Live Cricket Score: India vs South Africa, 3rd Test, Day 3

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India closing in

Rabada slogged a few before he mis-hit one straight to the fielder at short third man. As a result, with just two wickets in hand, play was extended.

Eventually, play was called off due to bad light. De Bruyn, the substitute, looked in decent touch but everything seems a bit academic now. South Africa on the verge of getting clean-swept 3-0. The visitors have come across as a proud cricketing nation since perhaps the time South Africa toured England in 1951. Hopefully, they will make a comeback in the near future. Meanwhile, for India, everything is going right. And the hosts will look to wrap it quickly tomorrow.

Linde is run out

He was batting beautifully and a run out is how he will have to go. Shahbaz Nadeem with a sharp throw at the non-striker's end. Stuttering run and they could never decide whether to go through or not. 67 for 6

Pant stands in for Saha

Saha has been hit on the left thumb, so he goes off and out comes Rishabh Pant as his replacement.

CONFIRMED: Dean Elgar will not bat in this Test match after copping a helmet blow from Umesh Yadav. Theunis de Bruyn has been confirmed as the concussion replacement.

Another one for Umesh

Gets the ball nipping in and gets Klaasen lbw. It's all too easy for the Indian fast bowlers at the moment. South Africa 36 for 5.

Can this be all over today?

Dean Elgar retires hurt

He hasn't come out to bat after Tea. George Linde has come out instead. Wasn't he batting a few minutes ago? Jadeja has replaced Umesh Yadav as Shami continues to steam in..........

Tea, Day 3

That Dean Elgar was hit on the helmet by Umesh Yadav and the Tea was taken three minutes before schedule should sum up the third afternoon for you. It was another few hours of India's dominance in the series -- and at home. Virat Kohli enforced the follow-on for a record eighth time after South Africa were bundled out for 162, conceding a first-innings lead of 335 runs. It was also the first instance of South Africa following-on in consecutive Tests since the 2001-02 tour of Australia.

Going into Tea on Day 3, South Africa were reeling at 26 for 4. Mohammed Shami was the wrecker-in-chief, picking three wickets out of those four. Back soon...

Faf goes now...

Reviews but it returns three reds. Shami has deceived Faf by going wide of the crease. Gets him playing the initial angle but a bit of seam movement means the ball sneaks through and hits him on the pad. Also keeps a bit low yea... 18 for 3

No second wind for Zubayr Hamza

He's been knocked out with a peach from Shami. Pitches off and middle, moves away and takes the off-stump down. Very similar to Faf's dismissal earlier in the day. What's gotten into the Indian fast bowlers? They are so, so good. 10 for 2

De Kock's off-stump is cartwheeling...

India strike early and it's Umesh Yadav at the forefront again. He'd gotten de Kock with a short ball last evening and today he does it with a sharp and full delivery. Beat the outside edge and took the off-stump down. 5 for 1

162 all out, India enforce follow-on

After the ninth-wicket resistance comes a quick wrap-up. Nadeem bowls the slider and traps Nortje plumb in front. He ends up with 4 runs from 55 deliveries. Sums up India's frustration but they end up with a 335-run lead.

India have enforced the follow-on.. for the record eighth time under Kohli's captaincy.The last time South Africa followed-on twice in a series was against England at home in 1964/65. It's also the first time India enforce follow-on twice in a home series since 1993/94. That was against Sri Lanka in Lucknow & Bengaluru.

Finally a breakthrough

Linde gets out on 37 off 81, leaving India frustrated not for the first time this season. In fact, South Africa's ninth-wicket partnerships have now faced 100 overs this series - more than any other wicket. So that should tell you the story. Yadav beat Linde a couple of times in his previous over, entices the drive this time and gets the breakthrough.

Deepu corner:Dane Piedt's wicket was Shami's 50th in home Tests - eighth Indian fast bowler to do so; Shami's avg of 23.18 and SR of 45.6 is the best among the eight seamers

Rabada is run out!

Well, that rhymes but that's not the point. Umesh misfields at mid-off, recovers and finds Rabada's single short at the non-striker's end. 130 for 8

Shami strikes after lunch

Nipping in, staying a bit low and Piedt is caught in front. Sliding down leg though? Umpire doesn't think so. Ball-tracking says umpire's call on leg-stump, and so it is.

Lunch, Day 1

120 runs, four wickets. It was a shared session by the looks of it but once again, it was about India's resilience. They found a way past the 91-run stand between Bavuma and Hamza, the latter getting to his maiden Test fifty in a canter. But his dismissal to Jadeja's arm ball meant South Africa lost a couple more towards the end of the session, which by the way had started with Faf du Plessis losing his off-stump.