Watch: Virat Kohli and Wriddhiman Saha takes brilliant catch against South Africa

Following is masterful double century on second day of the second Test against South Africa, Indian skipper Virat Kohli backed his performance with a scintillating catch on day three of the ongoing Test match.

The skipper dived to his right to hold on to a low catch to dismiss Anrich Nortje off Mohammed Shami’s delivery in the third over of the day. It seemed like it would easily be the best catch of the day but wicket keeper Wriddhiman Saha had other ideas.

AlsoRead: Former Pakistan skipper Aamir Sohail slams national team: Players preparing for WWE, not cricket

Couple of overs later, the wicket-keeper took an even better catch to send Theinus de Bruyn back to the pavilion off Umesh Yadav delivery. Yadav delivered a good length ball, de Bryun coundn’t withstand his temptation and had a go at the delivery just to get an outside edge. Saha dived to his right and held on to a splendid catch.

Wriddhiman Saha was picked ahead of Rishabh Pant mainly because of his wicket keeping skill and the wicket keeper substantiated his selection with a brilliant work behind the stump.

Indian bowling unit continued with their dominant display by scalping three wickets in the morning session on third day. At lunch on Saturday, South Africa put up 136/6, with Faf du Plessis and Senuran Muthusamy batting on 52 and 6, at MCA stadium.

AlsoRead: Here's how Anushka Sharma reacted to Virat Kohli's masterful double century

AlsoRead: Not human but monkey finds hilarious trick to fix a leakage pipe; video will teach you lesson!

Commencing at 36/3, the Proteas lost both their batsmen Anrich Nortje and de Bruyn in the first hour of the day. Quinton de Kock and Faf du Plessis then tried to control the situation by putting up 58 runs partnership before de Kock was bowled by Ravichandran Ashwin.

Muthusamy then came to bat along side Faf du Plessis and assured that their side didn’t lose any further wickets till the end of the session.

Earlier, India had declared their innings for 601/5 with Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal and Ravindra Jadeja being the main patrons.