Kohli's century keeps India in the hunt
January 15, 2018  14:38
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India 235-6 (73 ovs) vs SA 335
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Barely had India settled after Kohli's century than they were dealt with the rude of shock of Pandya's wicket via a tame run out.

Pandya tried to steal a quick run on the leg side but was sent halfway down. The fielder at mid-on threw the stumps down as Pandya was casually making his way back to the crease. Pandya made the mistake of not dragging his bat and was very careless in getting back to the crease but was caught short by a direct hit.

That is an unfortunate wicket for India and deal their chances of posting a good total a big hit.

Ravichandran Ashwin is welcome by a barrage of bouncers from Rabada. He ducks under the first two short balls but the third one hits him on the gloves and the physio comes out to attend and thankfully for India it is on the left hand.

Rabada then gets one to bounce off length as Ashwin hangs his bat out but gets a thick outside edge which flies over the slips for a four and he takes a single from the last ball of the over.

Ashwin plays another loose shot, outside the off-stump against Ngidi and is lucky not to have edged it. He then steers one past the gully fielder for a four and keeps strike with one from the last ball.

After being peppered with a few bouncers by Rabada in his previous over, Ashwin goes on the attack against the pacer in his next over, with three fours in a row.

Ashwin plays three cracking shots through the off-side off Rabada to race to 22 from 15 balls, having hit five boundaries already.

Morne Morkel comes into the attack as Kohli picks a single off the third ball and Ashwin takes one off the last ball.

Ashwin gets a thick outside edge as AB de Villiers takes a sharp low catch at gully but the decision is referred upstairs. The close up of the catch shows that the ball might have bounced before it was taken. Paul Reiffel the on field umpire's soft signal was not out and the third umpire sticks with that call with no clear evidence of that catch being taken cleanly.

The next ball is again a beauty short and bouncing as it beats Ashwin all ends up.

In the next over, Morkel hits the stumps before he delivers the ball and the umpire calls it a no-ball while Kohli also takes a single.

India have scored 52 runs from 12 overs in the first hour on Day 3 to take their score to 235 for six in 73 overs.
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