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Ranchi Test: India tighten screws on South Africa

By Saurabh Sharma October 21, 2019 • 12:18 PM View: 1081

Ranchi, Oct 21: After a fiery burst from the pacers, Indian spinners, particularly Ravindra Jadeja, came to the party and piled further misery on South Africa to put the hosts into a commanding position in the ongoing third and final Test at the JSCA Stadium here on Monday.

At Lunch on Day 3, South Africa's scoreboard read 129/6 with George Linde and Dane Piedt batting on 10 and 4, respectively. The visitors, who added 120 runs in the morning session, still trail by 368 runs.

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