Ranchi, Oct 21: South Africa middle-order batsmen would be looking to offer some resistance to the Indian bowling line-up as they come out to bat on Day 3 of the third Test match here in Ranchi on Monday (October 21).
Faf du Plessis and Zubayr Hamza are the overnight batsmen for the tourists and they would resume batting from 9 for 2. Their openers Dean Elgar and Quinton de Kock were dismissed cheaply by Indian pacers before stumps on Day 2.
Umesh Yadav and Mohammad Shami shined with the new ball for the hosts after their skipper Virat Kohli declared the innings at 497/9. Indian bowlers would now be looking for the remaining wickets and dismiss Proteas cheaply in their first innings.
Here's how the match on Day 3 panned out:
That's Stumps! South Africa are 132/8 in 46 overs. They survive one more day.
Umpires have given India another over to bowl. Jadeja will be bowling.
Umpires check the light and give the hosts one over to bowl. Ashwin will bowl the final over before stumps.
Wicket! Kagiso Rabada (12) mistimes Ashwin and Jadeja takes a simple catch to end his knock. SA - 121/8.
SA reach 117/7 in 42 overs. Two more overs remain for stumps.
100 up for SA in the second innings. They reach 104/7 in 39 overs.
Wicket! Ravindra Jadeja ends Dane Piedt's resistance on 23. Piedt has been clean bowled after facing 73 deliveries. SA - 98/7 in 36.4 overs.
SA 97/6 after 36 overs. Theunis de Bruyn - 16* and Dane Piedt - 23* have forged a partnership of 30 runs for the 7th wicket.
Ravindra Jadeja is brought into the attack. India looking for quick wickets to wrap this game up. 11 overs remaining in the day's play.
SIX!! De Bruyn walks down the ground and hammers Nadeem for a maximum straight down the ground.
Theunis de Bruyn comes to the crease as Dean Elgar's concussion replacement.
Who would have thought when the teams were announced on Saturday that de Bruyn would be batting and Pant would be behind the stumps!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 21, 2019
Run Out! George Linde (27) gets dismissed in an unlucky fashion via throw from Nadeem. SA - 67/6 in 28.3 overs.
Wriddhiman Saha walks off the field as he's injured his finger. Rishabh Pant will perform the wicketkeeping duty now as a substitute.
A maiden over from Shami. South Africa 62/5 in 23 overs.
SIX!! Dane Piedt hammers Ravindra Jadeja for a maximum off Jadeja. This is the first big hit of the Protea innings.
Wicket! Umesh Yadav traps Klaasen (5) plumb in front and the umpire doesn't hesitate in raising his finger. SA - 36/5.
Spin to win?? Kohli introduces Ravindra Jadeja in the attack.
SA resume batting but Dean Elgar hasn't stepped in to bat. Klaasen walks out with George Linde to start batting after the tea break.
Gets worse for South Africa. Elgar can't resume his innings so it is Klassen and Linde already. Maybe it is effectively 26-5 but more important, hope Elgar recovers soon.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 21, 2019
Tea! Dean Elgar suffers a blow on his helmet off a bouncer from Shami and falls down immediately. The physio rushes in to check the concussion but the umpires decide to call it an early tea. SA 0 26/4 in 9.3 overs in their second innings.
Wicket! Temba Bavuma (0) edges and Saha pouches him behind the stumps. Shami gets another. SA - 22/4.
Wicket! Mohammad Shami bowls another brilliant delivery and traps Faf du Plessis (4) in front. The SA skipper goes upstairs but in vain. The Proteas (18/3) are in a disarray now.
Wicket! Shami joins the party as he uproots Zubayr Hamza's off stump. Hamza departs for a duck and SA are 10/2 in 2.3 overs.
Wicket!! Umesh Yadav is on fire! The Vidarbha speedster clean bowls Quinton de Kock with a beauty as the off-stump cartwheels in the air. SA - 5/1
Four! Quinton de Kock gets off the mark with a boundary off Shami.
Protea openers Quinton de Kock and Dean Elgar are once again in the middle to begin the second innings for their side. Mohammad Shami starts with the new ball.
Wicket! Shahbaz Nadeem traps Anrich Nortje (4) in front to get his second wicket in the match. He goes upstairs to review but in vain. SA all out for 162 and India skipper Virat Kohli has enforced the follow-on as the visitors are still 335 runs short.
Wicket! Umesh Yadav breaks the partnership. George Linde (37) nicks and Rohit Sharma takes a well-judged catch in the gully. SA - 162/9 in 55.1 overs.
Bowling change for India! Umesh Yadav has been introduced in the attack in 54th over as the partnership between Nortje (4) and Linde (35*) reached 30. SA - 160/8 in 53 overs.
SA tailenders have shown the most resistance.
South Africa's 9th wkt partnerships have now faced 100 overs this series - more than any other wicket.
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) October 21, 2019
The stand bw Linde & Nortje is now 80 balls long - SA's five opening stands have cumulatively faced 76 balls (the shortest for SA for any wkt this series)#INDvSA
150 up for South Africa. The tail-enders are once again frustrating Indian bowlers. SA - 153/8 in 46 overs.