India vs South Africa Highlights, 2nd Test, Day 4: SA beat India by 7 wickets to level series at the Wanderers

There is some uncanny similarity between the 2018 and 2022 Johannesburg Test between India and South Africa.

- India batted first in both the Test

- The hosts took a first-innings lead in both the matches - 7 runs and 27 runs respectively.

- SA were set a target of 241 runs in the 2018 Test and India managed to set a target of 240 runs in the 2022 Test

- Elgar standing as the deciding factor in both the matches. He scored 86 in the 2018 Test in the final innings and is now en route to his second half century in the series having scored 46 off 121.

- After Ishant Sharma broke Elgar and Amla's partnership, SA crumbled from 124 for 2 to 177 all-out. The hosts are now at 118/2, 122 runs away from a series-levelling win.

"The way he bats, it looks like there will be a catch coming into the slips. Every time he makes a lot of runs and gives his team a good start. Hopefully, he will get out quickly. He has a different technique and temperament and it looks weird sometimes but he makes runs and we have to get him out quickly."

The weather forecast for Day 4 doesn't look as promising as it did in the first three days and it is expected that rain will likely hamper the proceedings throughout the day.

While the first hour of the day is likely to be played without much hindrance from the weather gods, rain is expected to hamper a large part of the remainder of the day.

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The Indian attack threw everything they possibly good to the get the one South African wicket that most mattered but Elgar showed some serious grit despite a nasty bouncer from Jasprit Bumrah smacking him on the grille before a shortish delivery from Shami hit him on his shoulder. He scored 46 runs off 121 deliveries with a control percentage of 87 with 16 false shots.

The incident happened in the 54th over of India's second innings on Day 3 when tailender Bumrah couldn't connect properly on a short delivery from Jansen. The pair confronted each other mid-pitch and let loose a barrage of words. WATCH

The emotions were flaring on Day 3. 

During the first session, tempers flared when Rassie van der Dussen's sledged Rishabh Pant referring to his controversial catch of the South African batter. Towards the end of the Indian batting innings, things turned ugly again when Proteas youngster Marco Jansen and India's Jasprit Bumrah engaged in a war of words.

India put 266 on the board in the second innings after half-centuries from Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara, and a late bloom from Hanuma Vihari and Shardul Thakur. South Africa, then, made a brisk start in the 240-run chase before Shardul Thakur struck the opening breakthrough, dismissing a dangerous-looking Aiden Markram on 31. Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Keegan Petersen towards the closing stages of the game as the Proteas ended with 118/2.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of Day 4 of the second Test between India and South Africa. Dean Elgar and Rassie van der Dussen ended the third day on a strong note for the Proteas and Indian bowlers will have work to do when they come out later today.