PRETORIA, South Africa (Reuters) – Debutant Lungi Ngidi took the key wicket of India captain Virat Kohli as South Africa closed in on victory in the second Test with the tourists reeling at 35 for three on a misbehaving wicket at the close on day four yesterday.
India are chasing 287 for victory to square the three-match series, but that looks a long way off on a wicket providing extreme variable bounce.

Cheteshwar Pujara (11) and Parthiv Patel (five) will resume on the final day, trying to find a way to score runs against a fired-up home seam attack getting plenty of assistance from the pitch.
Kohli, who scored a brilliant 153 in the first innings, would have been key to India’s plans in the run chase, but he was trapped lbw for five by an excellent delivery from Ngidi that came back into him sharply and kept low.

Ngidi, 21, had earlier bagged the wicket of opener Lokesh Rahul for four with his first delivery of the day, a loosener the batsman carved straight to Keshav Maharaj at point.
Murali Vijay (nine) was the first batsman to fall, bowled by Kagiso Rabada from another ball that kept low.
India had worked their way back into the Test by bowling South Africa out for 258 in their second innings.

Starting the day on 90 for two, AB de Villiers (80) and Dean Elgar (61) put on 141 for the third wicket, a potentially match-winning partnership.
But de Villiers was one of three wickets for the excellent Mohammed Shami (4-49) in the morning, followed by Elgar and Quinton de Kock (12).

Ishant Sharma (2-40) and Jasprit Bumrah (3-70) wrapped up the innings, despite a battling 48 from home captain Faf du Plessis.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) also announced yesterday that they had fined Kohli 25 percent of his match fee and handed him one demerit point for an incident the previous day.
He was sanctioned for repeatedly complaining to umpire Michael Gough about a damp ball after a rain delay and aggressively throwing the ball to the ground.

SOUTH AFRICA 1st innings 335
INDIA first innings 307
SOUTH AFRICA 2nd innings (o/n 90 for 2)
Aiden Markram lbw Jasprit Bumrah 1
Dean Elgar c Lokesh Rahul b Mohammed Shami 61
Hashim Amla lbw Jasprit Bumrah 1
AB de Villiers c Parthiv Patel b Mohammed Shami 80
Faf du Plessis c & b Jasprit Bumrah 48
Quinton de Kock c Parthiv Patel b Mohammed Shami 12
Vernon Philander c Murali Vijay b Ishant Sharma 26
Keshav Maharaj c Parthiv Patel b Ishant Sharma 6
Kagiso Rabada c Virat Kohli b Mohammed Shami 4
Morne Morkel not out 10
Lungi Ngidi c Murali Vijay b Ravichandran Ashwin 1
Extras: (b-2, lb-5, w-1) 8
Total: (all out, 91.3 overs) 258
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-3, 3-144, 4-151, 5-163, 6-209, 7-215, 8-245, 9-245.
Bowling: Ashwin 29.3-6-78-1, Bumrah 20-3-70-3, (w-1), Sharma 17-3-40-2, Shami 16-3-49-4, Pandya 9-1-14-0.

INDIA 2nd innings
Murali Vijay b Kagiso Rabada 9
Lokesh Rahul c Keshav Maharaj b Lungi Ngidi 4
Cheteshwar Pujara not out 11
Virat Kohli lbw Lungi Ngidi 5
Parthiv Patel not out 5
Extras: (b-1) 1
Total: (3 wkts, 23.0 overs) 35
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-16, 3-26.
Bowling: Philander 6-3-6-0, Rabada 5-2-9-1, Ngidi 6-2-14-2, Morkel 5-3-4-0, Maharaj 1-0-1-0.