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After 1 overs,South Africa 4/0 ( Aiden Markram 4 , Dean Elgar (C) 0)
Bumrah with the ball for India first up. Markram on strike. Markram opens his as well as Proteas'account with a boundary. Four runs off the over.
17:40 (IST)
Time for the chase. Aiden Markram and Dean Elgar open the batting for the Proteas. Jasprit Bumrah with the ball.
17:34 (IST)
After 61 overs,India 266/10 ( Hanuma Vihari 40 , )
Ngidi continues, and he gets rid of Siraj straight away, who's clean bowled. Pitches around off Siraj looks to defend but is beaten on the outside edge as the ball rattles the off-stump.
India finish their second innings at 266 all out, and South Africa will need to score 240 runs when they come out to bat.
17:31 (IST)
OUT! Cleaned up! And those are the finishing touches of this innings as Siraj departs to bowl out India for 266. This means that South Africa will need 240 runs to win the Test and level the series. Siraj b Ngidi 0
17:17 (IST)
After 57 overs,India 250/9 ( Hanuma Vihari 25 , Mohammed Siraj 0)
Ngidi continues, and he gets the wicket of Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah gets a top edge, and ends up clipping to Jansen at point region. Siraj is the new batter in.
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OUT! Caught at point by Jansen as Bumrah departs. Ngidi with the wicket. Bumrah c Marco Jansen b Ngidi 7
16:59 (IST)
After 54 overs,India 230/8 ( Hanuma Vihari 14 , Jasprit Bumrah 0)
Jansen collects his third wicket, getting rid of Shami who's caught behind by Verreynne. It was a length ball going down leg, Shami was looking to flick but ends up gifting this one to the keeper. India's lead is now 203 runs.
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OUT! Caught by Verreynne and Shami departs. Jansen with the wicket again.
16:45 (IST)
After 51 overs,India 227/7 ( Hanuma Vihari 11 , Mohammed Shami 0)
Shardul departs after a brilliant cameo, scoring 28 runs off 24 balls. A short ball from Jansen, he looks to clear the boundary but finds Maharaj at deep square leg. Mohammed Shami is the new batter in. Just two runs conceded in Kagiso Rabada's over that follows.
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OUT! Caught at the hands of Keshav Maharaj at deep square leg, as Shardul looks to clear the boundary off this short ball from Jansen. Shardul with an entertaining cameo. Thakur c Maharaj b Marco Jansen 28
16:20 (IST)
After 46 overs,India 201/6 ( Hanuma Vihari 6 , Shardul Thakur 12)
Jansen continues. Shardul crunches through cover region, taking advantage of Jansen's width, for a boundary. Shardul gets four byes two balls later. Once again, two balls later, Thakur shows his best with another boundary, a cut through point. Expensive one with 12 runs coming off it.
16:16 (IST)
After 45 overs,India 189/6 ( Hanuma Vihari 6 , Shardul Thakur 4)
Rabada bowls the first over after lunch. Ptoteas review for a caught behind against Vihari. Going down leg, Vihari looked to glance it fine, with the ball going close to the glove. Verreynne may have felt there was glove in that, so maybe that's why SA went for the review. However, during the review, there's a flat line on UltraEdge. Just one run off the over.
16:11 (IST)
Time for the post-lunch session. Rabada continues, Vihari on strike.
15:33 (IST)
After 44 overs,India 188/6 ( Hanuma Vihari 6 , Shardul Thakur 4)
Ngidi is back into the attack. In the second ball, Ashwin does well to just beat the second slip fielder and onto the third man boundary. However, it's another blow for India just before lunch as Ashwin is caught by Verreynne off a shortened length ball. Ashwin was looking to flick it but missed it eventually. Shardul Thakur is the new batter and he scores a boundary to get off the mark.
That will be Lunch on Day 3. This match is well and certainly hanging in the balance, especially after the wickets of Rahane and Pujara. India's score reads 188/6, leading by 161 runs. Do join us for the post-lunch session in about 40 minutes.
15:28 (IST)
OUT! Another blow for India before lunch as Ashwin departs. Caught by Verreynne. Ashwin c Verreynne b Ngidi 16
15:25 (IST)
After 43 overs,India 180/5 ( Hanuma Vihari 6 , Ravichandran Ashwin 12)
Marco Jansen continues. Ashwin with a cracking boundary, and that would bring a smile in the Indian camp. Short of length outside off, and Ashwin has punched it through covers for a four. India's lead is now 153.
