Despite heroic bowling performance from Shardul Thakur, who take a magnificent seven-wicket haul, South Africa managed to go past the first innings total of India and secure a lead of 27 runs on the second day of the second Test in Johannesburg.
Keegan Petersen was the highest-run scorer for the hosts with a classy 62 while Temba Bavuma held the lower order together with a sublime 51. However, both those batsmen were guilty of throwing their wickets away to Shardul and wasting advantageous position.
Skipper Dean Elgar fought hard for 120 balls for his 28 and his wicket opened the gate for Shardul and India in the morning session of the day.
South Africa would not be too disappointed at getting bowled out for a mere 229 but they would certainly rue the set batsmen such as Petersen and Bavuma not converting their starts into big scores and instead throwing their wickets away.
South Africa are 0-1 behind in the three-match long series and they would hope the bowling attack will put the Indian batting line up under pressure in response to a 27-run lead.