South Africa defeated India by a huge margin of 408 runs in the second test played in Guwahati. Chasing the target of 549 runs, India’s second innings ended on 140 runs. This Test saw a shameful performance by the Indian batsmen, only Yashasvi Jaiswal could score a half-century in the first innings and only Ravindra Jadeja could score a half-century in the second innings. Even in the first innings, Team India was all out for 201 runs. Temba Bavuma maintained his record of never losing a Test as captain in this series as well. South Africa won the 2-match test series 2-0.

5th defeat in last 7 matches, Team India slipped in WTC points table

India has lost 5 out of the last 7 Tests played at home. Last year, in the same month, Team India lost the Test series 3-0 at home to New Zealand. Before Guwahati, Team India had also had a shameful performance in Kolkata, where the pitch was blamed but here the batsmen of the visiting team had performed brilliantly. Still, no Indian batsman played on this pitch. Senuran Muthusamy had scored a century (109) in the first innings, while bowler Marco Jansen had also scored a lot of runs (93) on the Indian bowlers, but he missed his century.

After losing the Test series 0-2 to South Africa, India has reached 5th position in the World Test Championship 2025-2027 points table.

South Africa had scored 489 runs in the first innings

Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to bat first. Aiden Markram (38) and Ryan Rickelton (35) gave a good start to the team by making a partnership of 82 runs for the first wicket. Tristan Stubbs (49) and Temba Bavuma (41) made a partnership of 84 runs for the third wicket. Indian bowlers were ineffective in the first innings, this can be gauged from the fact that lower order batsman Marco Jansen also played a quick inning of 93 runs, with the help of which South Africa reached a total of 489.

Senuran Muthusamy scored the most runs for South Africa in the first innings, he scored 109 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 10 fours. This is his first test century. Marco Jansen created history by hitting 7 sixes in his explosive innings of 93 runs. He became the batsman to hit the joint-highest number of sixes in a Test innings against India.

Kuldeep Yadav took maximum 4 wickets in the first innings for India, but his economy was 3.94. He spent 115 runs. Bumrah and Siraj had 2-2 wickets in their name, they also failed to control the runs.

India’s first innings was reduced to 201 runs

Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul gave a good start to India in the first innings, both of them made a partnership of 65 runs for the first wicket. However, India’s middle order was a complete flop. Rahul (22) was dismissed by Keshav Maharaj, after which Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his half-century. He also became the victim of Simon Harmer after scoring 58 runs. This was India’s second wicket at 95, after this India’s 7th wicket fell at the score of 122. That means 6 wickets fell within 27 runs.

Sai Sudarshan (15), Dhruv Jurel (0), Rishabh Pant (7), Ravindra Jadeja (6), Nitish Kumar Reddy (10) were out cheaply. Marco Yansen took 6 wickets in this innings. The partnership between Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav somehow took India beyond 200. Sundar scored 48 runs, while Kuldeep scored only 19 runs but he faced 134 balls.

Team India’s second innings ended at 140.

South Africa had taken a lead of 288 runs in the first innings. The visiting team declared the second innings at 260/5 and set a target of 549 for India to win. Tristan Stubbs scored 93 runs in the second innings, but he missed his century. With his wicket, Bavuma had declared the innings.

The flop show of Indian batsmen continued in the second innings also. Yashasvi Jaiswal (13), KL Rahul (6) could not get a good start, Jaiswal was dismissed by Yansen and KL Rahul was made his victim by Harmer.

Today, on the last day of the Test, the third wicket of India’s innings fell in the form of Kuldeep Roop. After this, Dhruv Jurel (2) and Rishabh Pant (13) also got out cheaply. Sudarshan also left after scoring 14 runs. Ravindra Jadeja struggled to some extent, but it was not enough. Jadeja scored 54 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 fours. India’s second innings was reduced to 140 runs. South Africa won this match by a huge margin of 408 runs.

In this innings, Simon Harmer took the maximum of 6 wickets, this was the second five wicket haul of his Test career. Keshav Maharaj took 2 wickets. Marco Jansen and Senuran Muthusamy took 1-1 wicket.

In the Guwahati Test, South Africa has scored 489 runs in the first innings. Thanks to Senuran Muthuswamy’s century and Marco Jansen’s half-century, Africa was able to reach a huge score. Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammad Siraj gave away more than 100 runs in bowling for India. At one time even 400 runs seemed difficult for the South African team, but thanks to the strong innings of Muthuswamy and Jansen, they scored 489 runs.

