Temba Bavuma and Quinton De Kock Help Steady South African Ship After Batting Collapse

• South Africa were in trouble after losing four early wickets but Bavuma and de Kock came to the rescue
• Bavuma and de Kock put on a partnership worth 72 runs as South Africa steadied after a poor start to the innings
• Despite the early batting collapse, South Africa headed into the tea break in a better position but still trailing India

South Africa's middle-order duo of Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock were forced to put on a salvage operation as they saw the Proteas to 109-5 when play broke for tea on day three.

South Africa were languishing at 32-4 before the pair steadied the ship.

South Africa still trail India's total by 281 runs, Sport24 reported.

Quinton de Kock fell just before play broke for tea, top-scoring at that stage with 34. Shardul Thakur got the wicket of the dangerous De Kock, setting Twitter alight for his constant ability to get much-needed breakthroughs.

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@SagarYelge

"Just when opposite team think they can breathe easy Lord Thakur makes them pay for it...#SAvsIND."

A tough session for South Africa despite duo's rescue operation

During the session, South Africa had only scored 88 runs from 31 overs, losing four wickets in the process. Quinton de Kock's wicket was the most prized, as many fans were hopeful that he could carry the Proteas closer to India's mammoth first-innings total.

@CricInformer

"It's tea on day 3. SA are at 109/5. This session belongs to Indian bowlers, they have been all over the South African batters, except De Kock and Bavuma none of them has shown any sign of fight against rampaging set of Indian pacers. #Cricket #CricketTwitter #SAvsIND"

Lungi Ngidi leads Protea fightback as India are skittled out after promising start

Lungi Ngidi took six wickets on the morning of day three as the Proteas fought back in the first test against India at Supersport Park, Sports Brief earlier reported.

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India started day three on 272-3, hoping to build on their promising start.

Ngidi finished with figures of 71/6 as he ripped through the battling Indian batting lineup. KG Rabada joined in, taking three wickets while debutant Marco Jansen took his maiden test wicket.