On a bright day in Cape Town, records fell like a house of cards with Babar Azam and Shan Masood effortlessly rekindling Pakistan`s hopes in the direst of the situations

After failing miserably in the first innings in pursuit of 615, South Africa decided to impose a follow-on. The Proteas became the first team to enforce the follow-on twice in this World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. The previous instance when South Africa imposed a follow-on was against Bangladesh in Chattogram

The duo stitched up a 201-run opening partnership, the highest by any opening pair during a follow-on

While Babar Azam fell on 81, Shan ended the day unbeaten with 102, becoming the first Pakistan captain to score a Test century in South Africa

Before Shan Masood, Salim Malik was dismissed for 99 in Johannesburg in 1995. Another Pakistan batting legend, Inzamam-ul-Haq, was left hanging on 92 when he came out to bat at number eight in Gqeberha in 2007

Babar, who found his groove in Test cricket in South Africa, was on a spree of scoring fifties. In the second inning in Centurion, Babar struck a fifty and went on to hammer two more in consecutive innings

This marked the first time in his career when Babar went on to garner three consecutive fifties without converting any one of them into a century

Young speedster Kwena Maphaka, at the age of 18 years 272 days, became the youngest debutant for South Africa. On Day 3, he became the youngest South African to take a wicket in the Test format