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IDFC First Bank Test Series 2025: South Africa clean sweeps Team India by defeating them by 408 runs in the 2nd test

ByDurgesh Tiwary

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IDFC First Bank Test Series 2025: South Africa clean sweeps Team India by defeating them by 408 runs in the 2nd test at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. This is one biggest defeat in terms of runs in the Test Cricket.

2nd Test (India Vs South Africa)
Game Date: 22nd November – 26th August 2025
Game Result: South Africa won by 408 runs
Series Result: South Africa won by 2-0
Man Of the Match: Marco Jansen
Man Of the Series: Simon Harmer

Now I am going to share day-to-day activity of this test match with all the details, records and milestones in my way.

Day 1
South Africa captain Temba Bavuma won the toss again in the 2nd and final Test against Team India and decided to bat first at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. One change in Proteas and Senuran Muthusamy is playing in the place of Corbin Bosch while two changes for India as injured Gill and Axar Patel is not playing, and Nitish Reddy and Sai Sudharsan are included in XI.

South Africa scored 247/6 on Day 1 stumps. Opting to bat, South Africa started on a cautious and solid note. Markram got a reprieve on 4 and the openers forged a fifty partnership by safely negating the seam movement in the first hour. Bumrah struck in the final over of the morning session to dismiss Markram and Rickelton fell to Kuldeep immediately after the tea break. Stubbs was promoted to three and he along with captain Bavuma batted well and stitched an 84-run stand for the third wicket. Bavuma perished to Jadeja while trying to play an aerial stroke and Stubbs was nipped out by Kuldeep as both the set batters got out in the 40s. Mulder didn’t last long and became the wristspinner’s third scalp. Tony de Zorzi was joined by Muthusamy and the duo batted with a lot of assurance. But just like all the other batters, de Zorzi failed to convert his start as he nicked off an away-angling ball from Siraj in what turned out to be the final over of the day. Even though there wasn’t much help for the bowlers, India didn’t offer too many freebies and picked four wickets in the final session. It’s even-stevens at the end of the opening day of this historic Test in Guwahati.

SA: 247/6 on Day 1 stumps

Stats
– Temba Bavuma is the fastest to register 10 Test wins as captain in just 11 matches. His only miss so far was the rain-affected draw against West Indies at Port-of-Spain last year.

– Simon Harmer in Tests in India: 3 matches, 18 wickets at an average of 16.94 and strike-rate of 37.5

– Yashasvi Jaiswal vs South Africa in Tests: 62 runs in 6 innings at an average of 10.33 and a highest score of 28

– South Africa have used 17 different opening pairs across their 12 bilateral Test series in Asia since 2010. Of those, Markram and Rickelton is only the second pair with two (or more) 50-plus stands in a series, after Dean Elgar and Stiaan van Zyl had as many in Bangladesh in 2015.

– For the first time in the history of Test cricket, each of the top four in a team innings scored 35 or more but none of them reached/crossed 50.

Day 2
South Africa bowled out for huge 489 runs in their 1st innings. What a good job South Africa have done. They have made India toil for 151.1 overs in the field. The top 5 all got starts but did not kick on and at stumps yesterday, India were ahead. But today it has been all South Africa as Marco Jansen and earlier Sen Muthusamy batted really well. The latter didn’t put a foot wrong and got his 100. Jansen smoked 7 huge sixes with such clean hitting and looked set to join Muthusamy in the hundreds list. Not to be. The bowlers for India did manfully with Kuldeep Yadav the pick. Siraj and Bumrah bowled their hearts out too. After all the talk about the pitch at Kolkata, this has been a good wicket and South Africa have not wasted it. You don’t often lose Tests when you make 489. It’s on India to do all the running from here as they are behind in this series. Senuran Muthusamy scored 109 runs and Marco Jansen scored 93 runs. For Team India, Kuldeep Yadav picked 4 wickets each.

Team India scores 9/0 in their first innings on Day 2 stumps. They are trailing by 480 runs with 10 wickets in hand. India’s openers handled the final half hour yesterday with composure under fading light but today demands far more intent. They will need to score positively and ensure South Africa aren’t allowed a sniff, because this bowling attack has more than enough firepower to run through sides if pressure takes over. Should the surface begin to show signs of wear and tear, the task will only become steeper for the hosts. India must dig deep, show character, and avoid the kind of batting collapse that cost them dearly in Kolkata. A spirited fightback is the need of the hour.

