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Washington Sundar plays a changeable during the 2nd Test cricket lucifer betwixt India and South Africa, astatine ACA Stadium successful Guwahati. (PTI Photo)
NEW DELHI: Tristan Stubbs (94) and Tony de Zorzi (49) resisted India’s spinners earlier South Africa declared their 2nd innings astatine 260 for 5 connected time 4 of the 2nd Test successful Guwahati, mounting India a people of 549 runs.South Africa ended their innings astatine 260/5 and gave India a 549-run target. Proteas were a spot blimpish successful their declaration and were precise peculiar to support their 0-1 bid lead.Ravindra Jadeja (4/62) and Washington Sundar (1/67) took aboriginal wickets successful the greeting session, reducing South Africa to 77/3. Stubbs (94 disconnected 180 balls) and de Zorzi (49 disconnected 68 balls) added 101 runs for the 4th wicket to fortify South Africa’s position.
Stubbs aboriginal enactment connected 82 runs with Wiaan Mulder (35) for the 5th wicket.
India look a hard task
The 549-run pb is the highest by a visiting squad successful India. The erstwhile champion was 542, by Australia, successful Nagpur successful 2004.South Africa present person a small much than 3 sessions to instrumentality 10 Indian wickets and effort a bid expanse astatine the "final frontier".India look a people that has ne'er been chased successful Asia. The highest palmy pursuit successful Asia successful Test matches is 395 by West Indies against Bangladesh successful Chattogram successful 2021.
India’s highest palmy pursuit astatine location is 387 against England successful Chennai successful 2008.India person batted much than 100 overs successful the 4th innings to prevention a Test lone erstwhile this period — 131 overs against Australia successful Sydney successful 2021.This is lone the 2nd clip India person been fixed a people of much than 500 runs astatine home. The erstwhile juncture was successful Nagpur successful 2004, erstwhile Australia acceptable a people of 543. India mislaid that lucifer by 342 runs, which is inactive their biggest decision by runs.South Africa present basal betwixt earning 12 points and 4 points, portion India tin inactive effort to unafraid 4 points.
