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Latest updates from India’s first Test against South Africa.

South African bowler Vernon Philander celebrates the wicket of Murali Vijay on the fourth day of the first test between South Africa and India at Newlands Stadium, in Cape Town, South Africa.

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• India take on South Africa in the first Test of the three-match series at Cape Town, click here for live updates.
  
• India are ranked number one in the ICC Test rankings, while hosts South Africa are ranked a distant second
  
• India have never won a Test series in South Africa
• Since 1992, India have only won two out of 17 Tests played on South African soil