Resuming at 299/5, South Africa were bowled out for 500 in reply to India's 334 and young guns Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli were holding the fort for the visitors on 32 and 11, respectively, when bad light stopped play with India at 68/2.

Earlier, South Africa took a 61-run first innings lead as they reached 395/7 at lunch, putting on 96 runs in 35.1 overs in the first session. However, they lost veteran Jacques Kallis (115) and Dale Steyn (44) during the period.