Venkat : "Faf has effectively put a halt to Maharaj's test career and has dented his confidence by over bowling him. Poor guy, gave it all. SA irrespective of the captains have handled their spinners very poorly. " - don't think Maharaj's Test career is over, but yes, I did feel he was over-bowled a tad.
3.39 pm: And Virat Kohli is also walking off, so he's declared India's innings. India will have about an hour to bowl at South Africa - a tired, dispirited South Africa who have seen 600+ piled up against them. Kohli was imperious and raised his highest Test score. You would have thought he might have had a crack at hitting a triple century, but he's decided that sticking South Africa in when they are tired from the leathering they've received makes more sense.
RA Jadeja c de Bruyn b Muthusamy 91 (104b 8x4 2x6) SR: 87.50
Further bad news for South Africa, here's Firdose Moonda with an update: Keshav Maharaj has been brought out of the match as a precautionary measure. He will be going for scans to have a look at the shoulder.
Thanks Sreshth. Kohli and Jadeja have pretty much broken South Africa's spirit.
END OF OVER:156 | 8 Runs | IND: 600/4
- Virat Kohli253 (335b)
- Ravindra Jadeja91 (102b)
- Dean Elgar4-0-26-0
- Senuran Muthusamy19-1-96-0
Time for drinks. What an hour of batting. Here's Saurabh Somani for the day's final hour
Maharaj is out of the field
END OF OVER:155 | 8 Runs | IND: 592/4
- Ravindra Jadeja89 (99b)
- Virat Kohli247 (332b)
- Senuran Muthusamy19-1-96-0
- Dean Elgar3-0-18-0
END OF OVER:154 | 7 Runs | IND: 584/4
- Virat Kohli241 (328b)
- Ravindra Jadeja87 (97b)
- Dean Elgar3-0-18-0
- Senuran Muthusamy18-1-88-0
interesting field placement. A boundary-rider exactly behind the non-striker
Dean Elgar
END OF OVER:153 | 5 Runs | IND: 577/4
- Ravindra Jadeja82 (95b)
- Virat Kohli239 (324b)
- Senuran Muthusamy18-1-88-0
- Keshav Maharaj50-10-196-1
Partnership of 200 in just 215 balls
