CRICKET NEWS - On a day when Virat Kohli played a blinder of an innings, a masterclass that put 153 on the board and reduced South Africa’s first-innings lead to only 28, AB de Villiers responded in stirring fashion, scoring a crisp half-century of his own before bad light called an early end to proceedings.
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South Africa were at 90 for two, and the lead stood at 118, leaving the home team well placed with two days of cricket to go. At 5:50 pm, play was officially called off.
An electric storm stopped play at 3.19pm and the players were forced to rush off the field amid flashes of lightning and cracks of thunder.
The rain came down heavily and the square was covered. But, in an hour, they were back on the field, something India were not especially pleased about, as the outfield was still damp, and the ball got wet each time it was hit through the turf.
After the resumption, South Africa added 22 runs in 5.1 overs, the Indian players repeatedly shaking their heads as they struggled to keep the ball dry.
Jasprit Bumrah drew the edge from Dean Elgar, but Parthiv Patel, the wicketkeeper and Cheteshwar Pujara, at first slip, simply looked at each other as the chance flew through with nobody going for the catch.
It was Bumrah who struck two vital blows to keep India in the game early in South Africa’s second innings.
India opened the bowling with the off spin of R Ashwin from the Pavilion End, but it was from the Hennops River End that the bounce was variable.
Bumrah, attacking the stumps with the ball slanting in, something that has got him great success in India, but was expected to be less of a threat in South Africa, enjoyed conditions that were far from normal for Centurion.
Markram was the first to go, a ball seaming in sharply from a good length, skidding through, keeping a touch low and beating the inside edge to crash into pad.
Having made a polished 94 in the first innings, Markram was desperately disappointed to be dismissed for one.
