Visitors South Africa won the two-match Test series in India by 2-0 after winning the second and final Test of the series at Guwahati on Wednesday (November 26).
Leading the Test series by 1-0, as South Africa won the Test series opener at Kolkata by 30 runs, Proteas won the toss and chose to bat first in the Guwahati Test. After South Africa scored 489 runs, India were all out for only 201 runs. South Africa then scored 260/5 before declaring their second innings, as they set a mammoth 549-run target for the hosts. India were bundled out for only 104 runs, as South Africa won the Test match by 408 runs.
Here are some key stats of the India vs South Africa Guwahati Test match
Senuran Muthusamy scored century at no.7
The no.7 batter Senuran Muthusamy scored 109 runs in the first innings.
Previously, the no.7 or lower-order batter scoring a Test century in India was the South African cricketer Quinton de Kock, who recorded a century at no.7 position in the 2019 Visakhapatnam Test. Senuran Muthusamy became the second South African to hit a Test century in India at no.7 or lower.
Marco Jansen scoring 93 at no.9
The no.9 batter Marco Jansen scored 93 runs in the first innings.
It was the third-highest individual score by a no.9 or lower-order batter in a Test innings in India. The top two records are 104 by Indian cricketer Jayant Yadav (vs England in 2016 Wankhede) and 99 by Australian cricketer Mitchell Starc (vs India in 2013 Mohali).
It was the fifth-highest individual score by a South African no.9 or lower-order batter in a Test innings.
South Africa 489 all out
South Africa scored 489 all out.
It was the fifth-highest Test innings total for South Africa in India.
Marco Jansen 6/48 and 93 runs
After scoring 93 runs, South African cricketer Marco Jansen also recorded the six-wicket haul (19.5-5-48-6) during India’s first innings of the Test match.
- Marco Jansen recorded the fourth best bowling figures by a left-arm pacer in a Test innings in India.
- Marco Jansen became the fifth non-Indian cricketer to record a 50+ knock and also a six-wicket haul in the same Test in India.
Aiden Markram world record with 9 catches
South African cricketer Aiden Markram grabbed nine catches in the match.
It is the record for most catches in a Test match by a non-wicketkeeper. The previous record was eight catches by Indian cricketer Ajinkya Rahane (vs Sri Lanka in Galle 2015) and South African cricketer AB de Villiers (vs Zimbabwe in Gqeberha 2017).
Simon Harmer 17 wickets in Test series
South African off-spinner Simon Harmer recorded 17 wickets in this Test series.
It was the joint second most wickets by a foreign bowler in a Test series in India while playing two Tests. During the New Zealand tour of India in late 2021, Blackcaps spinner Ajaz Patel also recorded 17 wickets in two Tests. Meanwhile, the record in this list is 20 wickets in two Tests by Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq in the 1999 Test series.
South Africa beat India by 408 runs
South Africa won the Test match by 408 runs.
It was the largest Test match defeat (by runs) for India. Their previous largest Test defeat record was losing by 342 runs against Australia during the 2004 Nagpur Test.
It was the second-largest Test match victory (by runs) for South Africa. Their record is winning by 492 runs against Australia in the 2018 Johannesburg Test.
It was also the joint sixth-largest home Test match defeat (by runs) for any hosts.
South Africa won Test series by 2-0
South Africa won the Test series 2-0.
It was South Africa’s second Test series win in India. Previously, they won a Test series in India in 2000, taking the two-match series by a 2-0 margin.
