India were tottering at 62/3 at Tea after they bundled out South Africa for 408 on Day 3 of the first Test at the Super Sport Park here on Thursday.
India began poorly yet again in their second innings with Kagiso Rabada taking his 50th Test wicket against the tourists by cleaning up Rohit Sharma for a duck. Nandre Burger bounced out opener Yashasvi Jaiswal for 5 after he gloved one attempting to get out of the line of the ball.
Surprisingly, the track looked lively again after it seemed a flat deck when the hosts ground the Indian bowlers for 100+ overs. Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill hemmed in a 39-run stand for the third wicket, with the duo smacking some delectable strokes, but Jansen cleaned bowled Gill with a yorker for 26 off 37 balls in his very second over.
After lunch, India dismissed South Africa for 408 inside 9 overs, but the hosts by then had taken a robust lead of 163 runs in their first innings.
Post-lunch, Jasprit Bumrah (4/69) started in great style by using the new ball to his advantage by sending Rabada’s off-stump cartwheeling for one.
A few overs later, Bumrah struck again with a yorker against Burger who made 19 off 18 balls, leaving Jansen 16 short of his maiden Test hundred. Temba Bavuma, who suffered a left hamstring strain, didn’t come out to bat.
Earlier in the day, Elgar was dismissed after scoring his second-highest score of 185. He gloved a bouncing ball off Shardul Thakur.
Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj bowled their hearts out, but could not get any breakthrough. Then the runs flowed freely after the introduction of Shardul and Prasidh Krishna as Elgar and Jansen expanded the lead at a quick pace.
The duo went on to add 111 runs for the sixth wicket before Shardul had Elgar in a tangle trying to fend a snorter on the legside.
Brief Scores: India 245 & 62/3 (Gill 26, Kohli 18*; Burger 1-9, Rabada 1-19) trail South Africa 408 (Elgar 185, Jansen 84*; Bumrah 4-69, Siraj 2-91) by 101 runs.