#2 Lack of intensity with ball and in the field hurt SA
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South Africa dropped Bhuvneshwar Kumar twice and appeared completely off colour with the ball as they let India off the hook on Day 3.
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The usual oomph and zip in the attack were missing as the Proteas bowled without purpose - short and wide - on a surface where it demanded them to bowl at the stumps.
First Kohli and Vijay and then Bhuvneshwar and Rahane helped India ace past the 200-run mark comfortably with the only South African seamer who bowled with some conviction being Kagiso Rabada.
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Edited by Srikant