Team India suffers third home Test series whitewash – A look at the list

NEW DELHI: South Africa completed a historical and ascendant circuit of India with a crushing 408-run triumph successful the 2nd Test astatine Guwahati, sealing a 2-0 bid expanse and handing India their biggest Test decision ever successful presumption of runs.

This emphatic triumph besides marked South Africa’s archetypal Test bid triumph connected Indian ungraded successful 25 years, making it a milestone accomplishment for skipper Temba Bavuma, who present joins Hansie Cronje successful the grounds books portion maintaining his unbeaten streak arsenic Test skipper.

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Chasing an improbable people of 549, India ne'er truly got going. Ravindra Jadeja fought valiantly, scoring a gritty 54 disconnected 87 balls, but his absorption was successful vain.

Sai Sudharsan endured a marathon 138-ball innings, lone to beryllium dismissed by Senuran Muthusamy soon aft the 2nd league began, arsenic India were bowled retired for 140.

Clean-sweeps for India successful Tests astatine home

Off-spinner Simon Harmer was the prima with the ball, signaling career-best figures of 6/37 and finishing with 9 wickets successful the match. His objective spin, combined with Keshav Maharaj’s support, dismantled India’s batting lineup completely.South Africa dominated successful each departments.

In the field, Aiden Markram grabbed 9 catches — a caller satellite grounds for astir by a fielder successful a Test match, surpassing Ajinkya Rahane’s 8 taken against Sri Lanka successful Galle successful 2015. Marco Jansen and Senuran Muthusamy’s contributions earlier successful the bid besides played a cardinal relation successful swinging momentum decisively successful South Africa’s favour.

India’s biggest Test defeats (by runs)

This triumph was important not conscionable for the borderline but besides for context. It is South Africa’s second-biggest Test triumph by runs, lone down their 492-run triumph against Australia successful Johannesburg successful 2018.

It besides marks their 2nd Test bid triumph successful India, the archetypal being a 2-0 expanse nether Hansie Cronje successful February-March 2000. For India, this was their 2nd location Test bid decision successful consecutive years — a 0-3 whitewash against New Zealand successful 2024 followed by the 0-2 nonaccomplishment to South Africa — thing they had not experienced since the aboriginal 1980s, erstwhile they mislaid back-to-back bid to West Indies (1983) and England (1984/85).India’s grounds defeats successful presumption of runs present database 408 against South Africa successful Guwahati 2025 astatine the top, followed by 342 vs Australia successful Nagpur 2004, 341 vs Pakistan successful Karachi 2006, and 337 vs Australia successful Melbourne 2007. The 408-run nonaccomplishment surpasses the erstwhile worst margins, underlining South Africa’s implicit dominance passim the series.