India's premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday became joint-fastest to take 350 wickets, matching Sri Lankan great Muttiah Muralitharan's feat in his 66th Test. R Ashwin, who had taken his 27th five-wicket haul in first innings of opening Test against South Africa, castled unis de Bruyn with one that turned back sharply from wide outside off-stump for his milestone wicket on day five here. 33-year-old took just five balls to provide India breakthrough in morning session with South African chasing an improbable target of 395 runs. wily off-spinner has answered his critics with a stellar show in first Test of home season.  Ashwin, who played his first international game since December 2018, warmed bench in two-Test series in West Indies in August-September with Ravindra Jadeja being preferred choice. Ahead of first Test, skipper Virat Kohli had said that Ashwin remains India's go-to spinner in home conditions. 

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Yet ar milestone for Ashwin

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Ar day, ar ton for Rohit

India had South Africa on mat at 63/4 but fighting centuries from opener Dean Elgar (160) and Quinton de Kock (111) resurrected Proteas innings and some decent contributions from lower down order helped visitors get to 431 as India only mand to get a 71-run lead.  Opening innings for hosts, Mayank Agarwal failed to make an impact this time around as he was dismissed for a 31-ball 7. However, Rohit Sharma was t distracted by early setback and started going after South African bowlers. He also found support in Cheteshwar Pujara as Sharma brought up his fifth century in game's longest format and also a second straight ton i.e. one in each innings of a Test match. Mumbai batsman was involved in a 169-run stand with Pujara for second wicket. Hitman was eventually dismissed for a 149-ball 127 a kck which involved 10 boundaries and seven maximums. He was stumped by Quinton de Kock off  Keshav Maharaj. 

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