End of 6th over: SIX!Rohit Sharma gets one in the slot and he launches it over deep square leg. Gets to the pitch of the ball from Keshav Maharaj and sweeps for a six. First maximum for Rohit and India in the second innings. IND 14 / 0
5.3 overs: Mayank Agarwal finally gets off the mark after 19 deliveries. Hits the ball through covers to take a comfortable single. Mayank looking cautious at the moment.
End of 3rd over: End of another good over from Vernon Philander as he continues to test India openers with a good line and length. Second maiden for him.IND 4/0
End of 2nd over: FOUR!Rohit Sharma continues from where he left of in the first innings. India and Rohit get off the mark with a boundary. Short from Keshav Maharaj and Rohit smacks it through mid wicket to collect four runs. Boundary to end the over.IND 4/0
End of 1st over: Tidy first over from Vernon Philander.A maiden!Keshav Maharaj to share the new ball with him from the other end.IND 0/0
Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma are are out in the middle to start the second innings for India. Vernon Philander has the new ball in hand. A slip and a gully for him.
Innings break!
South Africa 431 all out. India lead by 71 runs
Dean Elgar 160
Quniton de Kock 111
Ravichandran Ashwin7 /
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Another LBW review from India as original decision from umpire is not out. It’s Ashwin and Kaiso Rabada again. But this time the result is in Ashwin’s favor. Ball tracking shows that the ball hitting the middle stump. Umpire reverses his decision and South Africa are all out in their first innings. Ashwin shines for India, finishing with figures of 7 / 145.
End of 131 st over: FOUR !Senuran Muthusamy collects a boundary on the last ball of Ishant Sharma’s over. A perfect on drive and it beats the mid-on fielder.SA 431 / 9, trail by another 71
128 .5 overs: FOUR! FOUR! Consecutive boundaries for Kagiso Rabada off Ravi Ashwin. Gets two fours on either sides in front of the wicket behind the bowler. Both Rabada and Muthusamy getting some crucial runs here for South Africa. Rabada has quickly moved on to 14 off 13 balls. South Africa now trail by just 76 runs.
1. : LBW review from India as original decision from umpire is not out. Ashwin traps Kagiso Rabada in front but is not sure on the height. Virat Kohli goes for the review. Ball tracking shows that the ball was just clipping the top of leg. It’s umpires call and Rabada remains not out.
126 .4 overs: FOUR!Slightly over-pitched from Ashwin and Senuran Muthusamy drives him through covers to collect four runs. Muthusamy is playing a good hand here on debut. He has already scored (off) balls and has brought South Africa’s deficit under 100.SA 409 / 9
Four and 400 up for South Africa!
Senuran Muthusamy and Kagiso Rabada take South Africa past 400 in the first innings. The Proteas now trail by 100 runs.
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Change in bowling for India!Ishant Sharma comes in to replace Mohammed Shami.
123 : OUT! Ashwin strikes for India early on Day 4. Sixth wicket for him. Keshav Maharaj goes for a hoick on the leg side but mistimes. Mayank Agarwal completes a simple catch running in from long on. Maharaj walks back for 9. South Africa 9 down.SA 396 / 9
(End of) rd over: Another excellent over from Mohammed Shami comes to an end. He is looking in good rhythm on Day 4 morning. Hitting good areas. But India need to get that breakthrough.SA 395 / 8
120 .1 overs:FOUR!First boundary of the day for South Africa as Keshav Maharaj guides Mohammed Shami’s delivery through the gully region to collect four runs.SA 391 / 8, trail by another 111 runs.
119 .2 overs: First runs on the board for South Africa on Day 4. On the pads from Ashwin and Senuran Muthusamy places the ball wide of short leg fielder to take a single.
End of 119 th over: Cracking first over from Mohammed Shami. A maiden! Almost had Keshav Maharaj in that over. Ravichandran Ashwin will share the ball with Shami from the other end. A slip, a gully and a forward short leg for him.SA 385 / 8
118 1 overs: Excellent start from Mohammed Shami. A jaffa first up! Cuts Keshav Maharaj in half as the ball goes past between bat and pad and just over the middle stump.SA 385 / 8
Senuran Muthusamy (12 and Keshav Maharaj (3 resume South Africa innings on Day 4. Mohammed Shami has the ball in hand. A wide first slip and gully for him.Here we go!
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Pitch report, Day 4: “We will have a lot more wickets today as the cracks have opened up. There are a few spots which will cause the batsmen some worry, what you should try to do is to get the batsman committed on the front foot. You gotta mix the lengths on this surface and getting the batsman to try and drive is what the spinners should look to do. South Africa a target of 300, “said Sunil Gavaskar and Murali Kartik.
9: 15 am: Team India is all set and so are the Proteas for the crucial Day 4!
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9: 10 amHello and welcome to Timesofindia.com’s live coverage of the first Test between India and South Africa, and it’s day four of the game inVisakhapatnam.
On Friday, Dean Elgar and Quinton de Kock hit centuries to help South Africa fight back, as the tourists reached 385 / eight in response to India’s first-innings total of 502 / 7 declared.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock made 111 and put on a key 164 – run stand with Elgar, who scored 160, to thwart the Indian bowling attack.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, though, kept chipping away to claim his (th five-wicket haul) 5 / 128) and first since August (in) Tests.
At stumps, the Proteas trailed India by 117 runs, with debutant Senuran Muthusamy (12 and Keshav Maharaj (3 , at the crease.
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