That's a wrap for our coverage of Day 2 of the second Test between India and South Africa. Do join us tomorrow on NDTV Sports, with Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul set to continue with the bat for India. Goodbye!

Day 2 has belonged to South Africa, and, in particular, to Senuran Muthusamy and Marco Jansen. A maiden Test hundred for Muthusamy, who is of Indian origin. Jansen nearly made a swashbuckling century himself, equalling the record for the most sixes by a South African in a single Test innings.

Stumps on Day 2! The umpires decide that the light is now dim enough to call it a day. Just 6.1 overs possible in the Indian innings. A total of 75.2 overs possible through the day, one that has been dominated by South Africa.

IND 9/0 (6.1)

India trail South Africa by 480 runs.

Four maidens in a row! Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul playing with ultra caution as the light continues to fade in Guwahati. Marco Jansen and Wiaan Mulder haven't given any freebies either.

IND 9/0 (6)

The light meters are out, and the umpires are having a check at regular intervals. Remember, the sun sets quite early in Guwahati, which is located in north-east India. 71.2 overs of play has been possible so far.

This will be a period where the Indian batters will have to be cautious in order to survive amidst the fading light, warns Ravi Shastri on commentary.

IND 7/0 (2)

Yashasvi Jaiswal slams a boundary, second ball! Lovely flick shot against Jansen, who is straight into bowl despite batting for almost 3 hours. Big responsibility on the shoulders of Jaiswal and KL Rahul.

IND 6/0 (0.2)

Day 2, so far, belongs to Senuran Muthusamy and Marco Jansen. Muthusamy slammed his first Test ton, making a patient 107. But Jansen took the game by the scruff of its neck, smashed seven 6s, and fell just seven short of what would've been his own first ton too.

India have a mountain to climb to win this Test. They'll need to bat very well to even draw it. South Africa have given themselves a wonderful foundation. Relief for Rishabh Pant for now, but can his side do the job with bat in hand?

Heartbreak for Marco Jansen! He chops it onto his stumps, and his dreams of a maiden Test century has been cut short with 7 runs to go. Kuldeep Yadav gets his fourth wicket of the game. South Africa are all out for 489!

SA 489 all out (151.1)

Keshav Maharaj, welcome to the party! He comes down the track and slams Kuldeep back over his head for 4. First boundary for Maharaj. He is into double digits now. South Africa nearing 500.

150 overs done!

SA 488/9 (150)

After 66 overs of play on Day 2, we finally get Nitish Reddy back into the bowling attack. Just his fifth over of the entire innings. It's a tidy over, just 3 off it. Couple of play-and-misses. Jansen is on 91, meanwhile.

SA 483/9 (149)

Jansen up to 87! Short ball from Siraj, but how short can it really be if the batter is 6'8" tall? Jansen gives himself room and swats it through mid-wicket for 4. Powerful shot, past Jaiswal in the deep and into the fence.

Highest Test score for Jansen now. Beats the 84* he made against India at the Centurion in 2023.

SA 476/9 (146.4)

Jansen hits it back hard at Bumrah, but the pacer gets only a fingertip and fails to grab it properly. The ball races away for 4 down the ground. Tough chance. Jansen moves up to 82 with that shot. Can he get a maiden Test hundred today?

SA 467/9 (144)

Terrific from Jasprit Bumrah! That's what the nearly packed-out Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati have come to see. The ball zips past Simon Harmer's defence angles back in and knocks off his off-stump. SA lose their ninth. Second for Bumrah.

SA 462/9 (143.1)

Marco Jansen has now matched the record of the most sixes in a single Test innings by a South African batter, levelling AB de Villiers and Quinton de Kock on 7. If he hits one more 6, he gets the record outright.

More boundaries! First a mishit from Jansen goes over the fielder at mid-on and into the fence for 4. Few balls later, Jansen smashes Siraj for another 6! Jansen has now seven 6s today, one more than the total number of 6s he had hit in his entire Test career prior to this game! 

SA 456/8 (141)

New session, same style! Marco Jansen continues to take risks, and continues to get rewarded. Magnificent strike over long-on as Ravindra Jadeja's delivery is dispatched for 6. Fifth six of the day for Jansen!

Oh wait! Here's 6 more, just three balls later! Same region, same result.

SA 444/8 (140)

GONE! Siraj strikes in his first over after Lunch! Short delivery, Muthusamy tried to pull it for 6, but it goes straight to Yashasvi Jaiswal at deep fine-leg. End of a fine innings from Muthusamy, who departs for 109.

Rishabh Pant's decision to opt away from spin and hand the ball to Siraj has worked!

