Steyn and McKenzie put South Africa on top

Mar 29, 2008

Virender Sehwag added 10 runs to his overnight 309 before he was dismissed, and walked off to the crowd's applause •AFP

Meanwhile, Rahul Dravid, who resumed on 65, became only the sixth batsman to go past the 10,000-run barrier when he reached 80•AFP

VVS Laxman was left to steer the lower order further and endured some hostile stuff from Dale Steyn•AFP

... and Sreesanth copped a painful blow on his arm •AFP

Neil McKenzie's unbeaten 59 capped South Africa's day; first he and Smith erased the deficit and then he slowly built a lead with Hashim Amla•AFP

Makhaya Ntini removed Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar within the space of 10 balls in a good passage of play for South Africa •AFP

Dravid soon recorded his 25th Test century, his first in 10 months•AFP

Steyn took four wickets for 15 runs in a fiery eight-over spell ... •AFP

Laxman was last out for a watchful 39, and India's lead had been restricted to just 87•AFP

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Dravid's 111 was a patient affair but extended India's lead towards 600•AFP

... during which Harbhajan Singh was cleaned up for a duck ... •AFP

Graeme Smith set the tone for the riposte, with a nonchalant clip off the pads off Sreesanth, and three fours in a wretched opening over from RP Singh•AFP

McKenzie and Amla added 78 to take South Africa to 131 for 1 at stumps•AFP