Kuldeep Yadav said India didn't have a specific target to bowl South Africa out, knowing the Guwahati pitch wouldn't offer easy wickets. Jansen and Muthuswamy helped South Africa post 289 on Day 2.
South Africa posted 489 on the board in the first innings, on a pitch which offered less help to the Indian bowlers. The visitors batted 151.1 overs as India failed to get wickets at regular intervals in the ongoing second Test at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.
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India leg spinner Kuldeep Yadav picked up a four-wicket haul in the first innings. Kuldeep's figure was 4/115 in 29.1 overs after South Africa posted 489 runs on the board in the ongoing second Test at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.
Opener Phula Saren played a match-winning knock. She scored 44 runs off 27 balls, including four boundaries. Her innings helped India chase down the 115-run target in the 13th over. Saren's magnificent performance earned her the Player of the Match.
Mushfiqur Rahim is the only Bangladesh cricketer to amass 6000 or more runs in Test cricket. The right-handed batter has amassed 6510 runs in 100 Test matches at an average of 38.75, along with 13 centuries and 28 half-centuries.
The last time India won a Test match after conceding 400-plus while fielding first was against England in Chennai in 2016. India responded with 759/7d to England's 477 after a magnificent knock from Karun Nair, who smashed 303*. In the second Innings, England were bundled out for 207 runs as
After securing a dominating 217-run win in the second Test against Ireland at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh whitewashed the visitors 2-0. Mushfiqur Rahim won the Player of the Match on his 100th Test, whereas Taijul Islam was named Player of the Series.
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Australian skipper Steve Smith praised Mitchell Starc's "incredible" seven-wicket haul against England in the first innings of the Ashes opening fixture in Perth, calling the left-arm pacer's performance "incredible".