- India,
- 05-Jan-2022 09:44 PM IST
IND vs SA | On the third day of the Johannesburg Test at stumps, South Africa made 118 runs for the loss of 2 wickets while chasing a target of 240 runs. Captain Dean Elgar (46) and Raisie van der Dussen (11) are unbeaten. Aiden Markram 31 and Keegan Pietersen were out for 28. There are still two days left in the match and the African team has to score 122 runs to win the match. At the same time, Team India needs 8 wickets.Africa had lost the first two wickets at the score of 93, but team captain Dean Elgar remained on the field holding one end. Elgar and Dussen shared 25 runs in 76 balls for the third wicket. Elgar has played 121 balls.Earlier, Team India was all out for 266 in the second innings. Ajinkya Rahane top scored with 58 runs. Cheteshwar Pujara contributed 53 and Hanuma Vihari contributed 40 not out. Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Marco Jensen took three wickets each for South Africa.Markram caught in Thakur's trapChasing the target Africa got off to a great start. Dean Elgar and Aiden Markram added 47 runs in 60 balls for the first wicket. This partnership was broken by Shardul Thakur by dismissing Markram. Markram was dismissed by Shardul trapping his net. Actually, in the 10th over, Thakur beat Markram 4 times in a row. On the third ball of the 10th over, Team India made a strong appeal for LBW against Markram, but the umpire did not give out. Captain KL Rahul also decided not to take the review.LBW appealed again on the next ball of the over. Shardul wanted to take a review but the other players refused and did well as the ball was going out in the replay. On the next ball, Thakur beat the African opener with a good length ball. Shardul's hard work paid off on the last ball of the over and Markram was out LBW. Shardul Thakur's ball came slightly inside after falling on the off-stump and good length. Markram wanted to play him straight on the front foot, but the ball changed his fork and the ball hit the pad. Markram was declared out LBW.