SA 431/8 (138.1)

We are underway after Lunch! The final session of the day begins in Guwahati. Can India get the 3 remaining wickets and start their batting before Stumps today?

SA 429/7 (137.1)

It really hasn't been a first Test as captain to remember so far for Rishabh Pant. South Africa have batted for nearly 2 days, and Pant's inexperience as captain has been visible at times with the bowling changes and field placements. The fact that India have picked up only 1 wicket today in 4 hours of play says it all.

40 minutes of Lunch for Pant and Gambhir to re-think and re-energise.

Lunch on Day 2! When South Africa resumed on 247/6 at the start of Day 2, even they would've surely not imagined to be still going (and strongly!) after two full sessions. 1 wicket lost, 181 runs added throughout the day. Muthusamy completed a wonderful Test hundred, while Marco Jansen took the game by the scruff of its neck, smashing 4 sixes en route to his fifty.

SA 428/7 (137)

Half-century for Marco Jansen! It has come in just 53 balls. 3 boundaries, 4 sixes in there. A whirlwind innings after coming in to bat at No. 9, and that has made Rishabh Pant's job as captain a whole lot tougher. 

SA 424/7 (136)

First Test century for Senuran Muthusamy! A stunning knock. The all-rounder, who has origins in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, completes his century in 192 balls. 9 boundaries and 2 sixes. An innings that has gone on for 4 hours and 40 minutes!

SA 418/7 (134.1)

Maximum! Senuran Muthusamy moves up to 94 with that shot, his highest-score in Test cricket! The left-hander clobbers Kuldeep for 6 over deep mid-wicket. Two balls later, Kuldeep pitches one on leg-stump, and Muthusamy nudges it fine for 4!

Single off the last ball of the over. Muthusamy is on 99!

SA 416/7 (134)

Jasprit Bumrah shifts his line and length against Jansen. Bumrah opts for the short route, delivering three bouncers in a row, which are all ducked by Jansen. The India pacer then switches it up with a full one, nipping away from off-stump, and it just misses the edge of Jansen's bat.

SA 403/7 (133)

400 up for South Africa! They began the day on 247, and now they've gone up to 400, having lost just a single wicket. A composed partnership first between Muthusamy and Verreynne, and now Jansen has gone berserk!

SA 400/7 (131.2)

Great bouncer by Bumrah, Muthusamy hooks it tentatively but the top edge lands just short of Siraj at fine-leg. The pacer didn't go for the dive. Had he done so, he might have been able to take it. 

SA 398/7 (131)

What a shot! Glorious straight drive from Marco Jansen against Jasprit Bumrah. Third 4 of his innings, in addition to his four sixes. He is one hit away from his half-century now.

SA 396/7 (130.4)

Jansen into the 40s! Another fantastic hit, over long-on for 6 runs! Kuldeep Yadav has been taken to the cleaners in his last two overs. Four maximums for Jansen. He has to change his bat now.

SA 391/7 (129.3)

No respite for Bumrah either! Marco Jansen is playing a flier here. Low full toss from Bumrah and slapped through the covers for 4 by Jansen. He is up to 35 off just 32, and the half-century could come up soon.

SA 384/7 (129)

SIX more, Marco Jansen! Third 6 for South Africa's No. 9 batter. Tossed up by Kuldeep, inviting Jansen to go for a big hit. Jansen does so, and he nails it. Straight back over the bowler's head for a maximum.

Jasprit Bumrah to bowl next. Rishabh Pant forced into a change.

SA 379/7 (128)

Muthusamy up to 80! Reverse-sweeps it for 4 against Kuldeep. The Indian spinners are finding next to no assistance from the Guwahati pitch. However, South Africa great Dale Steyn praises the pitch, stating that this is a match where a winner will emerge on Day 4 or 5.

SA 372/7 (127.2)

Marco Jansen on the charge! Smashes another maximum against Jadeja, this time over mid-wicket. He is going at nearly a run-a-ball, and South Africa are motoring along towards the 400-run mark. Another worry for captain Pant.

SA 367/7 (126.4)

Boundaries coming thick and fast now! Marco Jansen sweeps Jadeja for 4 through square-leg. Looks like South Africa have up their minds to go after the bowling with this pair at the crease.

SA 358/7 (125)

Muthusamy goes big now! First real aggressive shot of the day from the left-hander. That shot brings up 350 for the Proteas. Lovely shot over long-on, all the way for 6, against Washington Sundar's bowling.

SA 352/7 (124)

SIX! Great shot! Marco Jansen showed a glimpse of his powerhitting ability in the first Test, and he has clobbered one for 6 over long-on, against Jadeja. First maximum of Day 2, and the fourth one of the innings.