SA: 489
IND: 9/0

Stats
– Senuran Muthusamy is the third SA batter to register a Test hundred from No.7 or lower vs India, after Quinton de Kock (111, Visakhapatnam, 2019) and Lance Klusener (102*, Cape Town, 1997).

– This is the first time SA have had two 50-plus scores from No.7 or lower in a Test innings against India.

– Only once previously in the last 13 years have two visiting batters gone past 50 from No.7 or lower in a Test innings against India is Liam Dawson (66*) and Adil Rashid (60) at Chepauk in 2016.

– Jansen is the 11th player to be dismissed in the nervous nineties while batting from No.9 or lower in Tests, the first for South Africa, and the second against India, after Mitchell Starc was dismissed for 99 in Mohali in 2013.

– Most sixes in a Test innings for SA
7 – AB de Villiers vs AUS, Cape Town, 2009
7 – Quinton de Kock vs WI, Gros Islet, 2021
7 – Marco Jansen vs IND, Guwahati, 2025

– Jansen’s seven sixes is also the joint-most in a Test innings against India, Shahid Afridi had hit as many during his 103(80) in Lahore in 2006.

– Jansen now has second-most sixes from No.9 or below in a Test innings, after Tim Southee’s nine on his debut vs England in Napier in 2008.

– Only twice before has Jasprit Bumrah sent down more overs in a Test innings than his 32 in this one – both vs England – 36 and 33 vs England in Chennai 2021 and Old Trafford 2025 respectively.

– This is just the third instance that India have fielded 150 overs or more in a Test innings since January 2017. The two previous ones in the timeframe: England’s 578 in 190.1 overs in Chennai in 2021 and Australia’s 480 in 167.2 overs in Ahmedabad in 2023.

– Only once have India won a Test match after conceding more than 489 in the first innings of the game: against Australia at the Adelaide Oval in 2003, a game they won by four wickets after the hosts scored 556 batting first.

Day 3
Team India bowled out for just 201 runs in their 1st innings and South Africa has lead of huge 288 runs. Bavuma checks with his team and then has a word with the coach about the follow-on. He then runs in and has a word with the coach and South Africa are batting again. Bavuma gestures for the light roller. What a show by Marco Jansen and the rest of his team. India started well by adding 65 before Rahul got a good one from Maharaj and edged to slip. Harmer got the important wicket of Jaiswal and then Jansen used the short ball so well to break India’s back. From 96/3, India slipped to 122/7. Then came the rearguard action of Washington Sundar and Kuldeep. The ball got softer and the wicket didn’t do much. The duo showed resistance but that came to an end when Harmer got the outside-edge. The 2nd new ball was taken after that and the end came quickly with Jansen leading the way. Yet another disappointing batting performance by India at home. South Africa have all the aces in this game and they want to bat India out of the game. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 58 runs and Washington Sundar scored 48 runs. For South Africa, Marco Jansen picked 6 wickets.

South Africa scored 26/0 in their 2nd innings on Day 3 stumps. They have now lead of huge 314 runs with all 10 wickets in hand. Proteas in complete control of the Guwahati Test. Oh the irony of it all. The talk at this same time yesterday was about how quickly India need to score to make a match out of it. Now it’ll be about some quick runs for South Africa to get in a position to declare tomorrow.

SA: 489 & 26/0 On day 3 stumps
IND: 201

Stats
– Kyle Verreynne becomes the fifth SA wicketkeeper to get to 100 dismissals in Test cricket, after Mark Boucher (553), Quinton de Kock (232), David Richardson (152) and John Waite (141).

– India’s worst collapses 90-plus/1 to 7 down in Tests
12 – 102/1 to 114/7 vs PAK, Karachi, 1982
26 – 94/1 to 120/7 vs PAK, Lahore, 1984
26 – 130/1 to 156/7 vs ENG, Old Trafford, 1946
27 – 95/1 to 122/7 vs SA, Guwahati, 2025
30 – 60/1 to 90/7 vs ENG, Lord’s, 1967
Previous worst at home: 41 – 98/1 to 139/7 vs WI, Kolkata, 1966/67

– 288 is the second-highest first-innings lead without enforcing a follow-on in Tests in India, behind 299 for India vs Bangladesh in Hyderabad in 2017.

