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India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Sai Sudharsan plays a defensive shot on Day 5.
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: A somewhat dramatic start to Day 5! South Africa think they have their opening wicket of the morning by snapping up Sai Sudharsan, but Marco Jansen commits the cardinal crime of bowling a no-ball on a wicket. A few balls later, Kuldeep Yadav is dropped at first slip by Aiden Markram – bonus lives for India.…Read More
India simply haven’t come to play at all for the duration of this Test series. They played right into the hands of South Africa’s attritional, death-by-a-thousand-cuts style of play. The opening loss in Kolkata, where India failed to chase down 124 after a combination of various factors, the second Test in Guwahati has seen the Proteas calmly and methodically play for time and with the knowledge that all the pressure to find a result is on the Indian team’s shoulders.
After four days which have seen South Africa grind India into the ground with consistently good Test cricket and India’s lapses of judgement and focus, Day 5 is here, and the equation is very simple. India are 522 runs away from the Proteas, and you have to believe the chase is off the cards in a fourth innings that would require them to score at more than 6 runs an over for the entirety of the day with 2 wickets already down. For a team that failed to chase down 124 ten days ago, this shouldn’t even be a pipe dream. For India, it is simply about playing for time, trying to rescue something from this series. Take a draw, take a couple of WTC points, and then begin the introspection during the long wait for India’s next scheduled Test cricket.
It is a different story for South Africa. A team that prides itself on touring well and has the WTC title to show for it, this is a chance to keep that momentum rolling with a momentous victory. Temba Bavuma and team have been incredibly impressive, and only 8 wickets separate them from a 2-0 whitewash that would not flatter them at all. They have dominated this series for the vast majority of the days played, and you would back them to put away an Indian team that is low on confidence and on preparation. There is only one way this match is going to go, but the Indian batters need to find something deep within them to hold off the Proteas.
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Nov 26, 2025 10:09:46 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: GONE! Harmer removes Pant, India all at sea
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: That’s too good from Harmer, just plants the idea in Pant’s head and catches him out by looping it up and slowing it down. Pant is far too early into his forward defence, bounces extra, catches the shoulder of the bat, and loops easily into the air for the slip to take.
58/5. India collapsing again.
Nov 26, 2025 9:57:00 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Pant gets going, takes Maharaj for 4 and 6
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: He will do that because that’s how he knows how to deal with pressure best. Marginally short, he rocks back and punches for four. Too full and he dances down to loft it for six over long off. Doesn’t like going into a shell, does the Indian skipper.
Nov 26, 2025 9:50:18 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Captain’s knock needed from Pant
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Rishabh Pant is in and will need to be watchful. South Africa won’t mind conceding runs to him, so even his counter-attacking won’t change too many things. Can’t ask him not to be aggressive, but it has to be in a controlled and calculated manner.
Nov 26, 2025 9:36:24 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: One brings two! Harmer removes Jurel
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Got him! Dhruv Jurel gets off the pair, but is dismissed right after. Not his tour despite the form he was in. Tentative early on, just pushes at it and it doesn’t grip much. Genuine edge nicely taken low by Markram.
42/4, Harmer 3/6 so far. Pant in.
Nov 26, 2025 9:33:10 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Timber! Harmer knocks back Kuldeep’s middle stump with arm ball
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Knocked him over! Just kept going straight on, no turn on that one. Brilliant bowling once again from Harmer. Lots of pressure with close-in fielders under Yadav’s helmet, and he just slides a quicker one through. Nowhere close, ultimately, was Kuldeep. 7 wickets away.
Nov 26, 2025 9:28:18 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Jansen and Harmer still finding plenty of purchase
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Today won’t be easy for India. South Africa are still finding so much in this pitch, far more than India’s bowlers were yesterday. Entirely different equation, and a lot of nervousness behind how Sudharsan is going about his work.
Nov 26, 2025 9:19:32 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: AND NOW A DROP! Markram puts down Kuldeep
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Oh can you believe it! A matter of 3-4 balls, and a couple of bonus lives for India. Harmer draws the edge, goes to Markram, and some of the South Africans are already celebrating – but the always-safe Markram shells it! India getting away with a couple despite some good bowling early.
