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India vs South Africa Highlights 2nd Test Day 5: Harmer's 6/37 helps SA crush India by 408 runs, complete 2-0 sweep

FirstCricket Staff • November 26, 2025, 13:27:45 IST
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India vs South Africa Highlights 2nd Test Day 5 (South Africa national cricket team vs India national cricket team scorecard): Simon Harmer registers career-best figures while Ravindra Jadeja scores a fifty on a pitch where none of the other Indian batters reach 20 in the second innings as South Africa bowl India out for 140 after setting them 549 to win.

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India vs South Africa Highlights 2nd Test Day 5: Harmer's 6/37 helps SA crush India by 408 runs, complete 2-0 sweep
Veteran South African off-spinner Simon Harmer collected his second Test five-for on Day 5 of the second Test against India in Guwahati . AFP

South Africa vs India Highlights 2nd Test Day 5 Updates: Simon Harmer leads the way with his career-best figures of 6/37 as South Africa bowl India out for a paltry 140 after setting them a mammoth 549 to win, crushing the Rishabh Pant-led hosts by 408 runs to complete a 2-0 Test series sweep. The Proteas thus win a Test series on Indian soil for only the second time, having last achieved the feat under the leadership of the late Hansie Cronje in 1999-00 with a similar series scoreline. Ravindra Jadeja scores a fighting 54 on a wicket where none of the other Indian batters reach 20, the senior all-rounder showing his teammates how its done on a pitch that’s tricky to bat on but certainly not a minefield.

South Africa vs India Highlights 2nd Test Day 5 Updates

South Africa vs India Highlights 2nd Test Day 5: Follow latest updates and full scorecard from SA vs IND 2nd Test Day 5 action at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday (26 November)

November 26, 2025, 13:27:15 (IST)
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South Africa vs India LIVE Score 2nd Test Day 5 Updates: Signing off

That brings us to the end of our coverage of the two-match Test series between India and South Africa, with the Proteas winning a low-scoring thriller in Kolkata before completely outplaying the hosts in Guwahati.

Thank you and good bye!

November 26, 2025, 13:24:02 (IST)
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South Africa vs India LIVE Score 2nd Test Day 5 Updates: Temba Bavuma hails "big shift in mindset"

“It’s massive. For me personally, been out of the game for a couple of months with injury. Not every day you can come to India and walk away with a 2-0 series win. What’s special is we had dark days as a group and it’s a credit to them. There’s a big shift in our mindsets in terms of what we want to do. I think our preparation is something – guys go out there looking to contribute. Anyone on their day can do it for their team – that’s the belief. As a team we are really in a good space. The way we performed here will grow our confidence even more. That’s a big thing, everyone wants to know where they stand. Guys want to be the man for their team. Everyone has contributed. We don’t see big 100s but we have got 4-5 guys contributing,” says the South African captain shortly before receiving the Freedom Trophy from BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia.
November 26, 2025, 13:16:24 (IST)
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South Africa vs India LIVE Score 2nd Test Day 5 Updates: Marco Jansen and Simon are the Player of the Match and the Player of the Series respectively!

Jansen was a natural choice for POTM after his 91-ball 93 helped South Africa finish within touching distance of 500 in addition to Senuran Muthusamy’s 109. The left-arm pacer would then help the Proteas collect a massive 288-run first innings lead with a haul of 6/48 after his fiery knock.

Harmer, on the other hand, finished as the leading wicket-taker in this series with 17 wickets at an average of 8.94. Jansen finishes second in this list with 12 wickets at 10.08.

November 26, 2025, 13:05:03 (IST)
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South Africa vs India LIVE Score 2nd Test Day 5 Updates: From bad to worse under head coach Gautam Gambhir!

The Indian team has done well in the white-ball formats since Gambhir succeeded Rahul Dravid as India head coach in July last year, winning the ICC Champions Trophy as well as the Asia Cup. However, they have also suffered back-to-back Test series whitewashes against SENA nations at home during this period besides a 3-1 series loss in Australia that resulted in India relinquishing the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after nearly a decade.

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South Africa vs India LIVE Score 2nd Test Day 5 Updates: South Africa register their second-biggest Test victory in terms of runs!

