LIVE: India reached 49/1 at stumps on Day 2, lead South Africa by 42 runs

Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli braved the relentless South African seamers to somehow drag India to 45 for 2 at lunch. In between there was no shortage of drama. Virat Kohli was dropped on 11 by Vernon Philander and Pujara took as many as 54 deliveries to score his first run, which was greeted with a loud cheer.

India vs South Africa, 3rd Test, Johannesburg, live scorecard

That's it from Day 2

Indian bowlers continued their stellar show as Jasprit Bumrah restricted South Africa's lead to a bare minimum with his maiden five-wicket haul, keeping the visitors in the contest after an engaging second day's play in the third and final cricket Test.

India reached 49/1 at stumps on Day 2, lead South Africa by 42 runs

Parthiv departs

Aiden Markram takes a stunner in the slip cordon to dismiss Parthiv Patel, Vernon Philander provides an early breakthrough. IND 20/1

Change in game plan

Parthiv Patel to open Indian innings with Murali Vijay

Bumrah completes maiden five-for in Test cricket

Bumrah strikes to dismiss Lungi, this also brings up his maiden five-wicket haul in the longest format. South Africa all out with 7-run lead

Bumrah gets his 4th 

Bumrah attempts a yorker but the ball crashes straight on the pads, the umpire raises his finger immediately. 

Philander follows Amla

After a handy 35-run knock, Philander goes for a pull but only manages to get a top edge, Bumrah makes no mistake at fine leg as South Africa lose their eighth man!

Massive!

Massive wicket for India, Amla plays a fine shot on the leg side but finds Pandya at the deep square leg, who takes fine catch. A gritty knock comes to an end. SA 169/7

37th Test fifty for Amla

Hashim Amla brings up a fighting fifty, 37th of his career in the longest format

Bumrah strikes again

Quinton de Kock gets a thick inside edge and Parthiv Patel moves towards his right and grabs a swift catch. SA 125 for 6

Du Plessis walks back

The South African captain shoulders arms and another late inswinger knock the off-stumps. Looks like the visitors are back in the contest.

Bhuvneshwar sends AB packing!

What a delivery! A beautiful inswinger from Bhuvneshwar Kumar takes AB by surprise. The Protea star was aiming for an on-drive but a late swing crashes on the middle stump, South Africa have lost their fourth wicket for 92.

AB survives!

Ishant gets AB de Villiers trapped in front, huge appeal from the bowler, not given. India opt not to review but a replay shows three reds. Will the decision not the review hurt the Indian team?

This will be the most crucial session of the Test match. The team that will dominate this session will have an upper hand

Day 2, session 2..

That's lunch on Day 2! That Rabada wicket just got India back into the game slightly. Another session where the bowlers dictated the terms but for South Africa, Amla is still there unbeaten on 32. The hosts are still 106 tuns behind India's first total of 187.

Rabada's fight ends

WOW! Rabada walks back amidst standing ovation from the SuperSport Park crowd. They know it and everyone knows the importance of these 30 runs from the young fast bowler. Extra bounce does the trick for Ishant here. Finds the shoulder of Rabada's bat and Rahane's pouches an easy catch in the slips. Boy, did India need that wicket.

Amla still there

It would have just clipped the middle stump. We all know the outcome, Amla will stay there as Aleem Daar had given him not out at the first instance.

That's closer than it looks. Amla walks right across his stumps but Ishant's pace beats him to hit his pad. A very loud appeal but umpire Aleem Daar is not interested at all. Ishant has a chat with Kohli, he looks convnced and yes Kohli opts for the review. It hit him above the knee roll, the height may be a factor here.

Finally the edge

Finally! After beating Elgar on numerous occasions, Kumar finds the outside edge of his bat and India have got their first breakthrough of Day 2. A typical Kumar delivery. He was operating from the around the wicket since morning, decides to change the angle and it immediately brings the result. Elgar pushes at it, only get the outside edge. This match is well and truly alive.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of Day 2 of the third and final Test match.

Day 1 highlights

Spinners placed themselves comfortably in the dugout as both India and South Africa went in with five seam bolwing options in third and final Test match. That was not the only surprise Kohli sprang in on Wednesday, his decision to bat first on a lively pitch that had been under covers becuase of overnight rain. His deicision backfired rather quickly when India lost their openers with just 13 on board.

Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli braved the relentless South African seamers to somehow drag India to 45 for 2 at lunch. In between there was no shortage of drama. Virat Kohli was dropped on 11 by Vernon Philander and Pujara took as many as 54 deliveries to score his first run, which was greeted with a loud cheer.

Kohli tried to bat with aggression and his aggression bore rich fruit for India in the post-luch session. He played some scintilating shots on his way to a well-deserved half century. While he was there, he made the pitch look far less threatening than it actually was. But Lungi Ngidi stopped him on his tracks with a beautiful outswinger.

One wicket brought another, out of form Ajinkya Rahane could not make this opportunity count even after getting a life thanks to a no ball. He was trapped right in front off Morne Morkel.

Pujara at the other end was rock solid. He took India to tea at 113 for 4.

After Tea, Pujara displayed the best batting of the day. After batting for more than four hours on an increasingly difficult track, Pujara started to bring out his shots. He hit Philander for three boundaries and reached a half century amidst huge applause. Just after reaching his half ton, the least threatening bowler Andile Phehlukwayo found the outside edge of Pujara's bat. That triggered a collapse in the Indian innings. Parthiv and Pandya soon folowed. The latter to a horrendous shot.

Bhuvneshwar in the end added some valuable runs and took India to 187.

South African openers had the hard task of bat six over in fading light. Bhuvneshwar Kumar had other ideas. He got Markram out and South Africa sent in nightwatchman Kagiso Rabada. They reached 6 for 1 at stumps.