The second Test between South Africa and India in Cape Town, South Africa came to an end before the end of the second day. It turned out to be the shortest Test match in history.
India won the Cape Town Test by 7 wickets to level the series, but both teams managed to play a total of just 642 balls.
The previous record for the shortest match was between Australia and South Africa in Melbourne in 1932 when both teams played 656 balls and Australia won.
Many new records were set in the Cape Town Test. A record of 23 wickets fell on the first day and both teams were dismissed on the same day.
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The record of 23 wickets falling in a day was just 2 wickets behind. 122 years ago in 1902, in a match between England and Australia, 25 wickets fell in a day. In 1890, 22 wickets fell on the first day of play.
This is the fourth most wickets to fall in any day overall in the Cape Town Test.
In 1888, 27 wickets fell on the second day of the England vs Australia match, similarly in 1896, 24 wickets fell on the second day of the Oval Test.
24 wickets fell on the second day of the Chennai Test between India and Afghanistan in 2018.
23 wickets fell on the second day of the 2011 Test between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town.
In the first innings of the Cape Town Test, 6 Indian batsmen got out for zero consecutively and created another new record. While 7 players were out for zero.
South Africa were bowled out for 55 in their first innings, their lowest score against India.
South Africa managed to score 176 runs in their second innings, with 106 runs from Aiden Markram, which accounted for 60% of the team’s total score.
India had never won a Test match at the New Zealand ground in Cape Town before. This is the first win in a match.
The bowlers from both the teams bowled dangerously and did not allow the batsmen to run. But on a difficult and uneven pitch, Aiden Markram showed his ability by scoring a century, but he could not save his team from defeat.
When South Africa won the toss and decided to bat first, no one realized that the batting would be a complete failure. Mohammad Siraj’s brilliant swing bowling did not allow any batsman to stick. He dismissed 6 players for 15 runs which was the best bowling performance by any Indian bowler in Cape Town.
Jasprit Bhamra and Mukesh Kumar took two wickets each to support Siraj and steer the entire African team to 55 runs.
India did not start well either. Jaiswal was dismissed for a wicket but the batting of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill took India to 153 runs. Although India were 153 for 4, the South African bowlers set a new record by dismissing the next 6 without conceding any runs. Rabada, Angedi and new bowler Berger took 3 wickets.
The South African team struggled in the second innings as well and kept falling wickets at intervals but Aiden Markram remained firm and played aggressively.
He scored 106 runs off 103 balls to force India to play again. South Africa scored 176 runs in their second innings. Jasprit Bhamra took 6 wickets from India this time and wiped out the African batting.
India needed 79 runs to win in the second innings which they scored for the loss of 3 wickets. Thus, the shortest Test match in history came to an end shortly after lunch on the second day.
India’s Mohammad Siraj was declared the player of the match for 7 wickets in the match.
India, who were trailing in the two-match series, managed to level the series with this win.
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2024-08-26 10:54:11
