India face an uphill battle if they’re to keep away from one other residence Take a look at sequence defeat after South Africa made 489 on day two of the second Take a look at in Guwahati.
Senuran Muthusamy scored his first Take a look at century and fellow all-rounder Marco Jansen a career-best 93 because the decrease order of the Proteas, who’re 1-0 up within the two-match sequence, annoyed the hosts by maintaining them within the discipline for a lot of the day.
Resuming on 25 not out, Muthusamy shared a stand of 88 with Verreynne and 97 with Jansen earlier than being dismissed for 109 from 206 balls.
Whereas Muthusamy dug in, Jansen pushed the scoring on by putting seven sixes in his 91-ball knock.
No group has made as many runs within the first innings of a Take a look at in India and gone on to lose the match.
India’s frustration was compounded by the umpires taking the gamers off for dangerous gentle after simply 6.1 overs of their reply. They had been 9-0.
India went 12 years with out shedding a Take a look at sequence at residence till they had been crushed 3-0 by New Zealand final yr.
Although they beat West Indies 2-0 in October, failure to show round this Take a look at would imply a second residence sequence defeat in little over 12 months.
