Proteas start second innings at SuperSport Park with small lead
At the end of India's first innings at SuperSport Park on Monday afternoon, things were almost even and anything is still possible in the test match.
Morné Morkel ended India’s first innings about half an hour after lunch on day three of the second Test at SuperSport Park in Centurion when he claimed the wicket of the visitors’ captain, Virat Kohli, after a die-hard performance during which he scored half of his team’s 307 runs.
Kohli scored his 153 runs from 217 balls. He added 68 runs to his overnight total of 85. Unfortunately for India the captain did not get much help from the tail enders. Only Ravichandran Ashwin (38 from 54 balls) made a reasonable contribution.
Morkel was by far South Africa’s most effective bowler with is four wickets in 22.1 overs. The other bowlers all got one wicket each, while two Indian batsmen were ran out. In fact, South Africa’s fielding was one of the outstanding features of India’s first innings and many runs were cut off by hard working fielders.
India’s total of 307 runs thus means that the Proteas could start their second innings with a lead of 28 runs. But this is indeed not a big advantage and with two and a half days of play left in the test match, anything can still happen at SuperSport Park.
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