India vs South Africa, Third Test, Day Two Report

India declared on 497/9 and reduced South Africa to 9/2 before bad light brought an early end to the second day's play in the third Test against South Africa here on Sunday. South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis (1 batting) and Zubayr Hamza (0 batting) were at the crease.

Rohit Sharma struck his maiden double century (212) in Test cricket while Ajinkya Rahane scored a brilliant century (115). Rohit became the fourth batsman to hit a double hundred both in Test and ODI cricket, emulating Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Chris Gayle.

Brief Scores

India 1st innings: 497/9 declared (Rohit Sharma 212, Ajinkya Rahane 115; Ravindra Jadeja 51, George Linde 4/133, Kagiso Rabada 3/85); South Africa 1st innings: 9/2 (Mohammed Shami 1/0, Umesh Yadav 1/4)