IND vs SA 2nd Test, Day 3 Stumps: Dean Elgar, Van der Dussen survive, India need 8 wickets to win on Day 4; SA 118/2

IND vs SA 2nd Test, Day 3 Stumps: SA need 122 to win, India 8 wickets – Dean Elgar and Rassie van der Dussen survived Indian pace attack’s assault in the last session of Day 3 to set up an exciting finish to the Johannesburg Test. On Day 4, South Africa need 122 runs on Day 4 while India will be gunning for eight wickets to wrap up the series win. Follow India vs South Africa 2nd Test LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN

At Day 3 stumps, Dean Elgar was unbeaten on 46 while Rassie van der Dussen was not out on 11. South Africa were off to a good start, chasing 240 to win. Dean Elgar and Aiden Markram provided SA with a good platform, scoring 47 runs for the opening partnership.

IND vs SA 2nd Test, Day 3 Stumps: Dean Elgar, Van der Dussen survive, India need 8 wickets to win on Day 4; SA 118/2

South Africa folded India for 266 in the second innings and then got to a decent start as their score read 118/2 at the Stumps on Wednesday. South Africa started the chase cautiously as skipper Dean Elgar and Aiden Markram survived a tricky phase before Tea on Day Three. Starting the last session of Day 3 on 34/0, Shardul Thakur got the visitors their much-awaited breakthrough as in the last ball of 10th over, the pacer trapped dangerous-looking Markram in front of the wickets for LBW. SA opener scored quick 31 off 38.

Keegan Petersen then joined his captain on the crease and the duo continued frustrating the Indian bowlers. After trying different pace combinations, KL Rahul went with seasoned Ravichandran Ashwin and the spinner soon delivered the result as he removed Petersen. The Proteas batter scored 28 off 44 before Ashwin trapped him in front of wickets in the 28th over.

IND vs SA 2nd Test, Day 3 Stumps: Dean Elgar, Van der Dussen survive, India need 8 wickets to win on Day 4; SA 118/2

After that wicket, Elgar was joined by Rassie van der Dussen and the pair ensured to end the day with eight wickets in the bag for the hosts.

Earlier, in the second session, India added 78 runs after lunch to set South Africa a target of 240. Hanuma Vihari remained unbeaten at 40 while Shardul Thakur played a knock of 28 runs in 24 balls. For South Africa, Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Marco Jansen all picked three wickets to bundle India out for 266.

In the first session, South Africa fought back with four wickets late on Wednesday morning. Resuming Day Three, Pujara and Rahane added 70 more runs to the overnight tally before Kagiso Rabada got the breakthrough for South Africa. Rabada got Rahane out caught behind for 58 before trapping Pujara in front of the stumps. The right-handed bowler didn’t stop here and went onto dismiss Rishabh Pant as India lost the third wicket on Wednesday.

IND vs SA 2nd Test, Day 3 Stumps: Dean Elgar, Van der Dussen survive, India need 8 wickets to win on Day 4; SA 118/2

Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane had steadied the ship for India with their respective fifties but Rabada removed both batters to lead South Africa’s fight back on Wednesday morning.

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South Africa 2nd Innings: 118/2, Need 122 more to win

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Aiden Markram	lbw b Shardul Thakur	31	38	6	0	81.58
Dean Elgar (C)	Not out	46	121	2	0	38.02
Keegan Petersen	lbw b Ravichandran Ashwin	28	44	4	0	63.64
Rassie van der Dussen	Not out	11	37	0	0	29.73
Extra	2 (b 1, w 0, nb 0, lb 1)
Total	118/2 (40)
Yet To Bat	T Bavuma, K Verreynne, M Jansen, KA Maharaj, K Rabada, D Olivier, L Ngidi

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jasprit Bumrah	10	1	42	0	4.20
Mohammed Shami	9	2	22	0	2.44
Shardul Thakur	9	1	24	1	2.67
Mohammed Siraj	4	0	14	0	3.50
Ravichandran Ashwin	8	1	14	1	1.75

 

IND vs SA 2nd Test, Day 3 Stumps: Dean Elgar, Van der Dussen survive, India need 8 wickets to win on Day 4; SA 118/2

India 2nd Innings: 266 all out

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
KL Rahul (C)	c AK Markram b M Jansen	8	21	1	0	38.10
Mayank Agarwal	lbw b D Olivier	23	37	5	0	62.16
Cheteshwar Pujara	lbw b K Rabada	53	86	10	0	61.63
Ajinkya Rahane	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	58	78	8	1	74.36
Hanuma Vihari	Not out	40	84	6	0	47.62
Rishabh Pant (WK)	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	0	3	0	0	0.00
Ravichandran Ashwin	c K Verreynne b L Ngidi	16	14	2	0	114.29
Shardul Thakur	c KA Maharaj b M Jansen	28	24	5	1	116.67
Mohammed Shami	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	0	6	0	0	0.00
Jasprit Bumrah	c M Jansen b L Ngidi	7	14	0	1	50.00
Mohammed Siraj	b L Ngidi	0	2	0	0	0.00
Extra	33 (b 16, w 5, nb 8, lb 4)
Total	266/10 (60.1)
Yet To Bat

