South African pacer Dale Steyn removed dangerous Sehwag on duck. India was 1/1. Dravid (0) and Gambhir (1) were at the middle.
Indian skipper out 136/9.South African skipper Graeme Smith won the toss and invited India to bat first in the first Test match of three-match series at Super Sport Park in Centurion on Thursday.
Indian pacer Zaheer Khan was ruled out due to hamstring injury and is replaced by debutant Jaidev Unadkat.
Earlier, an entire first session was washed out due heavy downpour and wet ground field.
The Test series is believed to be series of the year and India will definitely try to break its past record in the South African soil.
Ind: Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Ishant Sharma, S Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh, JD Unadkat
SA: GC Smith, AN Petersen, JH Kallis, HM Amla, AB de Villiers, AG Prince, MV Boucher, LL Tsotsobe, PL Harris, DW Steyn, M Morkel
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