NEW DELHI: The second Take a look at between India and South Africa in Cape City on Thursday has created a novel report because it turned the shortest accomplished recreation ever within the historical past of Take a look at cricket.
The match lasted for simply 4 and a half classes and completed inside two days with India (153 & 80/3) defeating South Africa (55 & 176) by 7 wickets to share the two-Take a look at sequence 1-1.India misplaced the primary Take a look at by an innings and 32 runs in Centurion which additionally lasted for 3 days.
India additionally turned the primary Asian aspect to win a Take a look at in Cape City. It was the twenty fifth occasion when a Take a look at match ended inside two days, relationship again to 1882.
The match lasted for simply 4 and a half classes and completed inside two days with India (153 & 80/3) defeating South Africa (55 & 176) by 7 wickets to share the two-Take a look at sequence 1-1.India misplaced the primary Take a look at by an innings and 32 runs in Centurion which additionally lasted for 3 days.
India additionally turned the primary Asian aspect to win a Take a look at in Cape City. It was the twenty fifth occasion when a Take a look at match ended inside two days, relationship again to 1882.
That is the shortest accomplished Take a look at match ever when it comes to overs bowled (642 balls – 107 overs), bettering the earlier greatest (656 balls – 109.2 overs) that concerned Australia and South Africa on the MCG approach again in 1932.
This additionally marked the third event the place Workforce India was a part of a two-day Take a look at match. The earlier cases have been towards Afghanistan in Bengaluru in 2018 and towards England in Ahmedabad in 2021.
Shortest accomplished Take a look at matches (by balls bowled)
- 642 – SA vs IND, Cape City, 2024
- 656 – AUS vs SA, Melbourne, 1932
- 672 – WI vs ENG, Bridgetown, 1935
- 788 – ENG vs AUS, Manchester, 1888
- 792 – ENG vs AUS, Lord’s, 1888
