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Petersen-Van der Dussen bring 50-run partnership

Petersen-Van der Dussen have dug deep and stitched together a crucial unbeaten 50-run stand to help South Africa fight back in the 1st innings itself

Score: SA 99/3 [Trail India by 124 runs]

Petersen-Van der Dussen are fighting hard in the middle with more than 40-run unbeaten stand

Partnership between Petersen and Rassie van der Dussen has reached 43 runs off just 64 balls

After initial hiccups, both batters are looking more comfortable with each passing delivery 

Score: SA 88/3 [Trail India by 135 runs]

Ashwin starts with a maiden – Spin on offer in the first session itself

Ravichandran Ashwin starts with a maiden over. The track is offering spin and could prove to be a crucial asset going forward into the match

Score: SA 79/3 [Trail India by 144 runs]

Petersen makes use of a wide ball on the off-side and slashes for a boundary !

Petersen has been extremely cautious this morning against the relentless pressure from the Indian bowlers

However, he has made use of every wide or a lose ball and guided it towards a boundary to keep the scoreboard ticking

Meanwhile, Ravichandran Ashwin has been brought into the attack

Score: SA 79/3 [Trail India by 144 runs]

A case of so close yet so far so Shardul – Another superb ball missing the edge

Another close call for Shardul as he gets close to getting Petersen’s edge

This time Kohli doesn’t go with Shardul to take another DRS

SA batters are just hanging on

Score: SA 68/3 [Trail India by 155 runs]

Shardul Thakur testing the SA batters repeatedly

This might be the time for the slip corden to come up during Shardul’s bowling

Repeatedly, the ball is bouncing inches before the second-third slip fielders. Due to the lack of pace and bounce behind Shardul’s deliveries, the carry has been iffy

Score: SA 61/3 [Trail India by 162 runs]

India Lose Review – Shardul gets the ball to straighten and hits Petersen’s thigh pad – Wickets missing

Shardul Thakur made his case for a DRS appeal after being quite animated about taking the review in front of Kohli, who did suggest that the ball could be going above the stumps

DRS proves Kohli right as India lose a crucial review

Score: SA 56/3 [Trail India by 167 runs]

Wicket – Umesh Yadav castles Maharaj for 25 runs, SA are three down

Umesh gets into the act as he sees the back of dangerous-looking Maharaj

The middle-stump goes flying in the air towards the keeper as the seam movement turns out to be too good to handle for Keshav

Score: SA 45/3 [Trail India by 178 runs]

Shardul Thakur bowls a modest over – Hint of movement early-on

All-rounder Shardul Thakur begins with a decent over, giving away three runs to begin with

Maharaj looks more comfortable with less pace behind the ball, therefore getting time to defend in the right line of the ball

Score: SA 45/2 [Trail India by 178 runs]

Pacer Umesh Yadav impressive straight-on, beats Petersen to hit the thigh pads – DRS not taken

Umesh Yadav starts strongly. His scrambled seam balls have instantly troubled the batters

His bounce and pace off the wicket may well prove to be an asset today for the Indians

Score: SA 42/2 [Trail India by 181 runs]

Four – Maharaj drives in style to gather 4 runs off Shami

Pacer Shami goes wide of the off-stump and bowls a full-pitched delivery

Maharaj, looking for runs, pounces on it and drive emphatically for a boundary to bring some reprieve to the home team

Score: SA 42/2 [Trail India by 181 runs]

Dropped Catch – An edge that just carried to KL Rahul was out down

South African batters are totally on the backfoot here. KL Rahul drops a tough catch on his right in the second slip region

Score: SA 37/2 [Trail India by 186 runs]

Indian bowlers seaming the ball off the deck here

Mohammed Shami and Bumrah are both seaming the ball off the deck and troubling the SA batters

Edges are flying over the slips and both Petersen and Maharaj are surviving some nervy moments

Score: SA 35/2 [Trail India by 188 runs]

Four – Something to cheer about for SA as Maharaj hits Shami for a four

Mohammed Shami is dispatched away for a brilliant four as Maharaj takes the initiative to score

Bumrah to continue from the other end

Score: SA 33/2 [Trail India by 190 runs]

Bumrah is testing the home team batters at all ends here – Survival Mode On For SA

Bumrah has left the batters clueless with some fine bowling display right at the start of the day

India will be looking to grab a couple of more wickets and put the middle-order under immense pressure

Score: SA 29/2 [Trail India by 194 runs]

Shami warms up in his first over of the day, concedes 5

Mohammed Shami warmed up nicely in his first over of the morning on the second day as Petersen and Maharaj remain cautious after fall of Markram’s wicket

Score: SA 24/2 [Trail India by 199 runs]

Wicket – Boom ! Bumrah gets Markram on the second ball of the morning

Jasprit Bumrah has helped India get a dream start here

A wicket on the second ball of the morning. Markram is bowled and the batter seemed completely clueless

Score: SA 17/2 [Trail India by 206 runs]

Day 2 begins as Jasprit Bumrah starts proceedings

We are set for what should be a terrific Day 2 and a crucial phase in deciding the fate of the series

Aiden Markram and Keshav Maharaj are in the middle

Pacer Jasprit Bumrah starts proceedings for Team India

Score: SA 17/1 [Trail India by 206 runs]

The Indian cricket team have their routine huddle ahead of a crucial 2nd Day of the 3rd Test

Team India is out with the traditional huddle

BCCI tweetes: “Huddle Talk. We are moving closer to the LIVE action from Cape Town. #TeamIndia | #SAvIND.”

Huddle Talk

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— BCCI (@BCCI) January 12, 2022

Sunil Gavaskar’s incredible reply to SA skipper’s comment

The discussion was brought on in the commentary box during Day 1 of the third Test in Gavaskar’s presence

Dean Elgar had commented about their increasing “intensity” on the field “flustering” the Indians

The legendary cricketer then gave a brilliant reaction. “Yeah, when you win, you can say that,” Gavaskar said on Star Sports

Kohli and South African players exchanged a few words when a DRS appeal was dismissed

Virat Kohli exchanged a few words with The South African cricketers including captain Dean Elgar after a DRS appeal for caught-behind was turned down against the Indian captain

Never a dull moment when Virat is at the crease !

Some in-depth analysis by former South African pacer Morne Morkel

Ex-Proteas pacer Morne Morkel lauded Virat Kohli for his half-century on Day 1 and also had some advice for the South African pacers on tackling the Indian Test captain

Pacer Mohammed Shami could reach a massive feat today

Mohammed Shami is on course to register a massive milestone against the hosts and is set to join an elite list consisting of Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Harbhajan Singh and Ravichandran Ashwin

Jasprit Bumrah bowled a fiery spell and captured Dean Elgar’s wicket late on Day 1

Dean Elgar lost his wicket in the final session of Day 1 of the third Test after outside edging a delivery by Jasprit Bumrah

It looked as if Bumrah had been bowling all day. His line and lengths were immaculate and looked to bowl with a wicket-taking mindset

Kohli was a delight to watch as he stroked his way to 79 runs

Virat Kohli pulled Kagiso Rabada for a six in the 41st over of his sides innings which was also his fifth big hit in red-ball cricket since 2019

Kohli dominated proceedings during his stay but eventually ran out of partners

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of the 3rd SA vs Ind Test from Newlands, Cape Town !

Hello and a warm welcome to the Live updates from the second day’s play of the ongoing 3rd Test match at the Newlands in Cape Town

So stay tuned as we build up for an exciting and a crucial Day 2