India vs South Africa 3rd Test: India 224/3 after bad light forces early stumps on Day 1

Going into the game, India have very few holes to plug, be it their batting or bowling.

Skipper Virat Kohli has also made it clear that there is plenty to play for in the final Test and the team cannot afford a drop in intensity.

Dominating the Proteas in all the departments, India won the first Test in Visakhapatnam by 203 runs before inflicting an innings and 137-run defeat on the hapless visitors in Pune to regain the Freedom Trophy.

There are 40 points on offer and a 3-0 series whitewash, both of which India would be targetting against the hapless visitors.

It would have been a dead rubber but with valuable World Test Championship points on offer, India would be eyeing victory while South Africa would be desperate for some consolation in a wretched tour when the third and final Test starts in Ranchi.

Hello and welcome to the Live coverage of Day 1 of the third Test between India and South Africa in Ranchi.