Live reporting: Day 4, India 68/2 at stumps

Durban, South Africa: South Africa bowled out for 500 runs in the 2nd and final Test against India here on Sunday. India are trailing by 166 runs.Rain delayed the start after lunch and after play resumed, the hosts extended their lead to 163 runs with Faf du Plessis (41 not out) and Robin Peterson (61) putting on a 110-run eighth-wicket partnership before the latter skied a Zaheer Khan delivery to mid off and was caught by Murali Vijay.Right then the skies opened up once more and the covers were called on. A little later, and with continuing rain, Australian umpires Steve Davis, standing in his 50th Test, and Rod Tucker called for tea.Du Plessis and Peterson scored their runs pretty quickly, getting 102 runs in the 24.1 overs they batted in the second session. All rounder du Plessis held the innings together while Peterson was the aggressor, notching up his third half-century in Test cricket.Zaheer Khan picked Robin Peterson on 61. Ravindra Jadeja picked 6 wickets for 138 runs which is his now his best figures in test career.Here are the live updates: 9:20 PM: Bad light stopped play, India 68/2 at stumps9:14 PM: Virat smashes Robin for four, India 68/2, trail by 98 runs9:06 PM: India 61/29:00 PM: India 56/2 after 30 oversMarvelous piece of work by du Plessis on the coversVirat Kohli joins PujaraS Dhawan c du Plessis b Robin 19, India 53/28:51 PM: Robin to Dhawan, Out8:45 PM: India reaches 50 mark, trailing by 116 runs8:27 PM: India 35/18:22 PM: Morkel to Pujara, four8:21 PM: India 30/1 after 20 overs8:16 PM: Hashim Amla has been hit hard on finger by ball, its bleeding8:09 PM: Robin to Pujara, four, India 28/18:01 PM: South Africa 21/18:00 PM: Robin to Dhawan, four7:52 PM: India 16/1 after 14 overs7:50 PM: Maiden over by Morkel, India 14/1 after 13 overs7:44 PM: Maiden over by Philander, India 14/1 after 12 overs7:40 PM: India 14/1 after 11 overs7:37 PM: Morkel to Dhawan, four7:35 PM: India 10/1 after 10 overs7:31 PM: India 9/1 after 9 overs7:30 PM: Pujarae was not offering a shot there so a dead ball 7:28 PM: Steyn to Pujara, hit chest pad and gone for four7:19 PM: India 9/1 after 6 oversC Pujara comes into batM Vijay c Smith b Philander 6, India 8/17:14 PM: Vernom Philander strikes early, Vijay gone7:11 PM: Back to back maiden over for Dale Steyn7:07 PM: India 8/07:03 PM: India 6/0 after 3 overs, Steyn bowled maiden over6:59 PM: India 6/0 after 2 overs6:58 PM: Murali Vijay off the mark with a boundary off Philander's ball6:54 PM: India 1/0 after 1 over 6:50 PM: India starts their 2nd inningRavindra Jadeja's figures: 58.2-15-138-6 6:39 PM: Six wickets for Ravindra Jadeja6:38 PM: Last man for SA, Morne Morkel, caught and bowled by JadejaFaf du Plessis runout Rohit 43, Saouth Africa 500/9, lead by 166 runs 6:35 PM: du Plessis run out, South Africa loses 9th wicket6:35 PM: South AFrica reaches 500 run mark6:30 PM: Play resumesThe pitch and the square is being covered up now5:38 PM: Rain stopped playR Peterson c Vijay b Zaheer 61, SA 497/85:37 PM: Zaheer to Robin, Out5:35 PM: South Africa 497/7, lead by 163 runs5:33 PM: Reverse sweep for Six by Robin off Jadeja's ball5:30 PM: SA 486/7, lead by 152 runs5:29 PM: Shami to du Plessis, fourNow skipper Graeme Smith must be thinking of declaring the inning anytime after they reach 150 plus score5:27 PM: SA 480/7, lead by 146 runs5:24 PM: Peterson reaches his fifty on 44 balls with a four5:21 PM: SA 472/7, lead by 138 runs5:12 PM: du Plessis punched Ishant for four5:11 PM: South Africa 459/7, extends lead by 125 runs5:05 PM: SA reaches past 450 mark, lead by 122 runs5:00 PM: Ishant to Robin, four4:56 PM: South Africa 441/7, lead by 107 runs4:56 PM: Shami to Robin, four4:55 PM: Shami to Robin, 4 leg byes4:48 PM: SA 427/7, lead by 93 runs4:38 PM: SA 421/7 as Robin put away Ishant for four4:35 PM: Ishant to Robin, four, SA 417/7, lead by 834:31 PM: Jadeja to du Plessis, four4:30 PM: SA 407/7, lead by 73 runs4:29 PM: Zaheer to Robin, four again4:29 PM: South Africa 403/74:28 PM: Zaheer to Robin, four through the covers4:26 PM: Play resumes4:09 PM: Rain again stops post lunch play3:31 PM: South Africa 395/7 at lunch3:28 PM: South Africa 395/73:26 PM: Zaheer to Robin, four3:23 PM: South Africa 388/73:18 PM: DW Steyn c Dhoni b Khan 443:12 PM: South Africa 387/63:08 PM: South Africa 384/6 after 135 overs, extends lead to 50 runsEnd of Kallis' era, first 5-wicket haul for Jadeja in test matchesJ Kallis, c Dhoni b Jadeja 115, South Africa 384/63:00 PM: Jadeja to Kallis, end of his final inning2:53 PM: Jadeja to Steyn, four over head of slip, South Africa 381/52:50 PM: South Africa 376/52:40 PM: South Africa 373/5 after 130 overs2:32 PM: South Africa 370/52:22 PM: Ishant to Steyn, four2:18 PM: South Africa 361/52:18 PM: Steyn again smashes Jadeja for four2:17 PM: Jadeja to Steyn, four through backward point2:06 PM: 50 runs partnership between Kallis and Steyn comes up2:04 PM: Shami to Steyn, smashed for four 2:01 PM: Jacques Kallis smashes his final test century, This is his 45th test career ton1:59 PM: South Africa 340/5Jacques Kallis gave birthday greeting card to Dale Steyn when he was just 13 years old and now Dale will be part of the celebration of Kallis' hundred in final test match1:54 PM: South Africa 338/5 after 118 overs, now lead by 4 runs1:53 PM: Jadeja to Kallis, four1:52 PM: Scores are level now1:50 PM: South Africa 333/5, trail by 1 run1:42 PM: South Africa 331/5 after 116 overs1:38 PM: Zaheer to Kallis, four through the point, South Africa 325/51:37 PM: Zaheer to Steyn, four1:21 PM: South Africa 309/51:13 PM: SA 308/51:11 PM: Jadeja to Steyn, four down the ground1:07 PM: Zaheer to Kallis, four 1:04 PM: maiden over by Jadeja, SA 299/51:00 PM: Nightwatchman Dale Steyn facing the first ball of the day12:59 PM: Both team's players are out in the field for Day 4's playHe says the effect of T20 and the IPL has placed a lot of emphasis on that aspect of the game and as a result India have five people who can field anywhere12:41 PM: Indian fielding coach, Trevor Penny says that the boys are enjoying fielding nowadays12:40 PM: 60% possibility of rain today

Live reporting: Day 4, India 68/2 at stumps

Durban, South Africa: South Africa bowled out for 500 runs in the 2nd and final Test against India here on Sunday. India are trailing by 166 runs.Rain delayed the start after lunch and after play

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