Durban: Veteran Jacques Kallis, who is playing his farewell match, showed his brilliance once again as he made a gutsy unbetaen 78 that took South Africa to 299 for five here on Saturday.
In reply to India's 334, the Proteas are 36 runs short in their first innings with Dale Steyn giving Kallis the company.
Earlier, Kallis steadied South african innings and inched towards his 45th Test hundred while AB de Villiers (74), Alviro Peterson (62) and Graeme Smith (47) were the other notable contributors for the Proteas. Hashim Amla (3) and JP Duminy (28) were other wickets to fall on a day which was largely dominated by the home team.
For India, left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja ended with figures of four for 87 which included wicktes of Peterson, Smith and De Villiers.
Meanwhile, coming in at the fall of Amla's wicket, Kallis was given a 'Guard of Honour' by the Indian cricketers with rival skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni shaking hands with the legendary all-rounder.
However Kallis was not to be carried by the emotions of the occasion and played with concentration to 58 runs for the fifth wicket with Duminy.
Jadeja provided the breakthrough for India when Smith in his attempt to hit the spinner, mistimed his shot and Shikhar Dhawan caught it brilliantly running back from his mid-wicket position. Amla's poor form in the series continued as he was betaen by a fuller delivery from Mohammed Shami that hit the off-stump.
Peterson looked in good touch but Jadeja finally got rid of him. It was a fantastic delivery that took the edge and was taken by Murali Vijay in the slips as South Africa were suddenly reduced to 113 for three after being 103 for no loss. De Villiers and Kallis then took control of the situation as they slowly but surely built a partnership.
