Team India’s losing streak in Test cricket is not ending. After Kolkata, South Africa defeated Team India in Guwahati also. The visiting team won the second Test played in Guwahati by a huge margin of 408 runs. With this, South Africa won the series 2-0. After 25 years, the South African team has won the Test series in India. In terms of runs, this is India’s biggest defeat in Test cricket.

South Africa wins test series in India after 25 years

South Africa last won a Test series in India in 2000 under the captaincy of Hansie Cronje. At that time too, under the captaincy of Hansie Cronje, South Africa had won the two-match Test series 2-0. Now after 25 years, Temba Bavuma has repeated the same feat. The victory of 408 runs is South Africa’s second biggest victory in Test cricket.

In the Guwahati Test, South Africa had set a target of 549 runs for India in the fourth innings, in response to which Team India was all out for 140 runs. Spinner Simon Harmer took 6 wickets. Marco Jansen, who performed brilliantly with bat and ball, got the title of Player of the Match. Simon Harmer became the player of the series.

India has got a clean sweep in the Test series at home for the second consecutive time. Earlier, New Zealand had clean swept Team India in the three-match Test series. Now South Africa has given a clean sweep in the two-match test series. After almost 40 years, India has got a clean sweep in two consecutive Test series at home.

India got a clean sweep at home for the third time

0-2 vs South Africa, 2000
0-3 vs New Zealand, 2024
0-2 vs South Africa, 2025

India’s biggest defeat in Test cricket (by margin of runs)

408 runs vs South Africa, Guwahati, 2025
342 runs vs Australia, Nagpur, 2004
341 runs vs Pakistan, Karachi, 2006
337 runs vs Australia, Melbourne, 2007
333 runs vs Australia, Pune, 2017
329 runs vs South Africa, Kolkata, 1996

South Africa’s last three test series in Asia

2-0 win against Bangladesh, 2024
1-1 draw against Pakistan, 2025
2-0 win against India, 2025