IND vs SA 3rd Test, Day 2 Stumps: India lead by 70 runs

IND vs SA 3rd Test, Day 2 Stumps: India take 70-run lead: Jasprit Bumrah’s fifer gave Indiana slender 13-run first-innings lead but Indian openers could not take advantage of that. India lost KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal early in quick succession. But the onus will be on Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara to set a big target for South Africa. At Day 2 stumps India posted 57/2 with Kohli unbeaten on 14 and Pujara was not out on 9. India were 70 runs ahead. Follow India vs South Africa Live updates on InsideSport.IN

After making his debut in Cape Town in 2018, Jasprit Bumrah arrived at the same venue as the leader of India’s pace attack. He did play as one with 5/42, he helped India take a slender 14-run first-innings lead. Keegan Petersen with 72 was the lone ranger for South Africa as Indian pacers fought back after India’s 223-run first-innings total.

IND vs SA 3rd Test, Day 2 Stumps: Virat Kohli, Pujara stretch India’s lead to 70 after Bumrah’s fifer – IND 57/2

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Jasprit Bumrah gave India the perfect start on Day 2. On the second ball of the day, he cleaned up Aiden Markram’s stumps with a pitch-perfect delivery as Proteas were down to 17/2. But South Africa have mounted a fine comeback in what has been an even 1st session on Day 2. Keegan Petersen and Rassie van der Dussen rescued the Proteas from 45/3 with a fine 55-run partnership to take the hosts 111/3.

IND vs SA 3rd Test, Day 2 Stumps: Virat Kohli, Pujara stretch India’s lead to 70 after Bumrah’s fifer – IND 57/2

After Dussen, Keegan Petersen and Temba Bavuma played a crucial 47-run stand. But Mohammed Shami’s twin wickets in one over did the damage. While Petersen tried to steady the ship, India kept on chipping away wickets as Jasprit Bumrah completed the formalities. He returned with 5/42 to give India a slender 13 run lead as South Africa were bowled out for 209.

IND vs SA Live Score: India 2nd Innings: 57/2

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
KL Rahul	c AK Markram b M Jansen	10	22	2	0	45.45
Mayank Agarwal	c D Elgar b K Rabada	7	15	1	0	46.67
Cheteshwar Pujara	Not out	9	31	2	0	29.03
Virat Kohli (C)	Not out	14	39	2	0	35.90
Extra	17 (b 8, w 0, nb 5, lb 4)
Total	57/2 (17)
Yet To Bat	Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, M Shami, JJ Bumrah, UT Yadav

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Kagiso Rabada	6	1	25	1	4.17
Duanne Olivier	2	0	13	0	6.50
Marco Jansen	5	3	7	1	1.40
Lungi Ngidi	3	3	0	0	0.00
Keshav Maharaj	1	1	0	0	0.00

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
MA Agarwal	1-20	4.5
KL Rahul	2-24	5.5

South Africa 1st Innings: 210 all out

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Dean Elgar (C)	c CA Pujara b JJ Bumrah	3	16	0	0	18.75
Aiden Markram	b JJ Bumrah	8	22	1	0	36.36
Keshav Maharaj	b UT Yadav	25	45	4	0	55.56
Keegan Petersen	c CA Pujara b JJ Bumrah	72	166	9	0	43.37
Rassie van der Dussen	c Virat Kohli b UT Yadav	21	54	0	0	38.89
Temba Bavuma	c Virat Kohli b M Shami	28	51	4	0	54.90
Kyle Verreynne (WK)	c Rishabh Pant b M Shami	0	2	0	0	0.00
Marco Jansen	b JJ Bumrah	7	26	0	0	26.92
Kagiso Rabada	c JJ Bumrah b Shardul Thakur	15	25	1	0	60.00
Duanne Olivier	Not out	10	38	2	0	26.32
Lungi Ngidi	c Ravichandran Ashwin b JJ Bumrah	3	17	0	0	17.65
Extra	17 (b 9, w 1, nb 3, lb 4)
Total	209/10 (76.3)
Yet To Bat

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jasprit Bumrah	23.3	8	42	5	1.79
Umesh Yadav	16	3	64	2	4.00
Mohammed Shami	16	4	39	2	2.44
Shardul Thakur	12	2	37	1	3.08
Ravichandran Ashwin	9	4	14	0	1.56

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
D Elgar	1-10	4.4
AK Markram	2-17	8.2
KA Maharaj	3-45	20.2
HE van der Dussen	4-112	39.2
T Bavuma	5-159	55.2
K Verreynne	6-159	55.4
M Jansen	7-176	62.2
KD Petersen	8-179	64.4
K Rabada	9-200	71.3
L Ngidi	10-209	76.3

IND vs SA 3rd Test, Day 2 Stumps: Virat Kohli, Pujara stretch India’s lead to 70 after Bumrah’s fifer – IND 57/2

IND vs SA Live Score: Day 2, 1st session, 2nd hour –

LUNCH: South Africa get to a 100, as Rassie van der Dussen, Petersen look strong.

The long and the short is Keegan Petersen CAN play! I’m very excited with the composure, skill and technique I’ve seen against one of the best attacks in the world.

— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) January 12, 2022