India, Nov. 24 -- South Africa batted India into a corner on a surface that appeared flatter with each passing hour in Guwahati. The Indian team would have hoped to bundle the visitors out within a total of 300 runs after managing to pick up six wickets for 247 on Day 1. However, resistance from the South African lower order saw them post 489 in the first innings.

After the end of the second day's play, India's left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav offered a brutally honest assessment of the bowling conditions. He said that the Guwahati track was a reminder that some Test matches demand survival and adaptation rather than domination.

Comparing the pitch in Kolkata and the one served in Guwahati, Kuldeep Yadav said, "Kolkata ka wicket to ...