South Africa 247 (Prince 101, Panesar 4-74) and 13 / 0 (Smith 8*, McKenzie 1*) trail England 593 / 8 declared
Monty Panesar's impressive spell of spin bowling forced South Africa to follow on England, after the pacers provided a comfortable starting to England. England's collective and strong attack dismantled South Africa for 247 on third day and forced them to follow on.
SA put an impressive score of 540 all out on day 2 of the first test at Chennai. Indian bowlers had no tricks up their sleeves to play against might batsmen of SA. Harbhajan had the best performance with a five wicket haul.
In reply, India started confidently with an overnight score of 82 for no loss. Virender Sehwag smashed an aggressive 52, justifying his captains decision to bring him back. Where as Wasim Jaffer chipped in with 25 as the Indian openers emerged unscathed from the 21 overs they faced before close.
Both of them were playing very confidently and freely, striking a six each. When they resume on Friday, they will need to score at least 341 to avoid an embarrassing follow-on.
