Former skipper Sourav Ganguly made a fighting 87 while VVS Laxman dazzled during his knock of 50 as India led South Africa by 23 runs at the end of second day's play in the third Test at Kanpur.

India at stumps were 288-9 in 88 overs after South Africa were bowled out for 265 on the first day.

Scoreboard
South Africa 1st Innings 265 all out
India 1st Innings
Wasim Jaffer lbw b M Morkel 15
Virender Sehwag lbw b D Steyn 8
Rahul Dravid c A Villiers b M Morkel 29
VVS Laxman b M Morkel 50
Saurav Ganguly c H Amla b D Steyn 87
Yuvraj Singh c A Villiers b P Harris 32
Mahendra Singh Dhoni st M Boucher b P Harris 32
Harbhajan Singh lbw b D Steyn 6
Piyush Chawla c G Smith b M Ntini 4
S Sreesanth batting 9
Ishant Sharma batting 0
Extras: b - 8, w - 1, nb - 3, lb - 4 16
Total:(288 for 9 in 88 overs) 288 Run Rate: 3.27

Fall Of Wickets
1/18 (Virender Sehwag, 4.6 ov.), 2/35 (Wasim Jaffer, 10.4 ov.), 3/113 (Rahul Dravid, 41.1 ov.), 4/123 (VVS Laxman, 43.5 ov.), 5/188 (Yuvraj Singh, 60.6 ov.), 6/248 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 76.1 ov.), 7/268 (Harbhajan Singh, 82.5 ov.), 8/279 (Piyush Chawla, 85.6 ov.), 9/279 (Saurav Ganguly, 86.1 ov.)

Bowling: South Africa
Dale Steyn 16 1 60 3
Makhaya Ntini 19 6 41 1
Morne Morkel 13 1 57 3
Paul Harris 29 7 89 2
Jacques Kallis 9 1 23 0
Hashim Amla 2 0 6 0