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Bumrah’s Five-For Gives India Slender 13-Run Lead But SA Strike To Dismiss Openers

- K.ShriniwasRao

Fiery spells, wayward spells; great catches, dropped catches; gritty knocks and early flops. Day Two of the third Test between South Africa and India at the Newlands in Cape Town kept oscillating between hot and cold; clumsy and bold, for most part.

The last half-an-hour of play though tilted the proceedings in favour of the hosts, leaving the Indian team in a precarious position, the scoreboard reading 57-2 at stumps.

Going into Day Three, India lead by 70 runs and what they manage to add from here is how this Test will build up over the next three sessions.In the last 45 minutes of play on Wednesday, after a long day at work already, India walked out to bat in their second innings and lost openers Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul early. Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli, India’s most valuable assets with the bat, were at the crease.