India are in a spot of bother in the second Test as the visitors were at 188/6 with a lead of 161 runs against South Africa in Johannesburg at Lunch on Day 3. Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara showed a clinical performance before the duo was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada after registering half-centuries.
Following Pujara and Rahane’s wicket, Rishabh Pant also got out on a duck as the wicketkeeper batter was tried to play a horrific shot in difficult situation.
Shardul Thakur, the hero of Team India on Day 2 with his seven wickets is currently batting with Hanuma Vihari after Ravichandran Ashwin failed to justify his role with the bat.
Brief scores: India 202 & 188/6 in 44 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 58, Cheteshwar Pujara 53; Kagiso Rabada 3/54, Lungi Ngidi 1/34) lead South Africa 229 all out in 79.4 overs (Keegan Petersen 62; Shardul Thakur 7/61) by 161 runs.
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