, they are now just two wickets away from bowling out SA on Day 1 of the two-match series.

1st Test Day 1 Live Score: South Africa 154/8 in 52 overs at Tea. (Stubbs 15*)

South Africa lost another wicket right at the stroke of tea, with Axar Patel striking to remove Corbin Bosch. The left-arm spinner sent down a 92.5 kph straighter one, and Bosch, prodding forward in defence, was beaten by the lack of turn as the ball thudded into his front pad. After a lengthy look, umpire Chris Gaffaney raised his finger, leaving Bosch out for 3 off 23 balls. With that dismissal, India tightened their grip once more as the players headed in for tea.

South Africa have crossed 150, but the runs have come at the cost of seven wickets. Jasprit Bumrah set the tone in the morning with two sharp strikes, and Kuldeep Yadav added to the pressure with an important breakthrough. After lunch, the pair struck again, removing one batter each to leave the hosts wobbling at five down. Mohammed Siraj then joined the act, delivering two crucial blows of his own and pushing South Africa into deeper trouble at seven wickets down.

Siraj struck twice in the same over as South Africa slipped deeper into trouble. The rhythm bowler was in full flow, using reverse swing and sharp accuracy to rip through the middle order. One ball sent the stumps flying, and Siraj sprinted away in celebration. The next was a length delivery that tailed in late from around off, beating Jansen’s hesitant forward push as he failed to move his feet. The ball slipped through the gap and hit the stumps. India are firmly in control.

Mohammed Siraj joined the party with a sharp nip-backer that trapped Kyle Verreynne in front. The 136kph delivery straightened off the seam, beating the inside edge as Verreynne's bat came down late and brushed the back pad first. A brief chat with Stubbs led to a review, but UltraEdge confirmed the pad first, and ball-tracking showed it crashing into the middle stump. This means that South Africa have burnt all three reviews.

Jadeja mixes pace and length smartly in a steady over. He begins with a full ball on off that Stubbs defends, before the batter punches a short one to sweeper cover for a single. Verreynne then leans into a fuller delivery and drives to cover for another run, with slip and short leg waiting for any mistake. Stubbs rotates strike again with a firm push to mid-off, and Verreynne follows with a neat open-faced dab to deep point. Jadeja finishes by getting one to grip from a length, but Stubbs reads it well and nudges it to backward point.

1st Test Day 1 Live Score: South Africa 142/5 in 42 overs (Stubbs 10*, Verreynne 13*)

After the drinks break, Siraj picks up right where he left off. He starts by tailing one down leg that brushes Verreynne’s pad, then follows up with a couple of sharp good-length balls that angle in and test his technique — one even thudding into the splice as his bottom hand pops off the handle. Verreynne nearly drags one onto mid-on while trying to drive, but survives. When Stubbs finally gets strike, he turns a slanted short-of-a-length ball through square leg for a single. Siraj stays relentless, South Africa still grinding.

1st Test Day 1 Live Score: South Africa 138/5 in 41 overs (Stubbs 8*, Verreynne 11*)

Siraj returns to the attack and almost strikes straightaway. He starts by angling one in at the stumps, Stubbs meeting it with a neat defence. The next ball is a beauty — a wicked nip-backer that slices him in half and whistles past the top of off. Stubbs then steadies himself, getting a good stride in to block a fuller, tailing delivery, though a leg-side nip almost brushes his pad on the next.

He finally gets off strike with a thick inside edge behind square. But Siraj ends the over loosely — offering Verreynne a juicy full toss outside off, which is gleefully drilled past mid-off for four.

1st Test Day 1 Live Score: South Africa 136/5 in 39 overs (Stubbs 7*, Verreynne 10*)

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