South Africa vs India 2018: 2nd Test, Day 4, 5 things we learnt from the day

#4 Mohammad Shami's field day

Mohammad Shami found reverse swing and extra bounce, both of which troubled batsmen

Shami had little rhythm in his run-up in the first innings, looked shoddy and below par before turning the heat up in the second half of the innings. That fire seeped into the second innings and he got rid of the biggest fish in the opposition camp, Abraham Benjamin de Villiers, before working over ugly Elgar with a short-pitched delivery.

Perhaps his best battle of the day was with Quinton de Kock. The wicket-keeper batsman, woefully out of form in the past few Tests he has played, edged all three of his first three balls through the slip cordon but as luck would have it, all three went for four (one away from first slip, one between keeper and slip, one away from a newly stationed second slip).

Off the fourth ball he faced, De Kock tried to work on the off-side again and the extra bounce induced another edge and Parthiv Patel snapped it up to end his eventful stay, albeit for four balls, at the crease.