No one would have thought Day 4 will be the final day of the first Test between South Africa and India but it has to be it, as the rain on Day 3 provided extra spice on the wicket to help pacers.
At the end of Day 2, South Africans were on the upper hand even with the loss of two wickets, but with rain called it off on Day 3 meant they were in the firing zone with loss of time.
The wicket helped pacers more than, that it helped them on Day 1 with moisture on it and with cloudy sky making it zip till the end.
Indian bowlers haven't done the same mistakes those they have done in the first Innings, they pitched the ball in the right areas, more Importantly, there were no moody spells from them.
Shami seemed altogether a different bowler has he picked four for, alongside Bumrah showed much maturity with just one Inning of experience under his belt at this level and Bhuvneshwar finished it off before lunch to clean up the Proteas for 130 and it including 65//8 in the morning session.
The target for India was 208 it seemed quite an ok job for the visitors, as where they came from the position into the match, after the lead they conceded in the first Innings.
But the lead has been the difference in the result of the match as Philander run through the Indian batting order to garb 6 wickets and shared a couple of piece with Morkel and Rabada. For some time in the match, the absence of Steyn was evident with their pacers are tiring up, but the Steyn less attack has been too much to handle for India as conditions provided needed help.
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