– Best returns for LA quicks in Tests in India
7/46 – John Lever (ENG), Delhi, 1976
7/67 – Geoff Dymock (AUS), Kanpur, 1979
7/93 – Alan Davidson (AUS), Kanpur, 1959
6/48 – Marco Jansen(SA), Guwahati, 2025
5/31 – Alan Davidson (AUS), Kanpur, 1959
All five belong to visiting bowlers

– SA quicks with Test 5-fers in India
8/64 – Lance Klusener, Kolkata, 1996
7/51 – Dale Steyn, Nagpur, 2010
6/48 – Marco Jansen, Guwahati, 2025
5/23 – Dale Steyn, Ahmedabad, 2008
5/40 – Kyle Abbott, Delhi, 2015

– Visiting players with 5-fer and 50-plus score in a Test in India since 2000
Nicky Boje (SA), Bengaluru, 2000
Jason Holder (WI), Hyderabad, 2008
Marco Jansen (SA), Guwahati, 2025

– Jansen is just the third left-arm quick to bag a Test five-fer in India since 1988, after Zaheer Khan (thrice) and Mitchell Johnson (Mohali, 2010), the latter being the last such instance before today.

Day 4
South Africa declared their 2nd innings after scoring 260/5 and set the target of mammoth 549 runs to win the 2nd test. 18 overs left in the day and a possible 90 tomorrow. Only two results look likely here – a South Africa win and a draw. Dale Steyn on air reckoned that India might not even try to chase this down. Stubbs the top-scorer in this innings as South Africa piled on the misery. South Africa waited to see if he could get his 100 before declaring, as soon as he got out, the call came. Four for Jadeja but it’s South Africa who are miles ahead in this game. Tristan Stubbs scored 94 runs and Tony de Zorzi scored 49 runs. For Team India, Ravinder Jadeja picked 4 wickets.

Team India scored 27/2 on Day 4 stumps. Two wickets for South Africa in that final passage of play, those of Jaiswal and KL Rahul. With three sessions still left in the match, South Africa needs eight wickets to seal victory, while India requires a monumental 522 runs which is a target realistically out of reach. An Indian win is off the table, but if they maintain their composure and show positive intent, they can still harbor hopes of forcing a draw. South Africa’s tactics, however, raised a few eyebrows. By delaying the declaration and persisting with an overly cautious approach, they denied themselves a few valuable overs to take those remaining Indian wickets. In a match crying out for decisive action, their lethargic batting late in the innings made the delayed declaration all the more baffling, a choice that might yet give India an escape route. The spinners are expected to shape the script on Day 5. With Maharaj, Harmer, and Muthusamy in the ranks, plus Markram available to chip in, the Proteas have no shortage of options to exploit the wearing pitch. And then there’s Marco Jansen – arguably the standout performer of this Test. He contributed vital runs in the first innings, and his fiery short-ball barrage unsettled India’s batters on Day 3. South Africa will be counting on him to bring that same intensity as they push for a final-day finish. Join us tomorrow for the live coverage of the final day of the Guwahati Test.

SA: 489 & 260/5
IND: 201 and 27/2 On day 3 stumps

Stats
– 50-plus opening stand in both innings for SA in India
Herschelle Gibbs & Gary Kirsten, Mumbai WS, 2000
Graeme Smith & Andrew Hall, Kanpur, 2004
Graeme Smith & Neil McKenzie, Chennai, 2008
Aiden Markram & RYan Rickelton, Guwahati, 2025

– This is just the second time that India have been set a 500-plus target in a home Test, after Australia had set them 543 to win in Nagpur in 2004. They lost that game by 342 runs, which remains their biggest defeat in terms of runs.

– Only once in the 21st century have India batted out more than 100 overs in the fourth innings to save a Test match against Australia in Sydney in 2021 (131 overs).

– No team has ever chased a 400-plus total to win a Test match in Asia, the highest successful one being 395 by WI vs BAN in Chattogram in 2021. The highest in India is 387 by the hosts against England in Chennai in 2008.

– Jadeja is just the second left-arm spinner with 50 or more Test wickets vs SA, after England’s Colin Blythe, who got 59 between 1906 and 1910.