Nov 26, 2025 9:13:16 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Sai Sudharsan caught behind – BUT IT’S A NO-BALL!
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Dramatic stuff! Sudharsan dangles his bat outside off stump and a thin edge carries through to Verreynne. He’s walking off, and Jansen is ecstatic – but not for long! The siren goes off, and Sudharsan gets a bonus life. Much-needed for him.
Nov 26, 2025 9:06:37 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: 5 off Jansen’s first over of the day
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Jansen going full and straight early to Sudharsan, and it rockets off his pads and to the fence for four leg byes.
Solid defence through the over. But they know they have to this for hours today.
Nov 26, 2025 9:01:37 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Here we go! Kuldeep keeps out Harmer
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Harmer had one ball left overnight to finish, and Kuldeep calmly blocks it out. Jansen from the other end.
Nov 26, 2025 8:58:30 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Pitch looks like it is held together well
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: The good news for India is that the pitch seems to have held together brilliantly. Light footmarks but no cracking, nothing too disturbing on first look. Marco Jansen will want to keep ponding it through the day – but the demons will largely be the mental ones for India.
Nov 26, 2025 8:50:05 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Could be a coming-of-age for Sai Sudharsan
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Sai Sudharsan hasn’t quite made himself at home at this level in Test cricket, with a couple of nice innings but not the kind of performance that would nail him down as India’s number three of the future. He has all the technique and the grit and mentality – but against the Proteas, application and focus and strength of character will be most important.
10 minutes from the start.
Nov 26, 2025 8:30:43 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Rishabh Pant needs to dig deep
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Rishabh Pant is a fine fine Test cricket, there is no doubt about that. One of his country’s best. But from a captaincy standpoint, he’s not had the greatest outing playing deputy for injured Shubman Gill, and nor has he had a good series with the bat. Something needs to change for the wicketkeeper and the fan-favourite, and this is a player capable of iconic 4th innings knocks. But a very different kind to the one he typically is known for will be required today, with all his quality against spin integral to India’s hopes.
Nov 26, 2025 8:15:24 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Old Trafford-like effort needed from India’s all-rounders
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: In the 4th Test in England earlier this year, staring down at a loss, Jadeja and Sundar both tonned up as they played out nearly 60 overs on Day 5. India batted bravely for 143 overs in that innings to keep themselves alive. Already 2 wickets down, you do feel a similarly herculean effort might be needed in Guwahati today.
Nov 26, 2025 8:00:06 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Lot of pressure on the Indian middle order
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: For an undercooked Indian middle order, this makes for a very tough challenge with 80+ overs of batting in the day. KL Rahul, capable of spending extended periods in the middle, and Yashasvi Jaiswal capable of big scores, but both out. At 4 and 5 will be Dhruv Jurel and Rishabh Pant, two fine players capable of fine knocks, but neither the type to dig in and grind innings out without any risks.
Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, meanwhile, will have recent history to turn back towards….
Nov 26, 2025 7:40:10 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: South Africa in control and 8 wickets away
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: They defended 124 in the fourth innings in Kolkata – you back them to defend nearly 550 here. For South Africa, with a loss off the cards, it will be about mounting the pressure and wiping off those final 8 wickets patiently and clinically. For a team that is all about calm and patient consistency, you back the Proteas to do it.
Nov 26, 2025 7:30:05 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: India 27/2 overnight, 522 behind
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: After South Africa spent Day 4 racking up bonus runs against a tiring Indian attack, they also did the thing India did in their pomp at home: send them in to bat late in the day with the fading light, and snap up a couple of quick wickets. Both the openers were sent back to the hut, with Sai Sudharsan and nightwatchman Kuldeep Yadav at the crease.
Nov 26, 2025 7:10:11 AM IST
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Hello and welcome!
India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd Test Day 5: Tough morning if you’re an Indian fan. A Test loss, a second consecutive whitewash against SENA opposition, and plenty of cause for introspection lays around the corner. India haven’t come to play in this series, and now only 8 wickets separate them from a humiliating loss in Guwahati. Can the batters dig deep and rescue something in this series?
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