In a historic match,India beat South Africa by seven wickets to share the honours in the two-match series as the second Test ended inside five sessions in Cape Town on Thursday.Visiting India thus completed a remarkable comeback after losing the first Test in Centurion by an innings and 32 runs.The match ended in just five sessions of play, making it the shortest Test with a result in terms of overs bowled.This match ended in 107.1 overs, with South Africa’s first innings lasting 23.2 overs, India’s first innings lasting 34.5 overs, South Africa batting for 37 overs in their second innings, and India chasing down the target in 12 overs, making for a total of 107.1 overs being bowled in Cape Town.
India emerge victorious within five sessions of play in the Cape Town Test to level the #SAvIND series #WTC25 | https://t.co/eiCgIxfJNY pic.twitter.com/XpqaIEBeGk
— ICC (@ICC) January 4, 2024
Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah finished with excellent figures of 6/61 as India bowled South Africa out for 176 to set themselves a target of 79, after Aiden Markram had struck a magnificent, counterattacking 106 off 103 balls before lunch.With this win, Rohit Sharma became just the second Indian skipper after MS Dhoni to avoid a Test series defeat in South Africa. Prior to this series, India had lost seven and drawn one Test series in South Africa since 1992. Interestingly, this was also India’s first-ever Test win in Cape Town.
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