15:11 (IST)
After 40 overs,India 167/5 ( Hanuma Vihari 5 , Ravichandran Ashwin 0)
Another Rabada over, another Rabada wicket. Short of length ball from Rabada, but Pant gets an outside edge and onto Verreynne. Pant was looking to smash this one over extra cover boundary, but not meant to be. R Ashwin joins Vihari in the middle. Olivier bowls the over that follows, and it's a maiden.
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OUT! Wicket number three for Rabada as Pant is caught by Verreynne. Pant c Verreynne b Rabada 0
14:58 (IST)
After 37 overs,India 163/4 ( Hanuma Vihari 1 , Rishabh Pant (W) 0)
Rabada continues and it's another wicket for him. He gets rid of Pujara, who's struck LBW. Pujara opts for the DRS, but review lost as the ball hit him exactly in the middle stump. No bat was involved there as well. Rishabh Pant is the new batter.
14:55 (IST)
OUT! Back of a length ball from Rabada, and Pujara's struck LBW. Pujara straight away opts for DRS, which shows no bat involved, and the wickets are hitting. Decision stand, and Pujara has to depart. Pujara lbw b Rabada 53
14:49 (IST)
After 36 overs,India 156/3 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 52 , Hanuma Vihari 0)
Rabada continues after the drinks break. Rahane collects a boundary towards deep extra cover fence. Jansen narrowly misses out on saving that boundary, while he initially looked to have saved the ball, he later clashed with the advertisement hoarding. Bavuma rushed in for support but he was late by then. Proteas first big moment today as Rahane is edged and caught by Verreynne in the last ball of the over. Olivier continues the next over, there's an appeal for LBW against Pujara, he's given NOT OUT, and despite a South African review, decision stands. There's no bat involved, but the impact is outside off.
14:44 (IST)
OUT! Edged and caught as Rahane makes the long walk back. Short of length, moving quite away, Rahane gets a slight outside edge and onto Verreynne.
Rahane c Verreynne b Rabada 58
14:26 (IST)
After 32 overs,India 148/2 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 51 , Ajinkya Rahane 52)
Olivier continues. Expensive one as eight runs come off it. Two consecutive fours from Rahane, the first one brings up the 100-run stand between him and Pujara, and the second Rahane's fifty, in 67 balls. India now lead by 121 runs.
14:24 (IST)
FIFTY! Rahane too scores his half-century with a four towards third man boundary. This one comes in 67 balls.
14:16 (IST)
After 30 overs,India 137/2 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 50 , Ajinkya Rahane 43)
Olivier continues. Three runs from the over but more importantly, Pujara scores his 32nd Test fifty, which comes in just 62 balls. Valiant knock from Pujara so far.
14:14 (IST)
FIFTY! 32nd Test fifty for Cheteshwar Pujara and he reaches the milestone in just 62 balls
14:11 (IST)
After 29 overs, India 134/2 (Rahane 42, Pujara 48)
Rabada continues. Rahane gets four byes, courtesy a short and quick ball from Rabada. Rahane was looking to pull but got beaten by the bounce there, and the ball raced to the boundary flying over the keeper's head. India's lead is now 107 runs. Eight runs off the over.
13:57 (IST)
After 26 overs, India 117/2 (Rahane 31, Pujara 47)
Jansen continues. Seven runs come from his over, including a six from Rahane, whose upper cut sees the ball travel beyond the deep point boundary. Ngidi bowls the next over and concedes a four off Rahane in the first ball. Nine runs come from that over with another boundary from Pujara in the last ball.
13:40 (IST)
After 22 overs, India 95/2 (Rahane 13, Pujara 43)
Lungi Ngidi into the attack first time today. He's punished as Pujara continues from where he left off. Pujara scores two fours this over, and the second one even brings up 50-run stand between him and Rahane. Eight from the over. Pujara is into his 40s.
13:35 (IST)
After 21 overs, India 87/2 (Rahane 13, Pujara 35)
Marco Jansen into the attack for the first over today. Ajinkya Rahane collects the day's first runs with hook through square leg for a brace. An otherwise tidy over with five dots in it.
