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"It’s important for the bowlers to be patient as well, because you won’t be getting wickets every over. They will have to watch out for the partnerships. As long as they keep chipping away at the South African batters, that will be the key. Jasprit Bumrah will be the key. I won’t be surprised if Ravichandran Ashwin comes into play," cricketer-turned-commentator Sunil Gavaskar says in a chat on official broadcaster Star Sports ahead of the start of the day's play.
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"One of the notable changes to his batting on Tuesday was where his left foot finished as he set himself up in his stance. Contrary to the recent past, it was pointed dead straight down the track on the line of the off-stump, meaning his awareness of where the off-stump lay and therefore which balls to play at and which to leave was exemplary."
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India's batting coach Vikram Rathour, meanwhile, believes India were at least 50 runs short in their first innings total of 223, more than half of those runs coming off Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara's bats.
"Virat played a phenomenal innings...Pujara was looking really good, but then they bowled a good spell in the morning, the conditions were overcast and they were challenging (for batting), but again I thought there were some soft dismissals in the later part of the innings, we could have done better definitely," Rathour said after the day's play.
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"We did well to restrict them for 223 but we are going to have to bat well"
Kagiso Rabada was the highlight among the South African bowlers on the opening day, his 4/73 helping restrict the Indians to 223. The pace spearhead, who is making his 50th Test appearance in this game, hopes his colleagues higher up in the batting order are able to back the hard work put in by the bowlers on the opening day by giving them a sizeable lead on a surface that will deteriorate as the game progresses.
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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the second day of the third and final Test between South Africa and India at the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town, with the Proteas set to resume from their overnight score of 17/1, trailing the visitors by 206.
India vs South Africa, Live Cricket Score, 3rd Test at Cape Town, Day 2, Latest Scorecard and Updates: South Africa resume from their overnight score of 17/1, trailing India's first innings total by another 206 runs.
Day 1 report: Virat Kohli made 79 on his return from a back injury in the only real resistance Tuesday as India was bowled out for 223 after choosing to bat first in the series-deciding final test against South Africa.
The India captain was the second-to-last wicket to fall for India on the opening day, when South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada took four wickets — including Kohli's — and Marco Jansen three.
Their performance gave the Proteas the slight advantage in the series finale at Newlands in Cape Town, although the fast bowlers on both sides have been the dominant force in all three matches so far. So, South Africa's batsmen still had a challenge in front of them before the home team could really claim control of the test.
To underscore that, Jasprit Bumrah struck before stumps for India to remove South Africa captain Dean Elgar, who thwarted India in the last test, for three. South Africa was 17-1 at the close and 206 runs behind.
The series is level at 1-1 after India won the first test in Centurion and South Africa hit back in Johannesburg, when Kohli was ruled out with an upper back spasm just before the game started.
India is seeking a first test series victory in South Africa and now needs to win in Cape Town for that slice of history, which the India team has been chasing since 1992 and before apartheid officially ended.
Kohli was into the action after India lost both openers in the space of six balls to be 33-2 at Newlands.
Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara (43) put on 62 and Kohli had another half-century partnership with Rishabh Pant (27).
Kohli marked his 99th test with his 28th half-century, but it was grinding rather than flashing. His 50 came up off 158 balls and he'd faced 273 deliveries by the time he was out to an edge to wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne off Rabada.
India lost its last six wickets for 56 runs, starting when the Kohli-Pant stand was broken.
Bumrah did give India a late boost with Elgar's wicket, caught by Pujara at first slip. In the last test, Elgar made 96 not out to see South Africa to a series-leveling victory.
That meant the stage was set for a decider at Cape Town's famed ground in the shadow of Table Mountain, but no fans will be there to witness it. The entire series has been played without spectators because of the coronavirus.
With inputs from AP
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