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India 23310 (64.4 overs) & 66 2 (23.0 overs)South Africa 5586 (176.0 overs) South Africa lead by 259 runs at the end of Day3India is hurtling towards a heavy defeat on the third day of the first Test in Nagpur. During the morning Steyn stepped up to leave India were bowled out for a measly 233 in the first innings. Steyn picked up his seven Indian wickets. With a sizeable lead of 325, the visitors enforced the follow-on and tightened the screw by removing both openers cheaply, leaving India with a mountain to climb.In the second innings India still needs another 259 to make South Africa bat again. Eight Indian wickets are intact in the second innings. Earlier Gambhir was dismissed for 1 and Sehwag for 16, the opener bowled for one
