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.

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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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