13:31 (IST)
Time for LIVE cricketing action on Day 3 of the second South Africa-India Test match. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane have a job in hand, as they walk out to the middle. Marco Jansen begins proceedings from the Golf Course End.
13:13 (IST)
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13:01 (IST)
Shardul Thakur's 7 for 61, the fourth best return of any bowler at the Wanderers and the first Asian seamer to take more than five wickets in an innings here, wrenched control from the hosts and placed it firmly in his own camp.
Daniel Gallan writes on the pacer's memorable feat
12:46 (IST)
India bounced back to bowl South Africa out for 229. They however lost openers Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul early in the second innings. But strugglers Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara steadied things with a brisk 41-run stand off 52 balls. They would look to build on the lead and take India into a stronger position on Day 3. Another intriguing day awaits us.
12:40 (IST)
Unheralded seam bowler Shardul Thakur turned out to be an unlikely hero with a career-best 7 for 61 to keep India on even keel against South Africa on an intriguing second day of the second Test on Tuesday.
Standing at 5 feet 7 inches and with a physique which is an antithesis of what is perceived to be a fast bowler's body, the skiddy Thakur (17.5-3-61-7) landed crucial blows at opportune moments to send the Proteas packing for 229 in their first innings.
It was his effort that nullified India's seemingly inadequate first innings score of 202 with the lead being restricted to 27 and then erased by visitors as they reached 85 for 2 at stumps, losing stand-in skipper KL Rahul (8) and Mayank Agarwal's (23) wicket.
Read the full report here.
12:23 (IST)
Hello and welcome to the coverage of Day 3 of the 2nd Test between India and South Africa in Johannesburg. Play starts at 1.30 pm IST. Follow this space for live scores and updates.
India vs South Africa, Live Cricket Score, 2nd Test at Johannesburg, Day 3, Latest Scorecard and Updates: Jansen collects his third wicket, getting rid of Shami who's caught behind by Verreynne. It was a length ball going down leg, Shami was looking to flick but ends up gifting this one to the keeper. India's lead is now 203 runs.
That will be Lunch on Day 3. This match is well and certainly hanging in the balance, especially after the wickets of Rahane and Pujara. India's score reads 188/6, leading by 161 runs. Do join us for the post-lunch session in about 40 minutes.
Day 2 report: India took a 58-run lead over South Africa by stumps on the second day of the second Test on Tuesday and the match was heading for a tight finish on a tricky Wanderers pitch where any score over 200 appeared to be competitive.
Cheteshwar Pujara (35 not out) and Ajinkya Rahane (11 not out) guided India to 85-2 in its second innings at the close, and India hoped it could expand that slender 58-run advantage to a series-winning one on the third day.
India leads the three-match series 1-0 and is seeking a slice of history from its first Test series win in South Africa.
But nothing was guaranteed on a Wanderers surface that has seen India bowled out for 202 in its first innings and South Africa reply with 229 all out.
The seam bowlers ruled in Johannesburg, and especially India's Shardul Thakur, who was magnificent for career-best figures of 7-61 and who almost single-handedly stopped South Africa taking control.
South Africa started the day 35-1 in its first innings and built itself into a position of strength at 88-1 when Thakur struck three times in quick succession before lunch to remove Proteas captain Dean Elgar for 28, Keegan Petersen for 62 and Rassie van der Dussen for 1. Suddenly, South Africa went to lunch 102-4.
South Africa rebuilt in the afternoon and appeared set to forge well ahead at 162-4 only for Thakur to intervene again. This time, he broke a 60-run stand between Temba Bavuma and Kyle Verreynne. He ended up removing both, seeing off Bavuma for 51 and adding two more lower-order wickets.
The game swung yet again late in the afternoon when openers KL Rahul, standing in as India captain for the injured Virat Kohli, and Mayank Agarwal went cheaply and India was 44-2 in its second innings.
The experienced Pujara and Rahane, who might be playing for their places after poor runs of form, steadied things and made sure there was no more damage before stumps.
Pujara didn't just defend, as he cracked seven fours in his 35 not out from just 42 balls to counterattack. Rahane dug in alongside him.
Their partnership, which was 41 off 52 balls, might be crucial for the match and the series with no Kohli to help after the captain and batting superstar was ruled out before the game with an upper back spasm.
Top-ranked India is seeking to finally crack South Africa and win a Test series in the country on its eighth attempt.
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