IND vs SA: Team India has avenged the defeat in the Centurion Test and defeated South Africa in the Cape Town Test on the second day itself. India defeated South Africa by 7 wickets in the Cape Town Test, and also won a Test match for the first time on this ground. With this, Team India has leveled the Test series at 1-1, even though the Indian team has not been able to win the series here, it has definitely saved the series.
- South Africa- 55, 176
- India- 153, 80/3
The match ended in just 2 daysThe amazing thing is that Team India has won this test match within just two days. The Indian team bowled first in this match and all out South Africa on the score of just 55. In reply, Team India scored 153 runs in the first innings, where Virat Kohli's 46 runs and Rohit Sharma's 39 runs were useful.Even though Team India got a lead of 98 runs in the first innings, it also made a shameful record in its innings. Team India had lost its last 6 wickets in this innings without scoring any runs, which is a record in Test history. In the second innings, Aiden Markram scored a brilliant century and gave an edge to his team.The miracle that Mohammad Siraj did for India by taking 6 wickets in the first innings, the same miracle was done by Jasprit Bumrah in the second innings and he also took 6 wickets. Due to the amazing power of Bumrah, South Africa was all out for 176 in the second innings, due to which Team India got the target of 79 runs to win.India started the attack as soon as it entered the second innings and Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma started scoring runs rapidly. Yashasvi Jaiswal was out after scoring 23 runs, Shubman Gill was also out after scoring 10 runs and Virat Kohli was out after scoring 12 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma stood till the end and led Team India to victory.
First win on Cape Town groundThis is India's fifth Test win on South African soil, while this is the first time that Team India has won a match on the ground of Cape Town. This is the third defeat for South Africa on this ground in the last ten years, so it would not be wrong to say that Team India has defeated South Africa in its own fort.
India's test win in South Africa- 2006 – Win by 123 runs, Johannesburg
- 2010 – Win by 87 runs, Durban
- 2018 – Win by 63 runs, Johannesburg
- 2021- Win by 113 runs, Centurion
- 2024- Win by 7 wickets, Cape Town
South Africa-India Test Series- First Test- South Africa won by an innings and 32 runs
- Second Test- India won by 7 wickets within two days
23 Wickets fell on the first day of the gameIn the match, Africa won the toss and decided to bat first. But Team India had bowled out South Africa for 55 runs in the first innings of the Cape Town Test match. For India, Siraj spent 15 runs in 9 overs and took 6 wickets. Whereas, Jasprit Bumrah and Mukesh Kumar got 2-2 wickets. In response, Team India also could not do much and was all out for 153 runs in its first innings. At the end of the first day's play at stumps, Africa had scored 62 runs for three wickets in their second innings.
African team collapsed in the first session of the second dayWhen the second day's play started, the South African team was behind by 36 runs. After this, Aiden Markram took over the team's innings and scored a brilliant century. But the process of falling wickets continued from the other end. The South African team was all out after scoring 176 runs in the second innings. In such a situation, Team India had a target of 79 runs to win this match, which the Indian team easily achieved by losing 3 wickets.
