Highlights, India vs South Africa, 3rd Test, Day 3 at Johannesburg: Play called off due to ‘dangerous pitch’

Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of India  in South Africa  series. This is Day Third of the third and final Test at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. I am Suvajit Mustafi and I will be presenting to you all the updates from the day’s play. India went past South Africa on Day 2 on a challenging Wanderers pitch. Sunil Gavaskar and Shaun Pollock slammed the pitch conditions. Hashim Amla found it difficult to bat on a pacy Wanderers pitch. 

India, who are looking to avoid a whitewash, were satisfied with their efforts for taking a lead of 42 and putting up 49 runs on board. However, they lost the wicket of Parthiv Patel who was caught at gully off Vernon Philander for 16. KL Rahul and Murali Vijay saw India through at the close of the day. South Africa bowlers were erratic with their deliveries yet Rahul and Vijay remained unbeaten on 16 and 13 respectively.

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Earlier, Amla fought a hard battle top-scoring with 61 runs from 121 deliveries. Kagiso Rabada and Philander were the remaining batsmen to go past the double-digit scores in a total of 194. Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar shared 7 wickets to restrict South Africa.

Rabada batted with patience and shared a much-needed third wicket stand of 64 runs with Amla until he was caught at gully off Ishant Sharma before lunch. However, there were several players who were struck on their hands and were treated right away. Morne Morkel and Philander suffered blows on their right hand.