IND vs SA 1st Test Day 3 Highlights: Proteas win by innings and 32 runs

India vs South Africa 1st Test Day 3 Highlights: Proteas beat the Indian team by an innings and 32 runs thanks to heroic works from Elgar (185), Rabada (7 wickets), Burger (7 wickets) and Jansen (84*)

3:55 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score | 1st Test Day 3: Coetzee hits it clean

 

Coetzee is making the most of his dropped chance and the first thing he does after that is hit Prasidh Krishna for a six off a length ball. It went 30 rows back in the stands.  

 

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3:51 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score | 1st Test Day 3: Coetzee dropped

 

Gerald Coetzee who has come and played some shots to try and extend the lead beyond 150, has been dropped by Shubman Gill in the only slip. Two chances for Ashwin to take a wicket and both have been dropped. Earlier Rahul dropped Jansen for 25 and he is now batting on 72. 

 

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3:39 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score | 1st Test Day 3: Marco Jansen registers his best score

 

Marco Jansen has moved past his individual best score of an unbeaten 59 in Test cricket as he is now batting on unbeaten on 60 and wants to hit some more as well. 

 

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3:38 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score | 1st Test Day 3: Shardul gets Elgar for 185

 

Dean Elgar’s herculean effort of 185 runs in 287 balls has come to an end thanks to a wild pull of a ball going down leg by Shardul Thakur, He has missed a double century once again but put his team in a commanding position in the first session of Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test. 

 

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3:26 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score | 1st Test Day 3: 100 partnership between Jansen and Elgar

3:18 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score | 1st Test Day 3: Proteas lead goes past 100

 

The lead of the South African team has gone past a hundred in the first 24 overs of play in the first session on day three and the fifth wicket partnership between Dean Elgar and Marcoi Jansen is nearing the hundred run mark as well. 

 

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3:16 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score | 1st Test Day 3: Fiftry for Jansen

 

Marco Jansen has hit fifty and it is his second fifty in Test cricket career of 12 matches. His first fifty came against Australia early this year and he is capping off the year with yet another fifty here. 

 

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2:49 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score | 1st Test Day 3: Second highest individual score for Elgar

2:43 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score | 1st Test Day 3: Elgar survives

 

One of the balls from Jasprit Bumrah crashed into the pads of Dean Elgar. However, it was pitching outside leg and as a result, Elgar survived

 

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2:34 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score | 1st Test Day 3: 2nd new ball taken

 

The second new ball has been taken by India and it is Shardul Thakur who will get a first go at it. India must get quick wickets to stay in the game. 

 

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2:33 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score | 1st Test Day 3: 300 up for Proteas

 

300 has come up for the Proteas and there is still an over to for the new ball. This has also brought up the fifty partnership between Dean Elgar and Marco Jansen. 

 

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2:21 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score | 1st Test Day 3: Jansen dropped

 

Marco Jansen has been dropped by KL Rahul off the bowling of Ashwin. The ball pitch on the middle and off stump and it just straightened a bit like  Doosra to take the edge of the shoulder of Jasnen’s bat and hit Rahul high on the gloves. He could not hold on to it and as a result, the catch was dropped. 

 

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2:14 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score | 1st Test Day 3: 15o up for Elgar

 

Dean Elgar has brought up his 150 here and it is only the third time in his career of 85 Tests that he has breached the 150 run mark. 

 

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2:11 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score | 1st Test Day 3: Spin introduced

 

Spin has been introduced early by the Indian team in the match and Ashwin seems to be getting some purchase off the wicket as well. He has bowled just two overs and given away two runs. 

 

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2:02 PM

India vs South Africa Live Score | 1st Test Day 3: First boundary of the day

 

The first boundary of the match has been scored and it has come courtesy of Marco Jansen who has pulled Prasidh Krishna for a four past deep mid-wicket. 

 

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