SA Vs IND, Live Cricket Scores, 2nd Test, Day 4: Tea Taken At Wanderers, Play To Start At 7:15 PM IST

India look up to their bowlers to protect their good record at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. India have never lost a Test match here but that could change on Thursday if South Africa can get another 122 runs on Day 4 of the second SA vs IND Test. India lead the three-Test series 1-0. Get here live cricket scores and updates of SA vs IND.

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6:25 PM IST: Good news. Play will start 7:15 PM IST/3.45 PM local time. And 34 overs to be bowled. Conditions permitting, expect an extended session.

6:19 PM IST: Tea taken. Conditions have improved significantly. Some action in the scheduled final session.

5:57 PM IST: Rain has stopped and super sopper is in action. Covers are coming off.

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4:24 PM IST: It's still raining.

UPDATE

Rain continues to fall at Imperial Wanderers and no play is currently possible#SAvIND #FreedomTestSeries #BetwayTestSeries #BePartOfIt https://t.co/VzQcKmrPbE

— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) January 6, 2022

3:30 PM IST: It's Lunch!

3:12 PM IST: Expect an early lunch soon with no play yet. Conditions remain gloomy. Still raining.

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1:30 PM IST: Start of play delayed due to rain.

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— BCCI (@BCCI) January 6, 2022

This has largely been a bowlers' Test match and if the way bowlers on either side have performed, Day 4 is perfectly set up. South African captain Dean Elgar will be the home team's main man. He has shown tremendous fighting spirit and taken a few body blows.

While India will look for a couple of quick breakthroughs, South Africa will hope that their batsmen apply themselves on a wearing Wanderers pitch and keep the scoreboard ticking against a formidable Indian pace attack and a vastly experienced spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin.

The Wanderers Test has swung back and forth on Day 3 on Wednesday as India put themselves on the brink of a dominant, series-clinching position in their second innings at 155 for 2, only to falter and lose their last eight wickets for 110 runs.

Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane scored timely fifties but that advantage was somewhat lost as the lower order failed. India were ultimately bowled out for 266, giving South Africa a sight at victory and a chance to send the series to a deciding Test in Cape Town next week.