Temba Bavuma must be said to have courage. India still needed 47 runs to win the Kolkata Test. 3 wickets in hand. Although 3 wickets were in the book, there were actually 2 wickets. Because Shubman Gill is in the hospital due to injury.

Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah on the wicket. That means India’s all hope is on Axar. At such a time, the South African captain handed the ball to Keshav Maharaj. A left-arm spinner in front of the left-handed batsman.

Axar saw this as a big opportunity. He hit 2 sixes and 1 four in the first four balls. The South African captain’s decision was questioned in the commentary box. But the scene changed soon after. ‘Greedy’ Axar tried to hit a six on the fifth ball too, this time it was caught by Bavuma.

Mohammad Siraj caught him at slips on the very next ball. India were all out for 93.

South Africa won by 30 runs after setting a target of 124. The Proteas won on Indian soil after 15 years.

After a decade and a half, Bavuma remained unbeaten as captain in Tests in India. He has won 10 out of 11 Tests, one was drawn.

Batsman Bavuma’s contribution to the Kolkata Test victory is also very high. It must be said the most. Because the Proteas were able to set a target of 124 runs for India in the second innings because of Bavuma. The Proteas captain, batting at number four, was unbeaten on 55 runs. He took South Africa’s total of 91 for 7 to 153 in the second innings.

Bavuma was unbeaten on 55 runs

The team’s second highest run came from Corbin Bosch. The batsman, who was dropped to number nine, put on a 44-run stand for the eighth wicket with Bavuma. No other South African batsman could score more than 13 runs in the second innings in this paradise for spinners.

Simon Harmer is now South Africa’s most reliable name with the ball. He has repaid the trust in this Test as well. Harmer, who took 4 wickets in the first innings, took 4 more wickets in the second innings today. He was also named Man of the Match.

Harmer has demolished India’s middle order by replacing Dhruv Jurel, Rishabh Pant, and Ravindra Jadeja. Marco Jansen did the same thing he did in the middle order at the beginning. This pacer has removed India’s two openers, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Lokesh Rahul. Aiden Markram has also done his part-time spinner work. He was the one who dismissed Washington Sundar, who had scored 31 runs, who was a thorn in South Africa’s side.

South Africa’s Golden Arm Hammer

This is the first Test on Indian soil where no team has managed to score 200 runs in four innings. South Africa scored 159 runs in the first innings, India 189. No innings has gone below two hundred in Test cricket since 1959.

South Africa has won by a lower target once before. They won by a target of 120 runs against Australia in Sydney in 1994. India has lost by a lower target only once in the fourth innings. India failed to chase 120 runs against the West Indies in Bridgetown in 1997. However, this is the lowest on home soil.