On Friday, things seem to going from bad to worse for the visiting South African team as they now have lost their key spinner Keshav Maharaj to a shoulder injury in the final session of the second Test at the MCA Stadium in Pune against India.

The left-arm orthodox pulled up at the end of his 50th over and was in some serious discomfort before being pulled from the field. A member of Proteas management later confirmed that the 29-year-old spinner had been sent for scans to further examine the injury. He has temporarily been brought out of the match as a precautionary measure. 

It has been a tough couple of days for Maharaj and South Africa, with India eventually declaring late on day two on 601/5 thanks largely to a majestic 245* from skipper Virat Kohli.

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Maharaj’s return was 1/196 from his 50 overs, following his match figures of 5/318 in the first Test. However, he went on to scalp his 100th Test wicket on Friday when he had Ajinkya Rahane caught behind for 54.

Kohli recorded his seventh double hundred soon after tea, put on 225 runs with  Jadeja to demotivate the South African bowling in Pune. Jadeja was out attempting a big heave off-spinner Senuran Muthusamy and was caught at long-off for 91 as Viratwalked off with his partner to have a go at the opposition batting in the final session.

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Playing his 50th Test as skipper, Kohli surpassed batting great Don Bradman’s tally of 6,996 runs and then swept Muthusamy for two runs to reach 200 in his 81st match amid a standing ovation. The benchmark puts him in the top 50 run-scorers in Test cricket, a field led by Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar with 15,921 runs in 200 matches.