In the second test, South Africa has given India a target of 549 runs. In response, by the end of the fourth day’s play, Team India had lost two wickets for 27 runs. The Indian team is still behind by 522 runs. Right now Sai Sudarshan and Kuldeep Yadav are standing at the batting crease. In the fourth day’s play, South Africa had declared its second innings at 260 runs, due to which, based on the lead in the first innings, it gave India a target of 549 runs. The Indian team is on the verge of a big defeat.

South Africa started the fourth day’s play at 26/0. Ryan Rickleton was out after scoring 35 runs and Aiden Markram was out after scoring 29 runs. Tristan Stubbs was the biggest hit for Team India, who scored 94 runs. Tony de Jorji missed his fifty, who was dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja on the score of 49. Ravindra Jadeja took 4 wickets for India in the second innings.

Team India on the verge of shameful defeat

Chasing the target of 549 runs, the Indian team has lost 2 wickets and scored only 35 runs by the end of the fourth day’s play. Let us tell you that the biggest win by runs in Test against India is in the name of Australia, which defeated Team India by 342 runs in the year 2024. In this matter, South Africa can overtake Australia and come out ahead. That means South Africa can become the team to defeat India by the most runs.

India’s batting-bowling sub flop

In the Guwahati Test, the Indian team has been able to do well neither in batting nor in bowling. In the first innings, Indian bowlers had dismissed 6 South African batsmen for 246 runs. But after that the last 4 wickets of the African team scored 243 runs. As a result, South Africa’s first innings ended at 489 runs.

Chasing such a huge score, the first innings of the Indian team was reduced to 201 runs. The result was that South Africa gained a lead of 288 runs. The Indian bowlers had to ensure that South Africa bowled out the second innings cheaply, but they declared the second innings as per their wish by scoring 260 runs. Now, despite chasing the target of 549 runs, Team India has lost 2 wickets at the score of only 27.

In the second T20 match being played in Melbourne, India scored 125 runs while playing first. Abhishek Sharma single-handedly played a brilliant inning of 68 runs. The second highest score for Team India was made by Harshit Rana, who played an important inning of 35 runs while batting at seventh position. Apart from Abhishek and Harshit, no other Indian batsman could even touch double figures in terms of runs.

The Indian team had a very bad start. Shubman Gill was out after scoring 5 runs in the third over itself. The team management perhaps made the conditions a little difficult for the Indian batsmen by changing the batting order. Captain Suryakumar, who usually plays at number 3, came at fourth position, while Sanju Samson was sent at third position. As a result, Surya and Samson walked out after scoring 1 and 2 runs respectively.

Due to this strategy, even Tilak Verma, who had maintained his form in the Asia Cup, did not work. Tilak came at number-5, who could not even open the account. Axar Patel looked in good touch, but he too was run out on the score of 7 runs.

Only Abhishek-Harshit should go

The Indian team had lost 5 wickets at the score of 49. Abhishek stood firm at the other end and played a stormy innings of 68 runs in 37 balls. He hit 8 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. The team management sent Harshit Rana to bat at number 7 above Shivam Dubey. Taking full advantage of this opportunity, Harshit Rana played an important inning of 35 runs.

Josh Hazlewood was the most successful bowler for Australia, taking three wickets for just 13 runs in 4 overs. Xavier Bartlett and Nathan Ellis took two wickets each and Marcus Stoinis also managed to take one wicket. Two Indian batsmen, Akshar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah were run out.

By the end of the second day’s play, West Indies had scored 140 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. West Indies is still 378 runs behind India in the first innings. Team India had declared the first innings on the score of 518, in response to which the West Indies team struggled and reached the score of 140. The Caribbean team still has to score 179 more runs to save the follow-on. On the second day, Indian captain Shubman Gill also dominated, who broke many records by playing an inning of 129 runs.

On the second day, the Indian team continued its innings with a score of 318/2. By the end of the first day’s play, Jaiswal had scored 173 runs, but he was run out after scoring 2 runs on the second day. Jaiswal missed scoring the third double century of his Test career.

