To enforce follow-on or not? Temba Bavuma asks for ‘2 minutes’, runs to the dressing room to take the cal

NEW DELHI: South Africa decided not to enforce the follow-on against India after captain Temba Bavuma consulted his players and team management at the end of India’s first innings in the second Test in Guwahati on Monday.Once Jasprit Bumrah was dismissed and India were all out, Bavuma initially asked the players on the field whether they should make India bat again. Not fully convinced, he then requested “two minutes” from the umpires and ran towards the dressing room to speak with the team management.After the discussion, Bavuma informed the umpires that South Africa would not enforce the follow-on. He also asked for a light roller. South Africa are 288 runs ahead and will bat again.

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Marco Jansen continued his strong performance in the match, taking his sixth wicket of the innings. He had earlier scored 93 on the second day. India crossed 200 but were bowled out soon after passing the mark.Washington Sunder and Kuldeep Yadav gave a stubborn resistance after India were reduced to 122 for 7 in the second session, stitching a 72-run partnership for the eight wicket before the former was out for 48 off 92 balls.South Africa then wrapped up the two remaining Indian wickets, bowling the home side out in 83.5 overs to take a massive first innings lead of 288 runs. Kuldeep was out for 19 off 134 balls after the Proteas took the new ball in the final session of the day.Marco Jansen was the wrecker in chief with figures of 6/48, while Simon Harmer took three wickets for 64 runs.