Gibbs scored 107 on the second day - his first ton on home soil.

But he thendrove a full-pitched delivery from pace bowler Javagal Srinath straight into the hands of Zaheer Khan at mid-off.

"But I was thinking that I had to hit every half volley that I faced today.

South Africa defeated India in the final of the one-day triangular series just last Friday, and the side have had little time to adjust.

"Normally in the one-day series over the past month I've been wanting to hit them over the top but it's probably just a bad habit that I've picked up," he said.

"I think a few more innings in the Test series will get rid of that mistake."

Pitch getting quicker

South Africa finished the day 327 for three, 52 runs short of India's first innings total.

And Gibbs said although it was too early to suggest a total that South Africa would be aiming at there was enough in the pitch to provide encouragement for the home side's bowlers once India batted again.

"It's very early to say at this stage but the wicket is a lot quicker now and the scoring rate is quite quick at the moment.

"We'd obviously like to get as many as we can and go past them and put them under pressure.

"There are a few cracks opening up, especially for the right-handers at the far end, which could come into play as the match goes on.

"They've got quite a few right-handers in their side and we'll need to put as much pressure as we can on them."