– 700-plus match aggregates for SA vs IND in Tests
871 – Chennai, 2008 (Drawn)
795 – Kolkata, 1996 (Won)
785 – Cape Town, 1997 (Won)
749 – Guwahati, 2025
703 – Cape Town, 2011 (Drawn)

– 50-plus Test wickets for IND vs SA
84 – Anil Kumble (Avg: 31.79)
64 – Javagal Srinath (Avg: 24.48)
60 – Harbhajan Singh (Avg: 28.40)
57 – Ravichandran Ashwin (Avg: 22.28)
52 – Ravindra Jadeja (Avg: 19.63)

Day 5
Team India bowled out for 140 runs and lost the game by huge 408 runs and lost the series by 0-2. 25 years since South Africa have won in India. It was the Hansie Cronje-led side who did it in 2000. Now Temba Bavuma joins him. He keeps his unbeaten Test record intact as skipper too. They have dominated this game. India were never in this game once Sen Muthusamy and Marco Jansen forged that stand on day 2. From 247/6, South Africa made 489 and then Jansen used the red-soil pitch to extract disconcerting bounce from it to blow India out in the first innings. They could have enforced the follow-on but decided against it and opted to bat India out of the match. Many questioned South Africa’s battings in the 2nd dig as they tried to get Stubbs to a 100, and declared only when he got out, but the job was done on day 5 with Harmer outstanding again. He took a 6-fer and was well supported by the others. He set India back yesterday with the wicket of KL Rahul and today picked up 5 more. Harry Brook scored unbeaten 111 runs and Joe Root scored 105 runs. For Team India, Mohammed Siraj picked 5 wickets.

SA: 489 & 260/5D
IND: 201 & 140

Stats
– The most overs India have batted in the fourth innings of a Test against South Africa is 96.2 at Gqeberha in 2001. They’d saved that game, finishing 206/3 (target: 395), with Rahul Dravid and Deep Dasgupta adding 171 in 83.2 overs after they’d lost a wicket in the first over of the innings.

– The most India have batted in the fourth innings in a home Test since 1980 was during their successful 387-run chase against England in Chennai in 2008 in 98.3 overs.

– Most catches as a fielder in a Test match
9 – Aiden Markram (SA) vs IND, Guwahati, 2025
8 – Ajinkya Rahane (IND) vs SL, Galle, 2015
7 – Greg Chappell (AUS) vs ENG, Perth (WACA), 1974
7 – Yajurvindra Singh (IND) vs ENG, Bengaluru, 1977
7 – Hashan Tillakaratne (SL) vs NZ, Colombo (SSC), 1992
7 – Stephen Fleming (NZ) vs ZIM, Harare, 1997
7 – Matthew Hayden (AUS) vs SL, Galle, 2004
7 – KL Rahul (IND) vs ENG, Trent Bridge, 2018

– Clean-sweeps for India in Tests at home
0-2 vs SA, 2000
0-3 vs NZ, 2024
0-2 vs SA, 2025

– Most wins after first 12 Tests as captain
11 – Temba Bavuma
10 – Ben Stokes
10 – Lindsay Hassett
Bavuma’s only miss so far was the rain-affected drawn game at Port of Spain last year.

– Home series for India with no individual hundred
vs NZ, 1969/70
vs NZ, 1995/96
vs SA, 2025/26
India batters averaged 15.23 across these two games, the second lowest for them in any Test series, after 12.42 on the 2002/03 New Zealand tour.

– India’s biggest Test defeats (by runs)
408 runs vs SA, Guwahati, 2025
342 runs vs AUS, Nagpur, 2004
341 runs vs PAK, Karachi, 2006
337 runs vs AUS, Melbourne, 2007
333 runs vs AUS, Pune, 2017
329 runs vs SA, Kolkata, 1996

– This is also SA’s second-biggest victory margin by runs after 492 against Australia in Johannesburg, 2018.

– This is South Africa’s second Test series win in India after their 2-0 sweep in February-March 2000 under Hansie Cronje.

– 0-3 to NZ last year and 0-2 vs SA now is two home Test series defeats for India in two years. They had lost only two home series post the 0-2 drubbing to SA in 2000 until the NZ series last year: vs Australia (2004) and vs England (2012).

– The last time India lost two Test series at home across two consecutive years was over four decades ago: vs West Indies (1983) and vs England (1984/85)..

– Simon Harmer in Tests in India
Matches: 4
Wickets: 27
Avg: 15.03
SR: 36.1
BBI: 6/37

– South Africa’s last three Test series in Asia
Won 2-0 vs Bangladesh, 2024
Drew 1-1 vs Pakistan, 2025
Won 2-0 vs India, 2025

That’s all from the IDFC First Bank Test Series 2025. I hope you will like this information. For more updates visit my page on Facebook Durgesh Tiwary’s View and website Cricket Movie Website

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