India vs South Africa 4th Test

STUMPS! SA crawl to 72/2 in 72 overs, chasing 481. Amla 23 off 207 balls, De Villiers 11 off 91.

This will be huge test for the Ind bowlers.It isn't easy to dismiss the batsmen who're hell bent on defending & looking for a draw #IndvsSA
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) December 6, 2015

ABD in 2015: - scored a century in 31 balls in an ODI in January. - scored no runs in first 31 balls in a Test in December. #IndvsSA
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 6, 2015

AB de Villiers has batted 84 balls without a boundary. Surprised? Well, he batted 220 consecutive balls in Adelaide without a four or six.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) December 6, 2015

ABD in 2015: - scored a century in 31 balls in an ODI in January. - scored no runs in first 31 balls in a Test in December. #IndvsSA
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 6, 2015

First run for Amla in his 46th ball. First run for ABD in his 33rd ball. First Amla-ABD partnership run in the 63rd ball. #IndvsSA
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 6, 2015

The average run-rate in this Test has been about 2.50. All the 'Thank You Viru' banners around the stadium seem so very ironic. #IndvsSA
— Shirin Sadikot (@ShirinSadikot) December 6, 2015

AB de Villiers off the mark after 33 balls. This is slow, old-school Test cricket at its best.

AB de Villiers walks into the middle.

WICKET! Bowled it! Ashwin strikes again, Bavuma goes for 34.

Hashim Amla hits his first boundary off the 115th ball he has faced this innings. His strike-rate has now jumped to 8.40.

Umesh Yadav starts the proceedings after tea. Can Amla-Bavuma built the platform for SA?

If you want to beat India in India.. Then have quality spinners in your Arsenal.. And batsmen who play spin well. #simple
— Dean Jones (@ProfDeano) December 6, 2015

FYI... I don't mind pitches on the Sub-continent turning on the first day.. All I want is that the pitches are prepared to last 5 days .
— Dean Jones (@ProfDeano) December 6, 2015

By the way.. I find this pitch at Delhi to be a good Test pitch! #IndvsSA
— Dean Jones (@ProfDeano) December 6, 2015

SA's current run rate of 1.02 (40/1 in 39 overs) is the lowest in history for any Test inns in India when at least 25 overs have been played
— Bishen Jeswant (@bishen_jeswant) December 6, 2015

South Africa have scored 40 runs in 39 overs by Tea! We saw some top quality defending by Amla and Bavuma!

Amla' grip co sponsored by CEAT tyre..haha #IndvsSA
— Ashish Randive (@aashish2rock) December 6, 2015

Amla is leaving every even ball & blocking every odd ball in delhi.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) December 6, 2015

Even though I don't agree with the approach of the 2 SA batsmen,I can't fault them for their application & fighting spirit #IndvsSA @BCCI
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) December 6, 2015

Hashim Amla 6* in 113b S/r 5.30. So far 2nd slowest in Test history (min 100 balls) John Murray 3* in 100b S/r 3.00 v Aus SCG 1963 #IndvSA
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) December 6, 2015

TEA on Day 4: Bavuma and Amla hold fort. SA 40/1 and need more 441 runs to win. #INDvsSA
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) December 6, 2015

Two hours, 113 balls, 6 runs. The mighty Hash in the service of South Africa in that session.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 6, 2015

Amla is off the mark on the 46th ball he faced. South Africa 1-20 off 19 overs.

Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma bowling in tandem. The visitors have switched on their defensive mode.

Umesh Yadav starts the proceedings post-lunch for India. Hashim Amla is the new batsman in for South Africa.

Worked well eventually for India. @imVkohli gave @ajinkyarahane88 the opportunity and he grabbed it quickly. That was the key.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 6, 2015

Manjrekar for @BCCI: For SA batsmen now it'll be a case of batting for self respect, to show the world that they can score runs against spin
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 6, 2015

Manjrekar for @BCCI: India know their spinners will make life difficult for SA batsmen on this pitch. They have enough time too #IndvsSA
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 6, 2015

WICKET! D Elgar (4) is out, c Ajinkya Rahane b Ravichandran Ashwin

Most 6s by an India in a Test match 8 Sidhu v SL Lucknow 1994 7 Sehwag v SL Brabourne 2009, Harbhajan v NZ Hyderabad 2010, RAHANE v SA
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 6, 2015

Target of 481: 5th highest set by India against any team in Tests 6th highest by any team vs SA Highest by any team in Delhi #IndvsSA
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 6, 2015

Ajinkya Rahane has now become the first Indian batsman to score two hundreds in a Test match when batting at No. 5 or below.
— Bishen Jeswant (@bishen_jeswant) December 6, 2015

Highest targets set by India: 617 v NZ Wellington 2009 516 v Aus Mohali 2008 509 v Pak Lahore 2005 500 v Eng Oval 2007 481 v SA DELHI 2015
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 6, 2015

7 and 1 on Kotla debut. 127 and 100* in the second coming. Little man with big heart this Rahane chappie. #INDvsSA
— Anand Vasu (@anandvasu) December 6, 2015

Rahane becomes the 5th Indian after Hazare, Gavaskar (3), Dravid (2) and Kohli to score 100s in both inns of a Test. #IndvsSA
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 6, 2015

Virat Kohli signals. India have declared. 481 is the target for South Africa.

100! Rahane gets to his 6th Test century.

50-run partnership comes up between Rahane 96* & Saha 21*.

Most sixes in a Test match by Indians 8 - N Sidhu 1994 7 - V Sehwag 2009 7 - Harbhajan 2010 7* - A Rahane 2015 #IndvSA
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) December 6, 2015

Lead of 466* now. It will be the highest target India has ever set vs SA beating 460 at Kanput in 1996-97. #IndvsSA
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 6, 2015

Delhi crowd is enjoying the firecrackers by the two Indian batsmen in the middle. Rahane is just 6 runs away from his second century of the match.

Rahane is building India's lead and Saha is playing the supporting role.

South Africa won't mind this at all. Obviously there's lots of time but runs not a factor. Longer India bat, less South Africa have to
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 6, 2015

Rahane in first 3 Tests of the series - 39 runs. In this 4th Test match, more than 200 runs. #IndvsSA
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 6, 2015

Rahane scored 8 runs in his debut Test at Delhi. In this Delhi Test, he has scored more than 200 runs #IndvsSA
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 6, 2015

Rahane hit 5 sixes in first 21 Test matches. He has hit 5 sixes in his 22nd Test match, this match. #IndvsSA
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 6, 2015

India's lead is 430 now and there are no signs of declaration yet. Jadeja is in the change room padded up. #IndvsSA
— Shirin Sadikot (@ShirinSadikot) December 6, 2015

India had a reason to bat on this morning. That reason no longer exists. Have enough runs.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 6, 2015

The 12 runs he fell short by shouldn't come in the way of appreciating the 88 that @imVkohli made
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 6, 2015

India vs South Africa 4th Test - Day 4