Rain halted the third day’s play of the second cricket Test between South Africa and India at the SuperSport Park on Monday. However, Faf du Plessis side had taken a 96 run-lead before the game was interrupted after post tea session.

Earlier, Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah disturbed South Africa’s batting order by sending Hashim Amla(1) and Aiden Markram (1) back to the pavilion. But AB de Villiers along with opener Elgar stabilised the Proteas innings, as the duo went on to add 65 runs before it started pouring.

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Dean Elgar (29) and AB de Villiers (35) were at the crease when umpires called off the day due to rain.

Earlier, India were bowled out for 307, falling 28 runs behind South Africa in their first innings. Skipper Virat Kohli (153) was the highest scorer among the Indian batsmen. India added 20 runs in the session and lost two wickets.

Brief scores: South Africa: 335 all out and 68/2 (AB de Villiers (35 batting; Jasprit Bumrah 2/19) vs India: 307 all out in first innings (Virat Kohli 153, Murali Vijay 46, Ravichandran Ashwin 38; Morne Morkel 4/60) .

-With IANS inputs