Last 4 wickets made 243

The Indian team made a strong comeback in the third session on the first day and took 6 wickets of South Africa at the score of 246. But on the second day, Senuran Muthuswamai and Kyle Verein together made the Indian bowlers sweat with a partnership of 88 runs. Verein scored 45 runs, Muthuswamy then made a partnership of 97 runs with Marco Jansen. Within no time the South African team also crossed the score of 450. The last 4 wickets added 243 runs to the South African scoreboard.

Kuldeep-Siraj’s century

Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammad Siraj gave away more than 100 runs in bowling for India. Siraj took 2 wickets for 106 runs in 30 overs, on the other hand, Kuldeep Yadav took 4 wickets for 115 runs in 29.1 overs. Except Jasprit Bumrah and Washington Sundar, no Indian bowler had an economy rate less than 3. For Team India, Kuldeep took 4 wickets, Bumrah, Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets each.

Jasprit Bumrah, who is usually in the news due to his workload management, bowled the most overs in the Indian innings. Bumrah bowled 32 overs, gave only 75 runs and also took 2 wickets. His 10 overs were maidens in this innings. Whereas Mohammad Siraj also took 2 wickets while bowling 30 overs. South Africa bowled 151.1 overs in this innings.

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Pakistan is on the verge of defeat in the second test being played in Rawalpindi. By the end of the third day’s play, Pakistan had lost 4 wickets after scoring 94 runs. In the second innings, Pakistan team’s lead was only 23 runs. Babar Azam remains a ray of hope for the Pakistan team, who has scored 49 runs. Mohammad Rizwan is standing with him at the other end, who has scored 16 runs. Let us tell you that South Africa had taken a lead of 71 runs in the first innings.

South Africa increased its score to 185/4 on the third day. Kyle Varenin was out after scoring 10 runs in the very first over of the third day. Tristan Stubbs scored 76 runs, but after his dismissal Senuran Muthuswamy took charge. Keshav Maharaj also contributed 30 runs, but South Africa lost the 9th wicket at the score of 306.

Tail batsmen made Pakistani bowlers cry

Pakistan team could have taken a small lead in the first innings by taking the tenth wicket of South Africa, but for the 10th wicket, Kagiso Rabada and Senuran Muthuswamy made the Pakistani bowlers cry by making a partnership of 98 runs. While the Pakistan team was dreaming of gaining the lead, Rabada played an inning of 71 runs while batting at number 11. This was Rabada’s first half-century innings in international cricket.

Pakistan on the verge of defeat

South Africa had a lead of 71 runs in the first innings. When the Pakistan team came to bat in the second innings, off-spinner Simon Harmer wove such a web of spin that the top-order of the Pakistan team had returned to the pavilion by the score of 16. Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel together added 44 runs, but Shakeel also got out after scoring 11 runs.

Now the Pakistan team has hope from Babar Azam, who has scored 49 runs till the end of the third day’s play. Let us tell you that Babar has not scored a century in the last 75 innings. Pakistan’s lead in the second innings is only 23 runs, so if set batsman Babar Azam can score big, Pakistan can come back in the match. After Babar and Rizwan, Salman Aga is the only batsman left.

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The first test between Pakistan and South Africa has come to an exciting turn. A total of 16 wickets fell on the third day in the Lahore Test and at stumps, South Africa had scored 51 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. The African team still has to score 226 more runs to register victory. Pakistan’s second innings was reduced to just 167 runs, after which South Africa got the target of 277 runs due to lagging in the first innings.

16 wickets fell on the third day

South Africa increased its score to 216/6 on the third day. Tony De Georgi completed his century, but he could not take his innings beyond 104 runs. At one time South Africa had scored 256 runs after losing 7 wickets, but within the next 13 runs they lost the remaining three wickets. In this way Pakistan achieved a huge lead of 109 runs in the first innings.

When Pakistan team came to bat in the second innings, it crossed the 100-run mark on the basis of small partnerships. Babar Azam contributed 42 runs. At one time Pakistan had scored 150 runs at the loss of 4 wickets and the team was moving towards a big score. From here, Senuran Muthuswamy wove such a web of spin that the Pakistan team lost the remaining 7 wickets in just 17 runs. Pakistan’s second innings was limited to 167 runs.

South Africa needs 226 runs

Chasing the target of 277 runs, the South African team has scored 51 runs by the end of the third day. Besides, his 2 wickets have also fallen. In this way, a total of 16 wickets fell on the third day. On the fourth day, South African team will have to score 226 more runs to win, while Pakistan would like to win the Lahore Test by taking 8 wickets.

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