CENTURION: Pace bowler Mohammed Shami helped India take a strong position on the third day of the first Test against South Africa at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Tuesday.
Shami took five for 44 as South Africa were bowled out for 197 in reply to India’s first innings total of 327.
His haul saw Shami become the 11th Indian to take 200 wickets in Tests.
India reached 16 for one at the close, an overall lead of 146 runs on a pitch which is likely to offer increasingly uneven bounce over the remaining two days.
Shami bowled a relentless length at lively pace and was rewarded with his sixth five-wicket haul in 55 Tests.
Jasprit Bumrah made the first breakthrough for India, having South African captain Dean Elgar caught behind in the first over.
