09:58 (IST)
After 64 overs,India 241/3 ( Rohit Sharma 126 , Ajinkya Rahane 91)
Lungi Ngidi comes into the attack. Just one four from the over thanks to Rohit. He's sticking to the off-stump line but interestingly, odd balls are keeping low. Maybe South Africa pacers should look to target the stumps more.
09:55 (IST)
Oh lovely from Rohit. A half-pull cum half-leg glance to beat the fine-leg fielder.
09:54 (IST)
After 63 overs,India 237/3 ( Rohit Sharma 122 , Ajinkya Rahane 91)
Rohit takes a good single off the first ball. Pushes to the covers and calls Rahane instantly for a run. Rahane moves into 90s with a good shot on th off-side for a four. Rabada is missing his rhythm. Don't think it will be a long spell for him in this session,.
09:50 (IST)
Shot from Rahane! A gentle push against Rabada to beat the mid-off fielder. He's into his 90s.
09:49 (IST)
After 62 overs,India 232/3 ( Rohit Sharma 121 , Ajinkya Rahane 87)
Nortje is also showing some pace. Easily touching the 145km/h mark. Bowls a superb delivery to Rahane in the third ball. Seams away sharply as Rahane smiles after getting beaten. The final ball hits Rahane's pads and South Africa appeal for a LBW. Umpire says no and replay shows the ball is hitting the leg stump but if reviewed, it would've been umpire's call.
09:44 (IST)
After 61 overs,India 232/3 ( Rohit Sharma 121 , Ajinkya Rahane 87)
Rabada continues. Bowling with pace but not asking too many questions to the batsmen. Rohit and Rahane are watchful and are attacking only the bad balls. Like the last ball from Rabada where he just wavers from his line and Rohit gets a four.
09:42 (IST)
Pitched up y Rabada and Rohit hits past the mid-on fielder. The ball wins the race to the boundary.
09:39 (IST)
After 60 overs,India 228/3 ( Rohit Sharma 117 , Ajinkya Rahane 87)
Anrich Nortje bowls the second over. Starts off with two decent deliveries on the off-stump but then pitches it up for a four. Follows it up with a similar kind of delivery and Rahane drives straight to the covers fielder. Four runs from the over.
09:37 (IST)
Fuller delivery from Anrich Nortje outside off-stump and Rahane comes up with a brilliant cover-drive to get four runs.
09:34 (IST)
After 59 overs,India 224/3 ( Rohit Sharma 117 , Ajinkya Rahane 83)
Decent start by Rabada. Sticking to the off-stump and fourth stump line in the first three balls. The fourth one was on the middle and leg stumps and kept bit low. Rohit does well to bring his bat down. No run from the last ball. So, it's a maiden.
09:30 (IST)
Almost time for the first ball on Day 2 of the third Test between India and South Africa. Rohit and Rahane are in the middle. Looks like Kagiso Rabada will open the bowling for South Africa.
09:24 (IST)
On couple of occasions in this series we have seen that despite getting wickets with the new ball this South African attack has failed to maintain the pressure as the ball gets older and softer. And these SG balls do get soft quite quickly.
Now the question is, should teams around the world need more practice with the SG ball before coming to India?
In fact, Australia did that back in 2017. Before coming to India they went to Dubai and practiced with the SG balls for few weeks.
Pakistan cricketers practiced with the Dukes ball in Lahore for a month before their last Test tour of England and they are one of the most successful touring Test sides in the UK in recent years.
09:24 (IST)
It's bright and sunny in Ranchi. The covers are off the field. We will start right on time. There will be some moisture on the surface, which the South African pacers would like to utilise. But with the older and softer ball, they won't get the kind of movement, which we saw in the first hour of play on Day 1. Meanwhile, Rahane is 17 shy of his 11th Test ton.
09:19 (IST)
Pitch report on Day 2
"This pitch has played a lot better than it looks. The good areas are still in tact," says Sanjay Manjrekar.
Sunil Gavaskar said the pitch still looks good for batting on Day 2.
09:10 (IST)
So, good news!
Looks like an all clear at the moment 👍👍 #INDvSA @Paytm - Day 2 begins in a few minutes pic.twitter.com/kO8oynXpyr
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 20, 2019
09:00 (IST)
Rohit's third ton in the series!
Rahane's gritty fifty!
Nortje's memorable first day in Test cricket!
Catch key moments from Day 1 of the third Test here.
08:52 (IST)
India batting coach Vikram Rathour on Saturday said that Ajinkya Rahane showed great intent on day one of the third Test match against South Africa. Read the full report here.
08:42 (IST)
Anrich Nortje reckons Proteas were better on Day 1 in Ranchi than previous Test
"I think we were definitely better than previous Test. We, sort of, tried to control the game a little bit better. Unfortunately, we could not get another wicket or two."
Read more quotes here.
08:32 (IST)
Rohit Sharma's success as Test opener is down to mental adjustments, believes batting coach Vikram Rathour
After Rohit Sharma's third century of the series in Ranchi batting coach Vikram Rathour said, "Somebody of his experience and the kind of cricket he plays, if he starts coming good top of the order, it changes everything for the Indian team, even when you're touring."
Click here to know more about Rathour's thoughts on Rohit.
08:18 (IST)
Weather Update
"There is a possibility of thundershowers and lightning at isolated places in Ranchi. Chances are less by Monday onwards," an official of the Indian Meteorological Department, Ranchi, said.
Read more here.
08:10 (IST)
Rohit-Rahane show resolve, robustness to ride Rabada wave, steer hosts clear of troubled waters in Ranchi
At 39 for 3, South Africa weren’t just sniffing at an opening. One more wicket, and they would be into India’s lengthy non-specialists that's when the Mumbai duo of Rohit and Rahane both capable of magic and mastery in equal measure – joined forces. Read Yash Jha's take on superb partnership between Rohit and Rahane,
08:02 (IST)
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the second day of the third Test between India and South Africa at the JSCA Stadium Complex in Ranchi. Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane starred for India with unbeaten knocks of 117 and 83 respectively as the hosts posted a total of 224/3 on the board. While bad light followed by rain led to an early close of play on Day 1, Rohit and Rahane will look to build on India’s ascendancy against the Proteas on Day 2.
India vs South Africa, 3rd Test, Day 2, Latest Updates: Lungi Ngidi comes into the attack. Just one four from the over thanks to Rohit. He's sticking to the off-stump line but interestingly, odd balls are keeping low. Maybe South Africa pacers should look to target the stumps more.
With India reduced to 39 for three, Rohit (117 batting off 164 balls) and Ajinkya Rahane (83 batting off 135) shared an unbeaten 185-run stand to stage the home team's remarkable recovery.
India were 224 for three before bad light, followed by rain, forced an early end to play on day one with only six overs possible in the final session.
With his stellar effort, Rohit, who hammered 14 boundaries and four sixes, became the first Indian opener since Sunil Gavaskar to score more than two centuries in a Test series. Gavaskar had achieved the feat way back in 1970.
Rohit's Test century number six came with a massive six off-spinner Dane Piedt. He exercised caution when Kagiso Rabada was steaming in the morning before going for his strokes.
If that was not enough, Rahane matched him at the other end and brought up his 21st half-century off just 70 balls. Piedt, who was included in place of Senuran Muthusamy, cut a sorry figure against Rohit's fury, giving away 43 runs in his six overs.
Debutant left-arm spinner George Linde, who replaced an injured Keshav Maharaj, ended the day with tidy figures of 11-1-40-0. Such was the Indian duo's dominance after lunch that Rabada, who had a fiery opening spell of 7-4-15-2, looked listless in the second spell that read 4-0-30-0.
Rahane matched Sharma shot for shot and at one point even had a better strike rate than his explosive Mumbai partner as he notched up his fastest half-century in India. Sharma, however, had a testing opening session as he survived on seven after reviewing an LBW successfully.
He also survived a run-out chance when he was out of crease but Zubayr Hamza's throw from point missed the stumps. Uneven bounce with a few staying really low greeted the Indian openers in the morning as Rabada and Lungi Ngidi made full use of the conditions to give the visitors their best start of the series.
Rabada got rid of opener Mayank Agarwal (10) and Cheteshwar Pujara (0) inside the first hour of play. The first breakthrough came in Rabada's third over when the pacer swung it away with Agarwal edging it to Dean Elgar at third slip. Rabada went on to dismiss Pujara for a duck in his fifth over following a successful review by the South Africans after the on-field umpire Richard Illingworth turned down an lbw appeal.
But it was Nortje who earned the biggest wicket as he sent back Pune Test's double centurion Kohli after the skipper failed to read one that came back in sharply. Kohli took the review but only to be turned down with an umpire's call and the skipper went back to the pavilion frustrated.
Earlier, 30-year-old left-arm spinner Shabaz Nadeem became the 296th player to represent India when he was handed a surprise Test debut less than 24 hours after being included in the squad in place of an injured Kuldeep Yadav.
In his bid to avoid the ignominy of a 3-0 whitewash, Du Plessis made as many as five changes to his team with two of them — Keshav Maharaj and Aiden Markram — being forced ones as they both are injured.
In came Ngidi, Zubayr Hamza, Heinrich Klaasen, Linde and Piedt with Vernon Philander, Theunis de Bruyn and Muthusamy being left out.
Squads
India
Virat Kohli (capt), Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Shubman Gill
South Africa
Faf du Plessis (capt), Temba Bavuma, Theunis de Bruyn, Quinton de Kock, Dean Elgar, Zubayr Hamza, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Senuran Muthusamy, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Vernon Philander, Dane Piedt, Kagiso Rabada, Rudi Second
With inputs from PTI
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