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India 183 for 5 (Kohli 85*, Vijay 46) trail South Africa 335 (Markram 94, Amla 82, du Plessis 63) by 152 runs
Centurion: India, scoring 183/5, trailed by 152 runs at stumps on Sunday, the second day of their second Test against South Africa at the SuperSport Park at Centurion on Sunday.
Skipper Virat Kohli (85) and Hardik Pandya (11) were at the crease when umpires dislodged the bails for the day.
For South Africa, Keshav Maharaj, Morne Morkel, Kagiso Rabada and debutant Lungisani Ngidi took one wicket each.
Kohli will resume his innings on 85 not out along with all-rounder Hardik Pandya (11 not out) as the pair seek to eke out a first innings lead in the knowledge that batting last on a wicket already showing variable bounce will be a challenge.
India have tried to be positive with the bat, but have lost wickets at regular intervals, with the top seven so far failing to provide support for Kohli.
The openers took the score to 28 before losing their first wicket when Lokesh Rahul (10) was caught and bowled by Morne Morkel, misjudging a delivery that held up on the surface.
They lost another wicket on the next ball when new batsman Cheteshwar Pujara took on the arm of Ngidi at mid-on and lost, run out by a direct hit.
Murali Vijay (46) added 79 for the third wicket with his captain before he edged spinner Keshav Maharaj (1-53) to wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock.
Earlier in the day, South Africa were bowled out for 335.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin scalped four wickets for 113 runs while pacer Ishant Sharma took three for 46.
Home captain Faf du Plessis struck a well-compiled 63 before he was bowled by Ishant Sharma (3-46), but the pick of the tourists’ attack was spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who claimed 4-113 and also had three catches dropped off his bowling.
Mohammed Shami became the seventh Indian fast bowler to 100 test wickets when he had Maharaj caught by Patel, the third quickest to reach that mark in his 29th test after Kapil Dev (25 tests) and Irfan Pathan (28).
