India avenged their loss in the first Test in Centurion against South Africa by inflicting an even more harrowing defeat in the second Test in Cape Town as India won the game by seven wickets.
The two-match Test series ended in a 1-1 draw as this is the first time since 2011 that India have left South Africa without losing the Test series. Their quest to win a series on South African soil will need some more time, though.
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A lot of records were broken at the Newlands Cricket Ground in a match that lasted for just four-and-a-half sessions. The Sporting News takes a look at those records.
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List of all records broken in the 2nd Test between South Africa and India
- Least overs bowled in a Test that determined a winner (107 overs): This Test match in Cape Town is now officially the shortest Test match in terms of overs/balls bowled where a winner was determined as the match finished in just 107 overs (642 balls). The previous shortest Test match also featured South Africa on the losing side against Australia. The Test match lasted for 109.2 overs (656 balls), taking place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1932.
- Lowest match aggregate in a completed Test between India and South Africa (464): Only 464 runs were scored in this Test match between India and South Africa, which is the lowest match aggregate for any completed Test between these two sides, surpassing the record of 652 runs scored at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur in 2015.
- South Africa's first loss at Cape Town against an Asian team in Tests: With their seven-wicket loss against India, this was South Africa's first defeat against an Asian team at Cape Town in Test cricket. It was also India's first win at the venue in six attempts since they first played a Test here in 1993.
- Lowest innings total against India (55): South Africa could score just 55 runs in the 1st innings, which is the lowest total that India have ever dismissed any team for in Tests. The previous lowest total was 62 by New Zealand in 2021 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
- Lowest innings total for South Africa since readmission (55): Since South Africa's readmission in cricket in 1991, they have never been dismissed for an innings total below 55. Hence, their total of 55 runs in the 1st innings is their lowest innings total since 1991. Overall, it's their eighth-lowest total in Tests and fifth-lowest total in Tests at home.
- Least number of overs bowled by India to dismiss a team in a Test innings (23.2): India dismissed South Africa in just 23.2 overs, which is the least number of overs they have taken in order to dismiss a team in Tests. The previous record was 25.1 overs when South Africa were bowled out for 84 at The Wanderers in 2006.
- First batsman since 1890 to be dismissed twice on the same day in his last Test: Dean Elgar, who played his final Test - and international game for South Africa - in Cape Town, became the first batsman since Australia's Jim Barrett in 1890 to be dismissed twice on the same day of the final Test of his career.
- Fall of most wickets without a run being scored in an innings in Tests (6): In the 1st innings, India were cruising at 153-4 after 33 overs with the lead standing at 98 runs. The visitors were in a comfortable position and were on the brink of batting South Africa out of the game. However, in the next 11 balls, they lost six wickets without adding a single run, which was the first time in Test cricket history that six wickets fell without a single run being scored.
- Least runs added to the total by the last five pairs in an all-out innings (0): India's last five pairs added zero runs to the total, which was a new record, surpassing the previous-lowest number of 3 runs by England against Australia in 1990.
- Highest percentage of runs by a single batsman in an innings for South Africa (60.22%): Aiden Markram scored one of the finest knocks you will see in 2024 as the opener scored 106 runs to single-handedly give the hosts some hope of winning the Test. South Africa managed to score just 176 runs in the 2nd innings, with Markram scoring 60.22% of runs. That is now the record for the highest percentage of runs scored by a South African batsman in a Test innings. The previous record was held by Herbie Taylor, who scored 109 runs out of 182 scored by the team (59.89%) against England in Durban in 1913.
- Most wickets on Day 1 of a Test since 1902 (23): Since the January 1902 Melbourne Test between Australia and England, which saw 25 wickets falling on the opening day of a Test match, the Cape Town Test saw the most wickets falling on Day 1 of a Test in 122 years. Overall, the most wickets that have fallen on any given day in a Test match is 27, in July 1888 of the Lord's Test between England and Australia.
- Most ducks in an innings in Test (6): India recorded six ducks in the 1st innings of the Test match, equalling the record previously jointly-shared by Pakistan (vs West Indies in 1980), New Zealand (vs Pakistan in 2018), South Africa (vs India in 1996), Bangladesh (vs West Indies in 2002 and 2022, vs Sri Lanka in 2022), and India (vs England in 2014).
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What next for India and South Africa?
India will take on Afghanistan in a three-match T20I series at home starting from January 11, followed by a five-match Test series against England at home starting from January 25.
Meanwhile, South Africa will travel to New Zealand in February to take on the Kiwis in a two-match Test series.
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