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From the Indian perspective, this is the biggest defeat in terms of runs!

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South Africa vs India LIVE Score 2nd Test Day 5 Updates: India suffer a second Test series whitewash against a SENA nation in the span of a year!

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November 26, 2025, 12:44:27 (IST)
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South Africa vs India LIVE Score 2nd Test Day 5 Updates: Harmer, Jansen and Markram lead the way as South Africa completely outplay India in Guwahati!

Simon Harmer achieves career-best figures of 6/37 to finish as the leading wicket-taker in the two-Test series, which makes him a strong contender for the Player of the Series Award. Marco Jansen is likely to bag the Player of the Match award for his fiery 93 in South Africa’s first innings that was followed by 6/48. Let’s also not forget Aiden Markram, who breaks the record for most catches in a Test after collecting nine catches in Guwahati.
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South Africa vs India LIVE Score 2nd Test Day 5 Updates: SOUTH AFRICA HAMMER INDIA BY 408 RUNS! COMPLETE A 2-0 WHITEWASH!

What a catch by Marco Jansen, completing a one-handed grab near the straight boundary after a wild hit down the ground by Mohammed Siraj, as India are bowled out for 140 in 63.5 overs after being set a mammoth 549 to win in the second Test in Guwahati!

Keshav Maharaj finishes with 2/37, striking twice in what turns out to be the final over of the Indian innings, as South Africa win a Test series on Indian soil for only the second time ever, having also achieved a 2-0 sweep under the late Hansie Cronje’s leadership in 1999-00!

November 26, 2025, 12:36:04 (IST)
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South Africa vs India LIVE Score 2nd Test Day 5 Updates: OUT! Final nail in the coffin for Team India as Ravindra Jadeja is stumped off Keshav Maharaj's bowling!

Ravindra Jadeja decides to throw caution to the wind with the Indian batting moving into the tail now, and ends up missing the ball completely after charging down the track against Keshav Maharaj, resulting in an easy stumping for Kyle Verreynne. IND 140/9 after 63.1; South Africa need 1 wicket to win
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The senior all-rounder completes his half-century – his 28th in Tests and his second in the ongoing series – in 78 deliveries, bringing up the milestone with a mighty hit that clears the boundary at deep midwicket. On a wicket where none of the other Indian batters have scored 20 so far in their second innings, Jadeja is showing how it’s done. The umpire, meanwhile, signals drinks while inspecting the ball after the six. IND 136/7 after 61.1; need 413 to win
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India vs South Africa LIVE Score 2nd Test Day 5 Updates: India walk into the final day in Guwahati staring at a near-impossible chase, having ended Day 4 at 27/2 in pursuit of a mammoth 549-run target. Both openers, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul, fell cheaply in the post-lunch session as India once again struggled to negotiate South Africa’s disciplined bowling, leaving the hosts in serious trouble.

Earlier in the day, Tristan Stubbs led the way with an impressive 94, while Tony de Zorzi and Wiaan Mulder also contributed crucial runs. Aiden Markram and Ryan Rickelton scored some vital runs at the top. Ravindra Jadeja picked up four wickets for India and Washington Sundar took one.

With the series already slipping away after the Kolkata defeat, India now face the grim prospect of a 0-2 whitewash at home, something that will certainly intensify questions around Gautam Gambhir’s team, who lost to New Zealand in a similar fashion last year.

South Africa eye first series win in India after 25 years

Sai Sudharsan (2 not out) and nightwatchman Kuldeep Yadav (4 not out) will resume on the final morning, but with 522 runs still needed, only a miracle can stop South Africa from sealing a series sweep. However, they are still the favourites to win the contest, no matter the scoreline.

This will be South Africa’s first Test series win on Indian soil in 25 years. Their last victory in India came in 2000. India will hope to show some fight on the last day, but the odds remain heavily stacked against them. A draw will at least give them some points in the WTC table, but for that, they will have to bat out the entire day.

For the unversed, the chances of India winning are almost zero even if they start batting drastically better. Only once has over 400 runs been made on Day 5 of a Test match. That was in 1948 when Australia scored 404 runs against England at Headingley.

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