During lunch on the opening day, India had 74 for two after 19 overs with Rahul Dravid on 14 of 21 balls and Sachin Tendulkar on 13 from 19 balls.
Steyn bowling mainly on a grassy mound, damp wicket, taking two for 19 in his long opening spell of eight overs. Virender Sehwag was caught at second slip Jacques Kallis when he tried to force through the offside after scoring 25 with four boundaries.
Murali Vijay has lived a charmed life and was dropped twice before being caught behind by wicketkeeper Mark Boucher for 19, former captain of South Africa's Graeme Smith does not hesitate to choose a bowl to win the draw lots after a rain lasted nearly an hour.
Dale SteynIndia made three changes to their team who were crushed in the first Test at Centurion. Zaheer Khan helped to strengthen the bowling attack in place of any young Jaidev Unadkat Cheteshwar Pujari replaced the out-of-form Suresh Raina.
Gautam Gambhir, who hit a half-century in the previous match, was ruled out due to injury and his place in the team was taken by Murali Vijay. "I am very happy to return to the top team. I want to bowl on this wicket. Durban has always been helpful seams and looks forward to the bowl on the bar.
I had a good race against [Gram] Smith and I hope to continue, "Zaheer said before the game started. India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni again Rued losing the toss. "We would like to have played first. It is a green slope, a lot of moisture and naturally cloudy conditions," he said.
Hosts South Africa, who lead the series 1-0 after their three-game victory by a centurion entries and runs 25, chose to play with the same side. The game was delayed an hour due to rain gardens by rain. The party was to begin at 13.30 CET, but the stains on the gardens and soil caused by rain in the morning means that the party had to be postponed.
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