South Africa 8-wickets away from historic Test-series win in Guwahati:India need 522 runs to win and bat 90 overs to settle for draw in 2nd Test

Team India faces the threat of losing the Test series in Guwahati. South Africa needs just 8 wickets on the final day of the match on Wednesday at Barsapara Stadium. Meanwhile, India need 522 runs. To draw the Test, India will have to bat for 90 overs throughout the day. South Africa is leading the series 1-0 after winning the Kolkata Test. By winning in Guwahati, the team will complete a 2-0 clean sweep. The team’s last series win in India was in 2000. The team has a chance to make history after 25 years. The game will start at 9:00 AM. Play of all three sessions on the fourth day India got 3 wickets in the first session India had a good start on the fourth day. The team took 3 wickets for 81 runs in the first session. South Africa’s lead in the second innings reached 395 runs. In the first session, Ryan Rickelton (35), Aiden Markram (29), and Temba Bavuma (3) were out. Ravindra Jadeja got 2 wickets, and Washington Sundar got one wicket. By the end of the first session on the fourth day, South Africa’s score was 107/3. South Africa scored 113 runs in the second session South Africa scored 113 runs in the second session. During this period, the team lost only one wicket. In this session, Ravindra Jadeja provided India with the only breakthrough. He dismissed Tony de Zorzi for 49 runs, securing his third wicket. By lunch, the team’s score was 220/4, and the lead extended to 508 runs. The third session also belonged to South Africa The third session of the day went to South Africa. The team declared their second innings at a score of 260/5 after playing 8.3 overs in this session and gave India a target of 549 runs to win the Guwahati Test. Notably, they only lost one wicket in the last session. Tristan Stubbs was out after scoring 94 runs. With this wicket, the team declared the innings. Ravindra Jadeja stays leading wicket-taker in the 2nd innings Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took 4 wickets for India, conceding 62 runs in 28.3 overs. Washington Sundar got one wicket. India scored 27 runs for the loss of 2 wickets after 15.5 overs. Kuldeep Yadav remained unbeaten on 4 runs and Sai Sudharsan on 2 runs. India needs 522 runs on the 5th day, but the team has only 8 wickets remaining. India all out for 201 on Day 3 On day three, India resumed play from a score of 8/0. Rahul and Yashasvi made a fifty-run partnership, but as soon as both were out, the team collapsed. The team’s score went from 95/1 to 122/7. Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav finally took the team to 201. Marco Jansen took 6 wickets. Senuran Muthusamy’s century on the second day South Africa won the toss and chose to bat on Saturday. Senuran Muthusamy scored 109 runs, and Marco Jansen scored 93 runs. Kuldeep Yadav took 4 wickets for India. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja got 2 wickets each. On the first day, India took 6 wickets On the first day, South Africa lost only 2 wickets in the initial 2 sessions. The score crossed 150. In the third session, India made a comeback and took 4 wickets. By the end of the day’s play, South Africa’s score was 247 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Playing-XI of both teams India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Rishabh Pant (Captain/Wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj. South Africa: Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Temba Bavuma (Captain), Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne (Wicketkeeper), Simon Harmer, Keshav Maharaj, Marco Jansen, Senuran Muthusamy.