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Kagiso Rabada	20	3	77	3	3.85
Duanne Olivier	12	1	51	1	4.25
Lungi Ngidi	10.1	2	43	3	4.23
Marco Jansen	17	4	67	3	3.94
Keshav Maharaj	1	0	8	0	8.00

 

IND vs SA 2nd Test, Day 3 Stumps: Dean Elgar, Van der Dussen survive, India need 8 wickets to win on Day 4; SA 118/2

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IND vs SA 2nd Test, Day 3 Stumps: Dean Elgar, Van der Dussen survive, India need 8 wickets to win on Day 4; SA 118/2

India 2nd Innings

			B	4S	6S	SR
KL Rahul (C)	c AK Markram b M Jansen	8	21	1	0	38.10
Mayank Agarwal	lbw b D Olivier	23	37	5	0	62.16
Cheteshwar Pujara	Not out	35	42	7	0	83.33
Ajinkya Rahane	Not out	11	22	1	0	50.00
Extra	8 (b 2, w 0, nb 2, lb 4)
Total	85/2 (20)
Yet To Bat	GH Vihari, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, M Shami, JJ Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Kagiso Rabada	6	1	26	0	4.33
Duanne Olivier	4	0	22	1	5.50
Lungi Ngidi	3	1	5	0	1.67
Marco Jansen	6	2	18	1	3.00
Keshav Maharaj	1	0	8	0	8.00

 

IND vs SA 2nd Test, Day 3 Stumps: Dean Elgar, Van der Dussen survive, India need 8 wickets to win on Day 4; SA 118/2

South Africa 1st Innings – 229 all out

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Dean Elgar (C)	c Rishabh Pant b Shardul Thakur	28	120	4	0	23.33
Aiden Markram	lbw b M Shami	7	12	1	0	58.33
Keegan Petersen	c MA Agarwal b Shardul Thakur	62	118	9	0	52.54
Rassie van der Dussen	c Rishabh Pant b Shardul Thakur	1	17	0	0	5.88
Temba Bavuma	c Rishabh Pant b Shardul Thakur	51	60	6	1	85.00
Kyle Verreynne (WK)	lbw b Shardul Thakur	21	72	2	0	29.17
Marco Jansen	c Ravichandran Ashwin b Shardul Thakur	21	34	3	0	61.76
Kagiso Rabada	c Mohammed Siraj b M Shami	0	6	0	0	0.00
Keshav Maharaj	b JJ Bumrah	21	29	3	0	72.41
Duanne Olivier	Not out	1	12	0	0	8.33
Lungi Ngidi	c Rishabh Pant b Shardul Thakur	0	1	0	0	0.00
Extra	16 (b 4, w 5, nb 3, lb 4)
Total	229/10 (79.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jasprit Bumrah	21	5	49	1	2.33
Mohammed Shami	21	5	52	2	2.48
Mohammed Siraj	9.5	2	24	0	2.44
Shardul Thakur	17.5	3	61	7	3.42
Ravichandran Ashwin	10	1	35	0	3.50

 

IND vs SA 2nd Test, Day 3 Stumps: Dean Elgar, Van der Dussen survive, India need 8 wickets to win on Day 4; SA 118/2

India 1st Innings 202 all out

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
KL Rahul (C)	c K Rabada b M Jansen	50	133	9	0	37.59
Mayank Agarwal	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	26	37	5	0	70.27
Cheteshwar Pujara	c T Bavuma b D Olivier	3	33	0	0	9.09
Ajinkya Rahane	c KD Petersen b D Olivier	0	1	0	0	0.00
Hanuma Vihari	c HE van der Dussen b K Rabada	20	53	3	0	37.74
Rishabh Pant (WK)	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	17	43	1	0	39.53
Ravichandran Ashwin	c KD Petersen b M Jansen	46	50	6	0	92.00
Shardul Thakur	c KD Petersen b D Olivier	0	5	0	0	0.00
Mohammed Shami	c & b K Rabada	9	12	1	0	75.00
Jasprit Bumrah	Not out	14	11	2	1	127.27
Mohammed Siraj	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	1	6	0	0	16.67
Extra	16 (b 8, w 0, nb 5, lb 3)
Total	202/10 (63.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Kagiso Rabada	17.1	2	64	3	3.73
Duanne Olivier	17	1	64	3	3.76
Lungi Ngidi	11	4	26	0	2.36
Marco Jansen	17	5	31	4	1.82
Keshav Maharaj	1	0	6	0	6.00

 

IND vs SA 2nd Test, Day 3 Stumps: Dean Elgar, Van der Dussen survive, India need 8 wickets to win on Day 4; SA 118/2