{"id":309642,"date":"2025-11-26T09:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/309642\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T09:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:42:11","slug":"south-africa-defeat-india-by-408-runs-in-second-test-match-win-series-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/309642\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa defeat India by 408 runs in second Test match, win series 2-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa has clinched its first Test series win in India in 25 years with a crushing 408-run win in the second Test, claiming a 2-0 series sweep.<\/p>\n

South Africa had set an improbable 549 runs for victory, after it scored 489 and 260-5 in two innings. India had folded for 201 runs in its first innings, conceding a 288-run lead.<\/p>\n

Off-spinner Simon Harmer took a career-best 6-37 and India crashed to be 140 all out in its second innings to lose the match on the final day.<\/p>\n

It is the first series win South Africa has had in India since Hansie Cronje led the Proteas in 2000-01.<\/p>\n

India had lost three wickets in the morning session on Wednesday, and was 5-90 at tea.<\/p>\n

Then, it lost a further five wickets in just over an hour in the second session, comprehensively beaten before lunch on day five.<\/p>\n

It is a second home loss for India in consecutive seasons. New Zealand won 3-0 in October 2024, raising a serious question about India’s transitional phase in the red-ball format.<\/p>\n

Harmer finished with 17 wickets in the two Tests, scripting a historic win for the Proteas. It was a first five-wicket haul on Indian soil for the off-spinner \u2014 he had previously had four four-wicket hauls there.<\/p>\n

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Aiden Markram supported him with nine catches in the match \u2014 the most ever for a fielder in a single Test in history.<\/p>\n

“It’s a great feeling, a great effort by everyone to be fair,” Markram said.<\/p>\n

“As a group, you’ve got to believe that you can compete against the best in their backyard and get into the battle and see where it gets you \u2026 bloody proud of the team.”<\/p>\n

Ravindra Jadeja top-scored for India with 54 off 87 balls, including four fours and two sixes, even as the hosts missed skipper Shubman Gill. He suffered a neck injury in Kolkata and missed the second Test.<\/p>\n

Temba Bavuma, meanwhile, has won 11 out of 12 tests for South Africa as skipper, including the 2025 World Test Championship final in June.<\/p>\n

It was the first test played in Guwahati, and Barsapara Stadium was the 30th Test venue in India.<\/p>\n

AP\/Reuters<\/p>\n

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