🏏South Africa tour of India - 2025: India vs SA - 2nd Test: Day 5🏏 - Page 18

Originally posted by: Savera84

I think SA wants to make 201 or 212 before declaring. 489 lead or 500 lead.

500 in 5 sessions will be a challenging task and if India is up for it, it could turn into an interesting match as well.

Cheers..

I am starving for IPL contest points for 2026 seasons,

my guess 120 ovs 470 to win Timba Bavuma win more test than any other captain in int'l test cricket, right now.my point is he not loose any, i guess under his captaincy, i do not think we can save on going test.we will be below Wtc points by

6 pm tomorrow.

Kuldeep Yadav to de Zorzi, no run, quicker and fuller outside off, de Zorzi goes back and lets it go. Wasn't that far from off and Kuldeep has his hands on his head

Milaha: @Raja I understand SA are trying to be on the safer side. But with WTC points at stake, you gotta be a little bit braver. Even, the craziest ICT fan is not imagining for a win for India at this stage.

Jadeja to de Zorzi, 1 run, flat and angling away outside off, de Zorzi cuts to deep backward point

tushar: In my greatest of imaginations, I had never thought of India getting clean swept at home, that too back to back. have to say, India is at its lowest at home in red ball cricket.

54th over --- 0 1 4 1 0 0 (6 runs)

RSA 154-3

What an earth happening to decision makers..giving back to back overs to jaddu and washi...jaan loge kya?? Try boom or siraj or Reddy..

Another dominating session by South Africa. Just the one wicket for India and 113 runs came. The lead is now 508. I think South Africa have enough. Already deflated minds and bodies in the Indian camp. Stubbs and de Zorzi kept playing positively in this session, using the sweeps and reverse-sweeps to good effect. India kept plugging away with Jadeja and Kuldeep. The former got de Zorzi LBW for 49. When will South Africa declare? That is the question on everyone's minds. We will be back for the last session in 35 minutes...

Why haven't SA declared yet? They have enough runs on the board. There is no way that India is going to make 500 and beat them.

At this point, they are literally toying with our team.

I just can't wait for this match to be over. It's been agonizing and painful to watch.

Stub ki 100 k bad may declare

Siraj got a shoulder cramp,Rishabh has called physio too

So, South Africa's innings is finally done, and now we go into the final innings of this series. Ten wickets and South Africa will complete a famous series sweep to go with their other major recent successes in red ball cricket. A draw and India will have some consolation, and will have avoided a series sweep, even if they can't avoid a series defeat. And if by some miracle 549 runs are scored, you can be prepared for the most epic Instagram edits of all time for the forseeable future. India's chase coming up soon, so go nowhere!

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)

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)