Keshav Maharaj opens at the other end and he is over the wicket to Washington Sundar and the fullish ball is played to the leg side for a dot.
Sundar then blocks the next two balls as Maharaj gives the ball some air.
Maharaj bowls another airy widish ball and Sundar defends it again.
Sundar then knocks the next ball to the leg side for a single.
Rahul defends the next ball for a dot. Just the single comes off it.
Marco Jansen starts proceedings on Day 2 coming in around the wicket to KL Rahul and after two dots, Rahul keeps it down as he edges it past slips to the boundary for the first runs of the day.
With that Rahul has now 4000 Test runs, becoming the 18th Indian player to get there.
Rahul plays the next one inside the line and lets it go to the keeper. Two more dots to end the over as 4 comes off the opening over of the 2nd morning.
Jansen has mixed the lengths here to start the morning.
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