Scorecard
Philander and Du Plesis took South Africa across 200-run mark as they lead the hosts' revival after top-order collapse dramatically in front of Indian pace trio of Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami and Zaheer Khan.
India fought back gallantly in the post-tea session as pacers dismissed five South African batsmen in quick succession to reduce the hosts to 146/6 from 130/1.
Shami dismissed AB de Villiers (13) and JP Duminy (2) in one over to extend India's domination in the post-tea session against the hosts. The double blow reduced South Africa to 146/6, still trailing India's total of 280 by 134 runs.
South Africa were comfortably on 118/1 at tea against India when Ishant struck twice in two balls to change the course of the match.
Ishant trapped veteran batsman Jacques Kallis (0) leg before, soon after he clean bowled Hashim Amla (36) in the previous ball. The lanky pacer was on a hat-trick but AB de Villiers negotiated his next four balls of the over.
Zaheer joined the party in the very next over as he dismissed Graeme Smith (68) to rock the South African innings.
Smith scored his 38th Test fifty, which included eleven hits to the fence, as he along with Amla lead the hosts' run charge in the post-lunch session on Day 2. Amla hit six boundaries in his 74-ball innings.
The duo stitched 93 runs for the second wicket to took South Africa over 100-run mark after losing Alviro Petersen (21) soon after the lunch break.
Ishant trapped Petersen leg before to give visitors their first breakthrough and reduced South Africa to 37/1.
Earlier, South Africa reached 22/0 at lunch on the second day, trailing India by 258 runs.
Proteas openers Graeme Smith and Petersen negotiated the Indian pacers in the first 10 overs before the break confidently.
Hosts' fast bowlers Vernon Philander and Morne Morkel snared four and three wickets respectively, as South Africa bundled out India for 280 runs in their first innings.
India lost their last five wickets for just 25 runs as the Proteas pacers altered their lengths, taking full advantage of an overcast morning.
Morkel dismissed Indian captain MS Dhoni before Philander got rid of Ajinkya Rahane and Zaheer Khan off consecutive deliveries.
Morkel had Indian captain MS Dhoni caught behind by AB de Villiers in the ninth over of the day.
Morkel lured Dhoni on to the front foot with a length ball just outside off, the Indian captain got only half-forward as he poked at it and ended up edging the ball through to the keeper.
In the next over, Philander too had Rahane (47) caught behind and on the next delivery trapped Zaheer plumb in front of the wicket for a first ball duck.
India then lost their ninth wicket when Philander clean bowled Ishant Sharma with an incoming delivery.
The day's play started with Rahane and Dhoni resuming the Indian first innings.
On Day 1, centurion Virat Kohli and the determination of the new-look middle-order ensured that India reached 255/5 by stumps.
There was an intent shown by every Indian batsman to honour Dhoni's bold move to bat first on a bouncy track with a tinge of green. Even the openers Shikhar Dhawan (13) and M Vijay (6) looked to leave a lot of balls, something that they had worked on over the last one week.
Dhawan, though, threw it away trying a hook off Steyn with both deep square-leg and deep fine-leg back. Morne Morkel, coming in one change, bowled a few short ones to push Vijay on the backfoot and then pitched one up to induce the nick.
Cheteshwar Pujara took the brunt of the South African pacers as Kohli looked to express himself. But the best thing about the 89-run partnership that lasted 27 overs was the level-headed approach of the two batsmen. Both left a lot of deliveries on length, forcing the South African pacemen to change the off-stump line. The Kookaburra ball was also losing its nip and it allowed both Kohli and Pujara to take control.
A horrible mix-up led to Pujara's run out but by then the initial storm had blown over. Kohli had settled down very well and was looking equally comfortable both on the front and back foot. He was not playing at anything outside the off-stump and was choosy about playing the hook shot. He played the hook only when he was in line, thus ensuring that he had the shot always under control.
Rohit Sharma (14) was also looking good, but the habit of playing far away from his body led to his downfall. He nicked a well-pitched up delivery off Vernon Philander and the AB de Villiers didn't make any mistake.
But Kohli at the other end was unstoppable and reached his fifth Test ton.
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