Watch: Shreyas Iyer flicked Proteas speedster Gerald Coetzee for an eye-catching six over backward square-leg on day one (December 26, 2023) of the first Test between South Africa and India at SuperSport Park, Centurion.

At the end of the 24th over, with India at 80-3, South Africa continued with Gerald Coetzee bowling his sixth straight over. The fast bowler strayed onto Iyer’s pads with the first ball, bowling an inviting leg-stump half-volley. Iyer, without any hesitation, flicked the delivery aerially, resulting in the ball soaring over square leg for six.

Iyer arrived at the crease when India were reduced to 24-3 in the morning session and were in a spot of bother. He got off the mark in style with a boundary through midwicket off Nandre Burger before getting a reprieve in the next over as Marco Jansen dropped a dolly at point off Kagiso Rabada.  Alongside Virat Kohli he steady the ship for India in a period of consolidation before both were dismissed by an on-fire Kagiso Rabada after lunch.

A snorter from Rabada castled Iyer for 31 (50) to end the 68-run stand, leaving the visitors teetering at 92-4.

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