SA 345/7 (123)

A wicket at last, at long, long last for Team India. A wait of 39.2 overs (236 balls) comes to an end. Ravindra Jadeja deceives Kyle Verreynne with the flight, the South African wicket-keeper batter comes down the track and misses, and Rishabh Pant completes the stumping. 

Verreynne falls 5 runs short of his half-century. Second wicket for Jadeja.

SA 334/7 (120.3)

120 overs done in the South African innings. We've completed more than 40 overs today, and South Africa are yet to lose a single wicket. The partnership between Muthusamy and Verreynne is 13 runs away from the three-figure mark. The visitors firmly in the driving seat.

SA 333/6 (120)

Dale Steyn: "He (Pant) hasn't gone for any Plan B or Plan C. Bringing in Nitish Reddy could be the thing that disrupts the South African batters. I saw him bowl when I was at Sunrisers, he certainly has the white-ball skills."

Dinesh Karthik: "You would have to think creatively here, think differently if you're India here."

Reddy has bowled no overs so far on Day 2, and bowled only 4 overs on Day 1.

Sweep, 4 runs! Great shot by Kyle Verreynne against Jadeja. No fielder in the deep-square leg region, and Verreynne picks out the gap nicely. He is into the 40s now, and a half-century isn't too far away.

SA 328/6 (115)

India lose a DRS review! Ball angling down leg-side from Bumrah, and a small noise as it reaches Pant behind the stumps. Big appeal turned down. Pant takes the review, with Dhruv Jurel seemingly convincing his captain to do so. No edge, Verreynne survives.

Two balls later, Bumrah bowls a fast, low full-toss, and it's somehow defended by Verreynne, who then falls to the ground!

SA 323/6 (114)

Muthusamy has looked unfazed, even while facing a bowler of the ability of Bumrah. He finishes off the first over of the second session with a glorious boundary, enters sixties. 

SA 322/6 (112)

We are back from the tea break in Guwahati! Muthusamy and Verreynne prepare for the second session to begin and India skipper Rishabh Pant has handed the ball to the team's marquee pacer, Jasprit Bumrah. India are desperate for wickets, even more than they were at the start of the day.

Tea on Day 2. India go wicketless in the first session. Highest batting partnership of the series so far. Not a good sign for the hosts or for stand-in captain Rishabh Pant. Bumrah, Siraj, Kuldeep, Jadeja and Washington all rolled their arm, but very few wicket-taking opportunities were created.

SA 316/6 (111)

Boundary for Muthusamy in the final over before Tea. Bit of width offered by Kuldeep Yadav, and cut away nicely by the South African left-hander. First runs for Muthusamy after completing his 50.

SA 313/6 (110.2)

50 for Muthusamy! The India-origin left-hander walked in at No. 7 and has played a composed knock. Narrowly saved a couple of times today, including the LBW appeal recently against Jadeja, but a well-made 50 otherwise.

SA 306/6 (106.2)

Tiny edge! Senuran Muthusamy was given out LBW by Rod Tucker, off Jadeja's bowling. Muthusamy takes the review, and UltraEdge shows the smallest of edges off the glove, and that helps Muthusamy survive!

SA 303/6 (105)

Lovely late cut! Delicately placed for 4 by Kyle Verreyne against Ravindra Jadeja. He is into the thirties now. 300 up for South Africa. They have not lost a single wicket on Day 2, and look set for 400 too!

SA 300/6 (103)

100 overs done! South Africa have put up 42 runs in more than 18 overs on Day 1, while India have failed to pick up a single wicket. Muthusamy is nearing his fifty. The best chance for India so far has been when Bumrah forced an edge off Muthusamy, but the ball fell just short of the slips.

SA 289/6 (100)

Second boundary for Verreynne, once again off Kuldeep's bowling. Slammed through the off-side for 4 by the South African wicket-keeper batter. Two more runs on the final ball of the over. More than 14 overs completed on Day 2, but still no wicket for India. SA inching towards 300.

SA 281/6 (96)

Chance created by Bumrah immediately after coming back into the attack! Thick outside edge for Muthusamy, but the ball falls centimetres short of KL Rahul at second slip. Best opportunity for India so far!

SA 275/6 (94.3)

The ball-changing saga returns! Mohammed Siraj hands it over to Rod Tucker, who decides it is enough to switch. Just 12 overs with that second new ball, before the change.

SA 269/6 (93)

Boundary after 48 balls for South Africa! Brilliantly-executed sweep shot by Senuran Muthusamy. Pitched outside off-stump and swept away for 4 through fine-leg. Muthusamy up to 36, and will be eyeing a half-century.

