India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: IND eye comeback after Kolkata failure, all eyes on Guwahati pitch | Cricket
Updated on: Nov 22, 2025 8:44:26 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Jasprit Bumrah bowls for IND.
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Do India have enough self-belief and enough clarity to reverse the disaster of failing to chase 124 at the Eden Gardens? Do they have enough gumption to draw the series and keep the question marks at bay? Remember, no Shubman Gill, and a captaincy debut for Rishabh Pant. Never easy to come in and take charge of a team with their backs to the wall, and given his stature as the team’s most talented and important batter, this is an injury that could have big ramifications – not just in this series, but for the future of Indian cricket.
Key moments from India vs South Africa 2nd Test Day 1 Live Score:
- South Africa playing XI – Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Temba Bavuma(c), Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne(w), Marco Jansen, Senuran Muthusamy, Simon Harmer, Keshav Maharaj
- India playing XI – KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan, Dhruv Jurel, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
- South Africa win toss, opt to bat
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Nov 22, 2025 8:43:41 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: SA playing XI
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Temba Bavuma(c), Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne(w), Marco Jansen, Senuran Muthusamy, Simon Harmer, Keshav Maharaj
Nov 22, 2025 8:41:49 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: IND playing XI
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan, Dhruv Jurel, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Nov 22, 2025 8:41:16 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: What did the captains say?
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Speaking after winning the toss, SA captain Bavuma said, “We’ll have a bat. We got to start afresh. Wicket looks a lot better. Bat first, try to get a big score first up. No cracks (on the pitch) really. Very excited, happy to be a part of this historic moment. One change. Muthusamy comes in.”
Meanwhile, Pant said, “Definitely a proud moment. As a cricketer, you always aspire to lead your country. And I’m thankful to the BCCI for giving me this opportunity. Didn’t think about it, but at the same time, you want to grab it with both hands and do the best for the team. The environment is like. focus on yourself. Look at the area where we can improve as a team and just come together and fight each and every moment. We feel the wicket is good for batting. But at the same time, bowling first is not a bad option either. Shubman is getting well slowly, slowly. He was very eager to play the match. But at the same time, his body didn’t allow it. He’s going to come back stronger. Instead of Shubman, Nitish Reddy comes in. And for Axar, Sai Sudharsan comes in.”
Nov 22, 2025 8:32:56 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Toss time!
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: South Africa skipper Bavuma wins toss and opt to bat.
Nov 22, 2025 8:25:08 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: ‘Toss not a big factor’ – Bavuma
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Bavuma was key for SA in the first Test. Speaking ahead of the 2nd Test, he said, “I think that the toss doesn’t become too big a factor compared to what probably Kolkata was like. But in saying that, you know what, you want to win the toss, you know the advantage of batting on Day 1, Day 2, so I think that still becomes an advantage, but not such a deciding factor.”
Nov 22, 2025 8:15:09 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Bavuma scripts history
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Bavuma is the fastest player to bag 10 Test wins as skipper, in only 11 matches. His only miss was the rain-affected draw vs West Indies last year.
Nov 22, 2025 8:07:56 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Pant – IND’s stand-in skipper
Pant will serve as the stand-in skipper, due to Gill’s absence.
“I want to be someone who gives that freedom [to players] and I want players to learn and make the right decision for the team eventually. That’s the real goal and obviously whatever my knowledge is, I am going to help them on the field [with it],” he said, ahead of the match.
Nov 22, 2025 7:58:47 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Harmer in Tests in India
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Harmer has played in 3 Tests in India, taking 18 wickets at average of 16.94 and 37.5 strike rate.
Nov 22, 2025 7:55:39 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Gill is officially out
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Gill is officially out and Pant will skipper in his place. Sudharsan is expected to bat in Gill’s no. 4 slot Picking Sudharsan will see a seventh left-handed batter in the Indian lineup. SA spinner Harmer will welcome the decision, but India need to wary of overloading the XI with left handers.
Nov 22, 2025 7:42:36 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Spinners wreck havoc in Kolkata
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Bavuma was in good form in Kolkata, playing a gritty knock and his bowlers also backed it up in the second innings as South Africa defended a small total. Spinners were key as Simon Harmer wrecked havoc and the match ended in three days! But now in Guwahati we will see a balanced contest.
Nov 22, 2025 7:36:58 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Tea before Lunch
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: The red soil surface in Guwahati will see some bounce early on, but not the unpredictable one like Kolkata. We will also see an early start, by around 30 minutes, to deal with the early sunset there. Full darkness sets in early in Guwahati, and we will also see Tea come before Lunch.
Nov 22, 2025 7:28:44 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: All eyes on Guwahati pitch
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Guwahati is India’s 30th Test venue now, a place where no player from both teams, except for Siraj in 2016, have played red-ball cricket in. But we can expect a full subcontinental pitch today, and both sides have also checked the red soil pitch.
Nov 22, 2025 6:34:35 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Hello and good morning everyone!
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 1: Hello and welcome everyone, to our live coverage of Day 1 of the second Test between India and South Africa in Guwahati. The hosts lost the opening Test and will be eyeing a comeback
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