Live cricket scores, India vs South Africa, 2nd Test, Day 3 at Centurion: Bad light stops play

Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live blog of the second Test between India and South Africa at Centurion. I am Kaustubh S. Mayekar, and will bring all the live updates of the third day’s play.

After bundling South Africa for 335, India stutter at 183 for 5 thanks to Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 85. The second-highest score of an otherwise ordinary batting performance is Murali Vijay’s 46. Barring Vernon Philander, all bowlers scalped a wicket apiece.

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Luckily for India, Hardik Pandya is still at the crease. He has scored 11 off 29 including two delightful fours. With him showing intent and Kohli already set, India would expect a significant partnership from the duo. Given Ravichandran Ashwin is the only batter left in the ammunition, Kohli and Pandya will have to do bulk of the work.

With the track getting dustier, South Africa will use the services of Keshav Maharaj in the first session. In addition, new ball is due in 19 overs. India will have to add as many runs before South Africa get a fresh cherry to hunt India down.

Here are the brief scores:

South Africa 335 all-out (Aiden Markram 94, Hashim Amla 82, Faf du Plessis 63; Ravichandran Ashwin 4 for 113, Ishant Sharma 3 for 46) lead India 183 for 5 (Murali Vijay 46, Virat Kohli 85*; Lungisani Ngidi 1 for 26, Morne Morkel 1 for 47) by 152 runs.