The man who stood like a rock - KL Rahul, scored a gritty hundred to take India to a competitive 245 on a difficult Centurion pitch.
At 121/6, India were staring at a low total but Rahul’s 101 off 137 balls took the visitors to a respectable score.
While Ravi Shastri deemed Rahul’s ton as his best-ever, Sunil Gavaskar rated it among the Top 10 Test tons in Indian cricket history.
With his stupendous knock, KL Rahul became the first visiting batter to score 2 Test hundreds in Centurion.
KL Rahul (2) is also only the 5th Asian batter to score multiple hundreds in South Africa. Only Sachin Tendulkar (5) has more.
KL Rahul also became only the second Indian wicketkeeper-batter (designated) to hit a hundred in a SENA country.
Out of his 8 Test tons, KL Rahul has hit 7 of those in overseas conditions - a dependable batter in challenging conditions.