South Africa vs India, 2nd Test: India complete record win over South Africa to level series 1-1

India beat South Africa by seven wickets despite a stunning century by Aiden Markram on the second day of the second Test at Newlands on Thursday and level the series.

Match Summary

South Africa vs India, 2nd Test, India tour of South Africa

South Africa 55/10 (23.2 ov) & 176/10 (36.5 ov)

India 153/10 (34.5 ov) & 80/3 (12 ov)

Result - India won by 7 wickets

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Match Day Analysis

Markram hit 106 off 103 balls before South Africa were bowled out for 176 shortly before lunch. 

Jasprit Bumrah took six for 61 –- and was denied the wicket of Markram when the batsman, on 71, edged a drive and wicketkeeper KL Rahul could not hold a catch above his head.

Markram defied a pitch with pace, extravagant seam movement and uneven bounce, on which the highest score of any of his teammates in either innings was 15.

He hit 17 fours and two sixes, one of which, off Prasidh Krishna, sailed out of the ground and onto a railway line beyond square leg.

The 29-year-old opening batsman was eventually  out caught at mid-off by Sharma off Mohammed Siraj attempting another big shot.

Siraj set up India's win when he took six for 15 as South Africa were bowled out for 55 before lunch on Wednesday.

Twenty-three wickets fell on the first day.

Set to make 79 to win, India needed just 12 overs to secure the victory.

South Africa won the first Test in Centurion by an innings and 32 runs.

Chasing a small target on a difficult pitch, Indian opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal went on the attack from the first ball, making 28 off 23 deliveries before being caught on the boundary off Nandre Burger.

Shubman Gill (10) and Virat Kohli (12) fell to Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen before Shreyas Iyer hit the winning boundary with his only scoring stroke.

Captain Rohit Sharma was unbeaten on 16.

It was the shortest Test match in history in terms of balls bowled –- 642 or 107 overs -– to end in an outright result.

Match Stats

South Africa 1st Innings Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Aiden Markram - 3.2 ov), 2-8 (Dean Elgar - 5.3 ov), 3-11 (Tristan Stubbs - 8.3 ov), 4-15 (Tony de Zorzi - 9.2 ov), 5-34 (David Bedingham - 15.2 ov), 6-34 (Marco Jansen - 15.5 ov), 7-45 (Kyle Verreynne - 17.5 ov), 8-46 (Keshav Maharaj - 19.6 ov), 9-55 (Nandre Burger - 22.6 ov), 10-55 (Kagiso Rabada - 23.2 ov)

India 1st Innings Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Yashasvi Jaiswal - 2.1 ov), 2-72 (Rohit Sharma - 14.2 ov), 3-105 (Shubman Gill - 20.6 ov), 4-110 (Shreyas Iyer - 22.2 ov), 5-153 (KL Rahul - 33.1 ov), 6-153 (Ravindra Jadeja - 33.3 ov), 7-153 (Jasprit Bumrah - 33.5 ov), 8-153 (Virat Kohli - 34.2 ov), 9-153 (Mohammed Siraj - 34.4 ov), 10-153 (Prasidh Krishna - 34.5 ov)

South Africa 2nd Innings Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Dean Elgar - 10.2 ov), 2-41 (Tony de Zorzi - 12.1 ov), 3-45 (Tristan Stubbs - 15.2 ov), 4-66 (David Bedingham - 17.6 ov), 5-85 (Kyle Verreynne - 21.1 ov), 6-103 (Marco Jansen - 23.5 ov), 7-111 (Keshav Maharaj - 25.2 ov), 8-162 (Aiden Markram - 31.4 ov), 9-162 (Kagiso Rabada - 32.1 ov), 10-176 (Lungi Ngidi - 36.5 ov)

India 2nd Innings Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Yashasvi Jaiswal - 5.4 ov), 2-57 (Shubman Gill - 8.3 ov), 3-75 (Virat Kohli - 11.1 ov)

Playing XIs

South Africa: Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar(C), Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne(WK), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar

Match Details

Date: Wednesday, January 3, 2024 08:00

Venue: Newlands, Cape Town

Toss: South Africa elected to bat

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