Short but not 2 sweet!
Updated On: 05 January, 2024 07:00 AM IST | Cape Town | R Kaushik
Bumrah claims six as India conquer South Africa by seven wickets in shortest Test match (642 balls) ridiculously lasting less than two days to record maiden win in Cape Town and square series 1-1
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Jasprit Bumrah (centre) celebrates the wicket of South Africa’s David Bedingham at Cape Town yesterday. PICS/PTI, GETTY IMAGES
The shortest match in the history of Test cricket ended midway through the second day with only 642 deliveries bowled, during which time 33 wickets fell in a damning indictment of the playing surface. When the dust settled, India eked out a commendable seven-wicket victory, their first in seven tries at Newlands, to square the two-Test series against South Africa 1-1.
Rohit Sharma became the only captain after Mahendra Singh Dhoni to leave these shores without surrendering a Test series, a fact he and his team should be understandably proud of after the three-day surrender in Centurion last week.
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