16 South African wickets fell on day 3.
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Resuming their first innings from 9/2, the Proteas tried to show some fight with Zubayr Hamza making 62, Temba Bavuma making 32 and George Linde adding 37 runs; but their contributions proved to be futile, as they folded up for 162 runs. Umesh Yadav picked 3/40, while Shami (2/22), Nadeem (2/22), on debut and Jadeja (2/19) were the best pick of bowlers from the home side.
Umesh Yadav removed De Kock and Klaasen, leaving South Africa 36/5, while Ashwin and Jadeja picked few more wickets leaving India to get just two wickets to win the match on the fourth day.
BRIEF SCORES:
IND 497/9d (R SHARMA 212, A RAHANE 115; G LINDE 4/133) AND
SA 162 (Z HAMZA 62, G LINDE 37; U YADAV 3/40) & 132/8 (T DE BRUYN 30*; M SHAMI 3/10)
Day 3: South Africa trail by 203 runs with 2 wickets remaining