NEW DELHI: It was a wild ride for the batters on the opening day of the Cape Town Test as India clawed their way back to advantage on a venomous Newlands track that saw history books rewritten after a jaw-dropping 23 wickets fell on Wednesday.
For the first time in over 100 years -- 25 wickets fell on the opening day of Australia vs England Test in Melbourne in 1902 -- batters paraded in and out as pacers made merry on a surface that offered load of seam movement and variable bounce.