South Africa profited from another India batting collapse to further tighten their grip on day three of the second Test in Guwahati on Monday.
India were bowled out for 201 in 83.5 overs as they stare at a home series whitewash, with South Africa pushing their overall lead to 314 runs.
The hosts started the day 9-0, chasing down South Africa’s 489 from their first innings, but they folded for just 201.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul offered some initial hope, but the latter was dismissed by Keshav Maharaj for 22 off 63 balls to trigger a collapse.
Jaiswal had offered some resistance as he brought up a half-century, but he edged Simon Harmer for 58 and there was no looking back for the Proteas.
Sai Sudharsan (15) was next to go to Ryan Rickelton, and Dhruv Jurel departed for a duck to leave India 102-4 at the first interval.
Marco Jansen finished with a six-wicket haul, with Rishabh Pant (7) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (10) offering no respite for the despondent hosts.
Stumps on Day
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India were 122-7 when Ravindra Jadeja (6) fell to another edge, though Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav (19) did manage to dig in for a period.
South Africa were finally made to work as the pair added 72 runs, but Sundar went two runs short of 50 when caught by Aiden Markram, who also ended Yadav’s stint.
Jasprit Bumrah (5) was the last to be sent packing by Jansen, with Temba Bavuma electing against the follow-on despite holding a 288-run lead.
Markram (13) and Ryan Rickelton (12) safely navigated to stumps, with bad light halting play, to give South Africa a commanding lead heading into day four.
Data debrief: India have no answer to Jansen masterclass
India were bowled out for 93 in the final innings of the first Test, which made them the only team to have been dismissed for 100 runs or fewer on multiple occasions in Test cricket since the start of 2024.
While they did at least show a little more this time around, they did not have the answers to Jansen’s bowling as he took six wickets at a loss of just 48 runs, with an economy rate of 2.42.
Yadav was one of those sent packing by Jansen, with his 19 runs coming from 134 balls and a strike rate of 14.2, which is the second-lowest rate by an Indian batter to have faced at least 100 balls since 2000 (Rahul Dravid, 14 vs Australia, December 2007).
