AB de Villiers top scored for South Africa with 42. Spinner Ravindra Jadeja was the pick of the bowlers, clinching 5/30, as Ravichandran Ashwin and Umesh Yadav also picked two wickets each.
Earlier, India were bowled out for 334 after Ajinkya Rahane scored a scintillating knock of 127.
Scoreboard at the end of the second day’s play in the fourth and final cricket Test between India and South Africa at the Ferozeshah Kotla here on Friday:
India (first innings) (overnight 231/7)
Murali Vijay c Amla b Piedt 12
Shikhar Dhawan lbw b Piedt 33
Cheteshwar Pujara b Abbott 14
Virat Kohli c Vilas b Piedt 44
Ajinkya Rahane c de Villiers b Imran Tahir 127
Rohit Sharma c Imran Tahir b Piedt 1
Wriddhiman Saha b Abbott 1
Ravindra Jadeja c Elgar b Abbott 24
Ravichandran Ashwin c de Villiers b Abbott 56
Umesh Yadav not out 10
Ishant Sharma lbw b Abbott 0
Extras (b 8, w 1, nb 3) 12
Total (all out in 117.5 overs) 334
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Vijay, 16.2 overs), 2-62 (Dhawan, 28.5), 3-66 (Pujara, 29.6), 4-136 (Kohli, 46.6), 5-138 (Rohit Sharma, 50.1), 6-139 (Saha, 53.5), 7-198 (Jadeja, 72.4), 8-296 (Rahane, 104.5), 9-334 (Ashwin, 117.3), 10-334 (I Sharma, 117.5)
Bowling:
Morne Morkel 24-5-58-0
Kyle Abbott 24.5-4-40-5
Dane Piedt 38-6-117-4
Imran Tahir 16-2-66-1
Dean Elgar 11-0-33-0
JP Duminy 4-0-12-0
South Africa (first innings)
Dean Elgar c Saha b Yadav 17
Temba Bavuma b Jadeja 22
Hashim Amla c Saha b Jadeja 3
AB de Villiers c I Sharma b Jadeja 42
Faf du Plessis c Rahane b Jadeja 0
JP Duminy b Yadav 1
Dane Vilas b I Sharma 11
Kyle Abbott lbw b Ashwin 4
Dane Piedt c Rahane b Jadeja 5
Morne Morkel not out 9
Imran Tahir c sub (Lokesh Rahul) b Ashwin 1
Extras (b 5, nb 1) 6
Total (all out in 49.3 overs) 121
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Elgar, 14.3 overs), 2-40 (Bavuma, 19.6), 3-56 (Amla, 25.6), 4-62 (du Plessis, 27.6), 5-65 (Duminy, 30.6), 6-79 (Vilas, 36.4), 7-84 (Abbott, 37.5), 8-103 (Piedt, 42.5), 9-118 (de Villiers, 46.6), 10-121 (Imran Tahir, 49.3)
Bowling:
Ishant Sharma 12-5-28-1
Umesh Yadav 12-3-32-2
Ravichandran Ashwin 13.3-5-26-2
Ravindra Jadeja 12-2-30-5
Match details:
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Bruce Oxenford (Australia)
Television umpire: C.K. Nandan (India)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire: Anil Chaudhary (India)
(IANS)