IND vs SA 2nd Test Highlights: Team India win by 7 wickets in Cape Town to level the series 1-1
India vs South Africa 2nd Test Highlights: Team India finally breached the Cape Town fortress for the first time in history as the visitors won the second Test against South Africa by 7 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj with six-fers in each innings starred for India with the ball.

India vs South Africa 2nd Test, Day 2 Live Updates
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5:24 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
India win by 7 wickets, level series 1-1
Team India finally won a Test in Cape Town in their 7th appearance in the longest format at the venue and managed to level the series after losing the first game in Centurion. The match ended in 642 deliveries, the quickest for a completed Test in history.
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5:05 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Jansen gets Kohli, India lose third wicket
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were looking to see off India but Marco Jansen got the former to edge straight through to the keeper aa India lost their third wicket four runs away from a win.
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4:52 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Gill departs, India lose second wicket
Shubman Gill's poor tour of South Africa continued as got out for just 10 with Kagiso Rabada cleaning him up.
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4:46 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Nandre Burger gets Yashavi Jaiswal against the run of play, India lose first
Yashavi Jaiswal came in to bat by throwing caution to the wind as India got off to a flyer with the bat. Since the total was small, India didn't really want to care about the wickets and Jaiswal just kept smashing before he mistimed a hook off Nandre Burger gave a simple catch to the fine-leg fielder.
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4:34 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Rohit and Jaiswal have come out with intent
Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal have come out with real intent chasing a small target of 79 runs. The duo stitched a 44-run partnership in just 33 balls as India looked in a hurry to win the second Test.
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3:43 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
India need 79 runs to win a Test match for the first time in Cape Town
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3:42 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Bumrah ends with 6/61, South Africa all out for 176
Aiden Markram starred with a scintillating century as he single-handedly ensured that South Africa got some kind of a lead but Jasprit Bumrah was just magnificent and ended up with a six-wicket haul, his second fifer at this venue.
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3:21 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Prasidh gets his first wicket of the match, South Africa nine down
After leaking 20 runs off his first over in the second innings, Prasidh Krishna finally got his first wicket of the match as he got Kasigo Rabada hit straight into the hands of the mid-off fielder. South Africa are just one wicket away from being bowled out.
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3:09 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Siraj gets probably the biggest wicket, Markram departs after scintillating ton
Mohammed Siraj bowling only his second over of the day, in what might be a tactical error from India, got the big wicket of Aiden Markram who was running away with the game. Markram, who slammed a 99-ball century had single-handedly ensured that South Africa were still competing.
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2:53 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Century alert!
Aiden Markram takes Jasprit Bumrah for a boundary to bring a magnificent hundred - one that he will cherish for ever. South Africa are 158/7.
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2:47 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Markram racing towards his 100!
Markram collects 20 runs off Prasidh Krishna's over to race to an individual score of 94. South Africa are 149/7.
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2:39 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Aiden Markram survives a scare!
Kl Rahul fails to grab a regulation catch and provides Markram with a reprieve. South Africa are 129/7 in their second innings.
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2:29 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
A 9th five-wicket haul for a special player
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2:28 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Bumrah is running through South Africa; bags his third fifer
Jasprit Bumrah is running riot in Cape Town as he bagged his third five-wicket haul in South Africa and second at this very venue dismissing Marco Jansen and Keshav Maharaj in quick succession. South Africa are 7 down now and Aiden Markram is going great guns for the Proteas.
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2:08 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Markram slams fifty, South Africa take lead
Aiden Markram slammed the fifty of the match, an innings of sheer quality and some luck as well. While Markram has seen his partners come and go, he has held one end up and South Africa are in the lead now.
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2:05 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Can Bumrah take his third five-wicket haul?
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2:02 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Bumrah gets his second as Verreynne departs
Kyle Verreynne was looking to be aggressive from the word go and got an odd boundary before Bumrah's quick bouncer rushed him and he could hit only as far as the mid-on fielder.
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1:43 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
India get the first breakthrough of the day, Bumrah gets his second
The pitch continued to remain uneven as one ball kept low, the other bounced and Jasprit Bumrah got his second wicket getting Bedingham to edge it straight to the wicketkeeper.
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1:21 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
What do you reckon? More wickets on this pitch on Day 2?
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1:20 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Aiden Markram will be key for South Africa
Team India would want to get Aiden Markram out early given he is batting on 36 currently and even though the pitch may not flatten out that easily, it will be rolled before the start of the day and hence, the first hour will be crucial. Apart from Markram and David Bedingham, there's not much batting prowess left in the line-up for South Africa.
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1:14 PM (IST)Jan 04, 2024
Welcome to Day 2 of the second Test between India and South Africa
The first day moved rather swiftly with 23 wickets falling on Wednesday, January 3 in Cape Town. India will be lucky that despite losing six wickets for basically nothing, they are still on top as South Africa have already lost three wickets and still trail by 36 runs.
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