After that Nitish Reddy made a partnership of 91 runs with Captain Gill. Together they took Team India’s score beyond 400, Reddy was out after scoring 43 runs. Ahmedabad Test centurion Dhruv Jurel also got a good start, he scored 44 runs but could not convert it into a big innings. He along with Shubman Gill added 102 runs.

Shubman Gill has scored the 10th century of his Test career. On the basis of this 129 innings, he has become the highest run-scoring Indian batsman in the history of the World Test Championship. Apart from this he also broke many records.

Ravindra Jadeja weaved a web of spin in bowling

In reply, West Indies had a bad start as opener John Campbell was out after scoring just 10 runs. West Indies lost its first wicket on the score of 21. Tagnarin Chanderpaul and Alek Athanajé together made a partnership of 66 runs and kept the scoreboard of the West Indies team moving forward in a good manner. As soon as Chanderpaul was out after scoring 34 runs, the team’s score at that time was 87 runs. During this, West Indies lost 3 wickets within 20 runs. Now Shay Hope and Tevin Imlach have added 33 runs. Ravindra Jadeja has taken the most wickets for India so far. He sent 3 batsmen to the pavilion.

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Sri Lanka defeated Zimbabwe by 5 wickets in the second ODI. With this, Sri Lanka has won the two-match ODI series 2–0. This series win before the Asia Cup will increase morale for Sri Lanka. In the second ODI, Zimbabwe scored a score of 277 runs while playing first. In response, Sri Lanka won the match by 5 wickets in the match which lasted till the last over. Pathum Nissanka Century proved to be very helpful in this victory of Sri Lanka.

Series won before Asia Cup

The Asia Cup is going to start from September 9, a tournament that Sri Lanka has won 6 times. Talking about the ODI series against Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka won the first match by a close margin of 7 runs. Now he has won the second match by 5 wickets.

Chasing a target of 278 runs in the second match, Sri Lanka did not have a good start as opener Nuvanidu Fernando was dismissed for just 14 runs and Kusal Mendis also scored 5 runs. At the other end, Nisanka stood at the other end and in association with Sadira Samaravikrama, a 78 -run partnership was returned to Sri Lanka. The rest of the work was done by Nisanka and captain Charith Asalanka’s 90 -run partnership. Pathum Nisanka played a brilliant innings of 122 runs, while Asalanka contributed 71 runs. Dushmanta Chamira also made a big contribution to Sri Lanka’s victory, who took 3 wickets.

The Asia Cup is scheduled to begin from 9 September, which will be played in T20 format. Let us know that Sri Lanka has won the ODI series 2–0, after which a 3-match T20 series is also to be played between the two teams, which will conclude on 7 September.

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Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals, IPL 2025 40th Match: In IPL 2025, there will be a match between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals today. This match will be played at the Home Ground Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. The performance of Delhi Capitals has been quite spectacular so far this season, while this season has been mixed for Lucknow.

In IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Giants have played 8 matches so far. During this time he has won five matches and has lost in 3 matches. The team is at number five in the points table. Talking about Delhi, the points are second in the table. Delhi has played seven matches so far, in which it has won five matches, while losing two matches.

Talking about the head to head, there has been a thorn competition between Delhi and Lucknow. Both teams have clashed 6 times in IPL so far. During this time, Delhi won three matches and Lucknow has won in the same number of matches.

Lucknow pitch report

Two types of pitches have been seen in Lucknow this season. One pitch is quite slow, then the other pitch is suitable for batsmen. Now the thing to see will be on which pitch will the match between Lucknow and Delhi be played. If the match is held on a red earthen pitch, then a high scoring match is expected. The dew will not have an effect, yet the team winning the toss can decide to bowl first.

Potential playing XI of Lucknow Super Giants- Aden Markram, Michelle Marsh, Nicholas Puran, Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), David Miller, Abdul Samad, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur, Prince Yadav/Mayank Yadav, Digvesh Singh Rathi and Aesh Khan

Impact Player- Ayush Badoni

Potential playing XI of Delhi Capitals- Abhishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Truston Stabs, Akshar Patel (Captain), Ashutosh Sharma, Vaulz Corporation, Michel Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma and Mukesh Kumar

Impact Player- Donovan Ferrera