First session belong to team India. 26 overs held, 83 runs, 3 wickets these are the relevant figures for this session. The over rate is 13. Not encouraging. India should have slipped in a few more overs in a bid to eke out some more wickets but that's not to be. Aakash Chopra had tweeted this morning that India shouldn't expect a session filled with wickets and should be happy with something around 75/4 this morning. That's what has happened so far. Elgar and de Villiers looked assured when they started off. They stitched together a 141-run stand, the highest in this series so far. Although the former looked a touch fidgety, the latter more-than-compensated for that and was unlucky to fall short of his century by 20 runs. That gave India the little opening they needed and they picked up a couple more soon after. More fortunate were they to prise out Elgar as well. At the close of day 3, de Villiers was unbeaten on 80runs (121 balls, 10 fours) while Dean Elgar was batting on 61 not out (121 balls, 8 fours and a six). They added 141 runs for the third wicket, with South Africa's overall lead at 201 runs. Mohammad Shami pick up three wickets and Jasprit Bhumrah pick a couple of wickets.

Brief score: South Africa 1st innings: 335

India 1st innings: 307

South Africa 2nd innings: 173 for five in 55 overs (AB de Villiers 80; M Shami 3/38).