After going for 318 runs in the first Test (3/189 and 2/129), Maharaj has again been taken to cleaners in the second Test as he conceded 190 runs in India's first innings total of 601 for five.
Kohli's best-ever Test score of 254 and his 225-run stand with Ravindra Jadeja (91) in only 39.1 overs formed the cornerstone of India's mammoth 601 for five declared.
Kohli scored unbeaten 254 to post his highest individual score in Test cricket. In the process, he also surpassed legendary Sachin Tendulkar (6) and Virender Sehwag (6) to score most double centuries as an Indian in Tests.
Captain Mithali Raj and Punam Raut's 119-run stand for the third wicket fuelled the Indian run chase. Mithali was the top scorer with 66 runs while Raut scored 65. The stand was broken when Mithali fell to Marizanne Kapp.
With Kohli scoring a career-best unbeaten 254, India buried the Proteas under a mountain of runs, putting on board a mammoth 601 for five.
Jadeja and Kohli added 225 runs to the scoreboard for the fifth wicket on day 2 during which the Indian skipper scored a record-scripting seventh double century before converting it into his maiden 250 in Test cricket, while the all-rounder scored his 12th Test fifty.
Skipper Virat Kohli completed his seventh double hundred in Test cricket, remaining unbeaten on 254 while Ravindra Jadeja (91) missed out on his second hundred by nine runs.
Michael Vaughan was of the view that Test match pitches in India offer lop-sided contests.
It was the 15th time that Kohli bettered his highest-individual score, which is the most by a player in their career.
Kohli now has seven double hundreds in Test cricket -- the most by an Indian batsman as he surpassed Virender Sehwag to become joint-fourth highest in the all-time list.
Kohli on Friday notched up his 26th Test century, his first in 10 innings after his triple-figure mark in Perth last December and subsequently broke a plethora of records.
With the century, Virat Kohli surpassed the legendary Sunil Gavaskar to become fourth-fastest to score 26 Test tons.
The update came during the 88th over of India's innings on day 2 of the second Test of the three-Test series.
Theunis de Bruyn (20) and Anrich Nortje (2) will resume South Africa's innings tomorrow. The visitors trail India by 565 runs.
Rabada was the only Proteas bowler, who made some kind of impact with figures of 3 for 48 in India's 273 for 3 on the first day of the second Test.
Rabada did say a few words to Pujara after dismissing him for 58, perhaps letting a bit of his frustration out as he was unlucky not to get him out on zero due to a dropped catch.
Pujara has seen a lot of Agarwal in the domestic arena and believes it is the consistent scores in domestic cricket that has made him what he is today.
Coming back to the venue that witnessed his first-class resurgence, Mayank scored 108 runs to not just steady India's ship on the moist Pune track, but also book a berth for a long run as India's primary-choice opener.
Opener Mayank Agarwal slammed his second consecutive Test hundred on Thursday, putting India in a solid position against South Africa.
Along with Cheteshwar Pujara (58), Agarwal added 138 runs for the second wicket with minimum fuss, despite India losing Rohit Sharma's (14) wicket in the first hour itself.
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