After a wicket-less opening day on field, South African bowlers continued to struggle on Day 2 as Indian batsmen amassed 502-7d in ir first innings. To make things worse for visitors, South African top-order failed to negotiate ir 20 overs late in day as y were left reeling at 39-3 at stumps. Some late strikes by Ashwin and Jeja in day destroyed South African top-order as y lost Aiden Markram, unis de Bruyn and nightwatchman Dane Piedt for single-digit scores.

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Ind vs SA first Test

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After a toiling opening two days on field, South African batsmen failed to negotiate ir remaining 20 overs as y fell victim to Indian spinners. After ending Day 2 at 39-3, South Africa went into Day 3 trailing hosts by 463 runs.

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To make things worse, Proteas lost ar wicket earlier in day to be left reeling at 63-4. However, pendulum swung in visitors' favour when ir skipper Faf du Plessis stitched toger a crucial 115-run stand with opener Dean Elgar. At 178-5, Elgar was n joined by wicket-keeper/batsman Quinton de Kock and duo n formed a 164-run stand which also helped m cross follow-on mark. Elgar went onto score an impressive 160 before he became Ravindra Jeja’s second victim in innings. Quinton de Kock himself cracked a quick-fire 111 off 163 balls before he was castled by Ashwin. For hosts, Ravichandran Ashwin was pick of bowlers as he bagged his 27^th 5-wicket haul in Tests.

At stumps on Day 3, South Africa are placed at 385-8 and are trailing hosts by ar 117 runs. Starting tomorrow, two batsmen at crease, Senuran Muthusamy and Keshav Maharaj will be looking to reduce first innings gap between two teams as much as possible.

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