At stumps, South Africa were 11 for one with Ravindra Jadeja trapping first-innings centurion Dean Elgar in front of the stumps. The visitors need another 384 runs for victory.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored a 148-ball 81 on Saturday against South Africa in Visakhapatnam.
Notably, before this game, Rohit scored his last century for India in whites in 2017, but has reached the three-figure mark in both the innings of the ongoing Test.
Rohit Sharma's dream run in his first Test as an opener continued in the second innings as he has now created history and secured his name in the record books for a huge feat.
In his first Test as an opener in the side, Rohit Sharma has smashed the world record for the most number of sixes hit by a batsman in a Test match.
During the closing stages of Day 3, Rohit Sharma had fun on the stump mic when he cheekily invited Harbhajan Singh to come and bowl in the game.
Rohit Sharma scored another century as India set 395-run target for South Africa. In reply, Proteas were already 11/1 at Stumps on Day 4.
Dean Elgar was among the South African batsmen who had a disastrous tour of India four years ago.
The 33-year-old, who has been playing only one format for India since July 2017, last played the Adelaide Test from December 6 to 10, the first of the four on the tour of Australia.
Agarwal, who made his India debut against Australia in December last year, struggled a bit in the West Indies but he converted his maiden Test hundred into a brilliant double ton (215).
Speaking at the end of the day's play, Elgar said that it is really tough to bat in Indian conditions and he learnt from the experience he had on his last tour with the team.
Dean Elgar and Quinton de Kock kept the skilful Indian spinners at bay with memorable hundreds, orchestrating South Africa's spirited counter-offensive against the fancied hosts in the series-opening Test.
The Proteas dominated the first two sessions of the day but the last session was clearly shared as the spin duo of Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja clawed back.
Ravindra Jadeja became the fastest left-arm bowler to amass 200 Test wickets and the second-fastest Indian to the mark after teammate R Ashwin
Dean Elgar century was South Africa's first Test century in India since Hashim Amla's triple-figure knock in 2010. But for Elgar, its significance lies elsewhere.
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Dean Elgar, Quinton de Cock led Proteas fightback with centuries as Proteas managed to avoid follow-on against India on Day 3.
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Openers Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal put up a mammoth 317 run partnership before the latter put up 50-plus stands with Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane on his way to a maiden Test double ton.
India spinners bowled faster than their South African counterparts and got more purchase out of the surface. Maharaj said the deteriorating pitch was also a reason Indian spinners doing well.
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