India, Nov. 24 -- A day after smashing a blazing 91-ball 93 in Guwahati to help South Africa post a daunting 489 in the second Test, 6-foot-8 pacer Marco Jansen returned to star with the ball, taking 6 for 48 on Day 3 to put the visitors on the brink of a 25-year repeat. On the same pitch that Kuldeep Yadav had likened to a "road", Jansen's burst skittled India for just 201, before South Africa stretched their lead to 314 with one wicket down in the second innings.

Jansen became the fourth South African fast bowler to pick up a five-wicket haul in India in a Test match, joining the likes of Lance Klusener (8/64, Kolkata, 1996), Dale Steyn ( 5/23 in Ahmedabad, 2008, and 7/51 in Nagpur, 2010), and Kyle Abbot (5/40 in Delhi in 2015). He als...