Indians come unstuck

Aloysious also thwarted a reverse flick by Steve Evans with a diving effort in the first half.

An Indian team management member attributed the poor show to the extremely cold weather which affected the players arriving from warm and humid conditions in Amritsar and Delhi.

8220;We will definitely have a plan for our next Test match,8221; he added. The second Test is slated fortomorrow.

The South Africans appeared to have taken to the field under the impression that the Indians would be 8220;easy meat8221; in the first match as they were yet to get used to climatic conditions.

But faced with the far more skilful Indians, the hosts banked on speed to wrongfoot the visitors.