South Africa’s seamers struck rapidly on the second morning to bowl India out for 280 in the first Test at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
Vernon Philander picked up three wickets on Thursday, including two in two balls, for overall figures of 4-61 as the Proteas snuffed out India’s first innings.
Morne Morkel took 3-34 as the home quicks found their groove straight away to take India’s last five wickets for just 25 runs and put South Africa in control.
India battled to 5-255 on day one, a stubborn start on a pacey Johannesburg pitch that was built around Virat Kohli’s career-best 119.
Morkel removed India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the ninth over of the day and South Africa needed just 13 overs in the morning to end the innings.