Pujara falls for 4, India 3 down
January 08, 2018  17:48
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India 39-3 (13 ovs) vs SA; Target: 208 | Scorecard


Pujara gets a thick outside edge past the gully fielder as captain Kohli pushes him to get back for the second run.

Kohli realises the value of every run and he wouldn't let any opportunity go waste.

In the next over, Kohli plays away from his body as he guides a wide short delivery from Rabada through the vacant thirdman region for a four. A similar delivery accounted for him in the first innings, when he was looking to defend but this time he played with an open face of the bat.

Kohli then taps it in the covers and calls Pujara for a quick single, who is struggling to make his crease and has to dive at the end before he also keeps strike with one from the last ball.

Morkel comes back, replacing Philander and he strikes with the big wicket of Pujara. Against his natural length, Morkel pitches it up as Pujara gets an edge trying to defend and is caught behind for four.

This is not looking good for India, who are reduced to 39 for three, still needing another 169 runs for victory.

New batsman Rohit Sharma plays a reckless pull shot off the last ball of the over but is beaten.
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