SA 266/6 (92)

Just over 8 overs done on Day 2, and South Africa have added only 12 runs since the start of play. The Test match trundling along slowly at the moment. Bumrah has been taken off the attack by Pant after just 3 overs.

SA 259/6 (90)

Terrific fielding in the deep by Nitish Kumar Reddy. Acrobatic effort, and helps in preventing a boundary. Nudged square by Muthusamy, and the batters eventually pick up 3. Meanwhile, change of ends for Siraj.

SA 259/6 (89)

Bringing Kuldeep Yadav back into the attack despite the new ball being only seven overs old is a clear sign that captain Rishabh Pant is desperate to pick up a wicket. Kuldeep took three wickets yesterday, and will be eyeing a fifer now.

3 runs off Kuldeep's first over.

SA 256/6 (88)

Three maidens in a row for Jasprit Bumrah, four maidens in five for India. However, the annoying bit for Bumrah, Siraj and Pant will be that there hasn't been a single delivery that has seemed to trouble Muthusamy or Verreynne.

Right, here we go, Kuldeep up next!

Jasprit Bumrah keeping things tight from his end. Two maidens in a row to start off Day 2. However, no real movement seems to be there for the Indian pacers. Won't be a surprise if we see Kuldeep Yadav soon.

Pressure on captain Rishabh Pant, as to how he manages to break through the defensive approach by Muthusamy and Verreynne.

First boundary of Day 2! Short from Siraj, Verreyne pulls it tentatively but places it well. It runs away for 4 through deep square-leg. That shot brings up 250 for South Africa!

SA 252/6 (83.3)

First over of the day for Jasprit Bumrah, and India's pace spearhead bowls a maiden. Senuran Muthusamy opts for caution against the No. 1-ranked Test bowler in the world. Over to Siraj again from the other end.

SA 248/6 (83)

We are LIVE! Mohammed Siraj starts us off, bowling the final ball of the 82nd over. It's full, swinging back in towards Muthusamy, who nudges it to deep square-leg and picks up a single. 

SA 248/6 (82)

We are just a few minutes away from the start of play. Remember, Tea will take place before Lunch in this Test, due to the timings and the weather in Guwahati, which is located in north-east India.

South Africa great Shaun Pollock states that the pitch looks a lot drier on Day 2. However, given that there was some new ball movement on Day 1, there could be a bit of the same with the second new ball in play.

The pitch appears to be one that could get better for batting as the day goes on.

With less than 2 overs completed with the second new ball, all eyes will be on India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah as play resumes on Day 2. A couple of breakthroughs in the first few overs could set the tone for India for a successful day.

South Africa would be fairly happy if they manage to get past the 300-run mark. Senuran Muthusamy is well set on 25, and the Proteas have batting all the way down to No. 1. 

Pressure is also on Rishabh Pant, who is captaining India for a full Test match for the very first time. It was a mixed performance from Pant on Day 1, with experts criticising his defensive field setting earlier during the game. A big day ahead for the 28-year-old, both as captain and maybe later as a batter.

While Kuldeep Yadav has led the wicket-takers' charts so far with three scalps to his name, the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja have one wicket apiece. Washington Sundar and Nitish Kumar Reddy -- two all-rounders -- are yet to join the party. 

Kuldeep Yadav was sensational with the ball on Day 1 of the Guwahati Test, proving the team management why he deserves to be in the playing XI every single time. Taking three wickets yesterday, Kuldeep will be eyeing a fifer today.

The chinaman spinner deceived South African batters every time he forced them to come onto the front foot. Here's how South African batters performed against Kuldeep on Day 1:

Front-foot: 17/3, 59 balls, False-shot%: 20.3%

Back-foot: 20/0, 34 balls, False-shot%: 17.6

Down the track/other: 11/0, 9 balls, no false stroke

India didn't let a single South African batter score big despite most of them getting starts on Day 1. Tristan Stubbs didn't shy away from praising the way the Indians performed on the opening day. 

Tristan Stubbs: "I think a bit disappointing in the end there. I think all of us in the top six got in and no one’s really made that big one. I actually think I prefer batting at 3 than anywhere else. It (pitch) played quite nicely, but I think they bowled quite well. It was quite hard to score. But it wasn’t free-flowing. You felt comfortable, but the scoreboard wasn’t going anywhere. So I thought they bowled quite well."

An important reminder that the second day's action in Guwahati begins at 9:00 AM IST, half an hour early than the usual start time that we have seen in India's home matches. Once again today, we'll have Tea before Lunch. 

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Day 2 of the second Test between India and South Africa from Guwahati. The tourists managed to put a decent total of 247/6 on the board on Day 1. India would be keen to get all 10 wickets before allowing the tourists to cross the 300-run mark today.