Published 11:12 IST, October 12th 2019

Wriddhiman Saha takes a blinder behind the stumps, earns fans' praises

India's Test wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha took a spectacular catch behind the wicket to get rid of South Africa's de Bruyne, reducing the Proteas to 5 wickets

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India's Test wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha took a spectacular catch behind wicket to get rid of South Africa's de Bruyn, reducing visitors to half ir side on Day three of second Test on Saturday. After dismissing nightwatchman Anrich rtje in second over of first session, India were in hunt for ar scalp and y got breakthrough from Mohamm Shami, as De Bruyn mand to edge ball to Wriddhiman Saha. who leaped to complete a magnificent catch. Trailing India by more than 500 runs, South Africa w faces a near-impossible task to reverse pressure on hosts. De Bruyn me 30 runs off 58 balls before he threw his wicket away. 

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Virat Kohli breaks Sachin's record

Resuming his innings on Day two, skipper Virat Kohli played a magnificent kck en route to 250 runs and received good support from Ravindra Jeja on or end. Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed for 59 runs following which Indian skipper stepped on accelerator and quickly went from scoring a 100 to a 200 and finally a 250. On or hand, Ravindra Jeja narrowly missed out on his century by just nine runs as he fell prey to South Africa's Senuran Muthuswamy. Skipper Virat Kohli was hailed as a selfless skipper by fans for declaring innings at fall of Jeja's wicket inste of pursuing his maiden score of 300 runs as re were still 18 overs left for day. Virat Kohli's latest kcks takes his Test tally to 7054 runs, averaging 55.11 with seven double-hundreds to his name. Virat Kohli also broke Australian legend Don Brman's record of scoring most number of 150-run kcks as a captain as he registered ninth 150-run score of his career as opposed to Brman's eight.   

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