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South Africa v India, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 1st day
Jaffer's ton sets up day one for India
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Dinesh Karthik, replacing Virender Sehwag as opener, had a good outing though he had to work hard to see off the new ball
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After his poor dismissal in the second innings of the Durban Test where his weak pull shot was caught by Andre Nel at mid-on Wasim Jaffer looked at lot more confident at Newlands, pulling and driving with ease
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Jaffer looked good and got to his fifty from 124 balls interspersed with eight fours
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Karthik got his second Test fifty from 144 balls
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Jaffer got runs all around the ground and reached his third Test hundred after tea
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Karthik lent able support to Jaffer with his 63...
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... before Karthik was caught by Hashim Amla off Paul Harris, South African left-arm spinner, making his Test debut
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... and the two added 153 runs for the first wicket...
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Having been criticised for not contributing to the team cause in the second Test, Jaffer must have relieved off some pressure with his hundred at Newlands
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Graeme Smith could not have been a happy man to see India win the toss and bat with such ease
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Shaun Pollock got the wicket of Rahul Dravid for 29
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Dravid has not had a good series with 32 being his highest score
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Sachin Tendulkar has averaged 30.25 in the series with 63 being his highest score
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He will hope to better that in this Test
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India ended day one at 254 for 3 - Jaffer's hundred giving a slow but steady start to their bid to win the series decider
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