India vs South Africa: Team India win shortest Test match with historic feat in Cape Town and more stats

India beat South Africa by seven wickets despite Aiden Markram’s stunning effort on the second day of the second Test at Newlands to level the series at 1-1.

Asked to chase mere 79 runs to win, India took just 12 overs to secure the victory.

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

Chasing a small target on a tricky pitch, 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 remained unbeaten on 16.

For South Africa, Markram hit 106 off 103 balls as Proteas posted 176 runs at the stroke of lunch rbeak.

India vs South Africa 2nd Test stats

Shortest Test matches (by balls bowled)

642 - SA vs IND, Cape Town, 2024
656 - AUS vs SA, Melbourne, 1932
672 - WI vs ENG, Bridgetown, 1935
788 - ENG vs AUS, Manchester, 1888
792 - ENG vs AUS, Lord’s, 1888

India’s Test wins in South Africa

By 123 runs - Johannesburg, 2006
By 87 runs - Durban, 2010
By 63 runs - Johannesburg, 2018
By 113 runs - Centurion, 2021
By 7 wickets - Cape Town, 2024

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Record of Asian Teams in Cape Town: P15, W1, L12, D2. India became the first Asian team to win a Test at Newlands. Pakistan and Sri Lanka have both played four and last four. India, meanwhile, had lost four and drawn two before this

60.22% - Aiden Markram scored 60.22% (106) of South Africa’s overall total of 176 in the second innings. The highest percentage of runs by a single batter in a team’s effort belongs to Charles Bannerman who scored 67.34% (165*) of Australia’s 245 runs against England in 1877

India seamers taking all 20 wickets in a Test

vs South Africa, Johannesburg, 2018 (Bumrah 5/54 & 2/57)

vs England, Nottingham, 2021 (Bumrah 4/46 & 5/64)

vs South Africa, Cape Town, 2024 (Bumrah 2/25 & 6/61)

Visiting bowlers with most Test wickets at Newlands

25 - Colin Blythe (England)
18 - Jasprit Bumrah (India)
17 - Shane Warne (Australia)
16 - James Anderson (England)
15 - Johnny Briggs (England)

Indian bowlers with most Test fifers in South Africa

3 - Javagal Srinath
3 - Jasprit Bumrah
2 - Venkatesh Prasad
2 - S Sreesanth
2 - Mohammed Shami

India bowlers with most Tests wickets in South Africa

45 - Anil Kumble
43 - Javagal Srinath
38* - Jasprit Bumrah
35 - Mohammed Shami
30 - Zaheer Khan

Lowest match aggregate scores in completed India vs South Africa Tests

464 - Cape Town, 2024
652 - Nagpur, 2015
660 - Durban, 1996
678 - Mumbai WS, 2000
694 - Mohali, 2015

India’s two-day Test matches

India vs Afghanistan, Bengaluru, 2018
India vs England, Ahmedabad, 2021
South Africa vs India, Cape Town, 2024

Lowest match aggregates against India (both innings all-out)

193 - England (Ahmedabad, 2021)
212 - Afghanistan (Bengaluru, 2018)
229 - New Zealand (Mumbai WS, 2021)
230 - England (Leeds, 1986)
231 - (South Africa, Cape Town, 2024)