India reached 188 for six at lunch to stretch their overall lead to 161 runs against South Africa on the third day of the second Test.

Hanuma Vihari and Shardul Thakur were batting on 6 and 4, respectively, when lunch was called at the Wanderers Stadium. Cheteshwar Pujara (53) and Ajinkya Rahane (58), who started the day's proceedings for India, got out after scoring half-centuries. India resumed their second innings at the overnight score of 85 for two. Brief scores: