India A skipper Cheteshwar Pujara scored a fluent 137 as the visitors reached 282 for three against South Africa A at stumps on the opening day of the first unofficial Test on Saturday.

Pujara cracked 17 fours in his 205-ball innings and forged a solid partnership with Rohit Sharma (77*) for the third wicket to put India A in a good position in the four-day match.

Pujara, who won the toss and elected to bat, also added 66 runs for the second wicket with opener Murali Vijay (44) at Olympia Park.

At stumps on Day 1, Rohit and Suresh Raina (6*) were at the crease.

Earlier, opener Shikhar Dhawan (11) took time to see off the initial phase but the batsman could not stay longer at the crease, getting dismissed by Simon Harmer.

Harmer induced an edge from the left-handed batsman to Reeza Hendricks at first slip.

Vijay, however, looked in good touch right from the beginning and along with Pujara steadied the ship after the fall of his opening partner.

He was dismissed by Andrew Birch when he had him caught by Harmer at second slip in the 38th over. His 115-ball innings was laced with six fours and a six.

Pujara and Rohit then joined hands and kept their opposition busy, picking up singles and twos and also put away the bad balls for boundaries.

Brief Scores: End of Day 1 - India A 282/3 (90.0 ov) vs. South Africa A - Day 1. Vijay (44), Pujara (137), Rohit (77*), Raina (6*).