A Blitzkrieg at Chennai put Indians on top!!!

Resuming the days play at 82 for no loss the Indians just looked to play out the first hour. Jaffer moved on steadily to a half century while Sehwag was playing his natural game and reached his century in no time. The Indians were coasting along at 176 for no loss at lunch. The South Africans looked to pull things back in the post lunch session by picking up Jaffer for 73. Paul Harris picked up the only wicket of the day. When Dravid joined Sehwag the score was 213. The South Africans thought they could crawl back into the game but they never knew that a long hard day was awaiting them. Dravid played cautiously while Sehwag was striking the ball to all parts of the boundary. He brought his 150 in 175 balls. India were 309 for 1 at tea. Now the match drifted slightly in favor of the Indians. Sehwag batted courageously. His reverse sweeps against Paul Harris, full blooded strokes against the other South African bowlers sealed his second triple century to join the elite panel of Lara and Sir Donald Bradman of scoring 2 triple centuries.
On the other hand Dravid played himself to his 51st half century.
At stumps the Indians were 468 for 1 with Sehwag at 309 and Dravid at 65.
The Indians now feel that they are back into the game. Sehwag will eye Lara's record while the Indians will look to pile up a lead of at least 200. The Proteus will be hoping that they dont get to bat for a long time.