India vs South Africa 2nd Test: The second and final match of the two-match Test series between India and South Africa is underway in Guwahati. The fourth day of the Test ended on Tuesday. South Africa scored 489 runs in their first innings. In reply, India were bowled out for 201. South Africa has set a target of 549 runs for India. In response, India has scored 27 runs in the second innings after losing two wickets.
India Playing-11: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan, Dhruv Jurel, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
South Africa Playing-11: Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Temba Bavuma(c), Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne(w), Marco Jansen, Senuran Muthusamy, Simon Harmer, Keshav Maharaj.
India faced a mammoth target of 549 runs in Guwahati. South Africa declared their second innings at 260 for five. South Africa decided to declare after Tristan Stubbs was dismissed for 94. South Africa had scored 489 runs in the first innings, and in response, India's first innings ended at 201 runs. South Africa had a lead of 288 runs based on the first innings. The 260 runs in the second innings increased the overall lead to 548 runs.
For South Africa, Ryan Rickelton scored 35 runs and Aiden Markram scored 29 runs in the second innings. Both were dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja. Captain Temba Bavuma was dismissed by Washington Sundar for three runs. Tony De Giorgi missed out on a half-century, being dismissed for 49. Stubbs then shared an 82-run partnership with Wiaan Mulder. Jadeja dismissed Stubbs, breaking the partnership. With this, South Africa declared their innings. Stubbs scored 94 runs off 180 balls, hitting nine fours and one six. India's second innings is currently underway.
"(On missing out on a hundred) Umm, not much. Little bit disappointed. They are already 2 down now so we will take that."
"(Declaration discussion) It wasn't an overs thing, it was more about time. We had 40 minutes after Lunch. So, I thought I would give it a go and when Jadeja came on, that was the last over. So, I decided that two hits is my best shot."
"(On playing so many sweeps/reverse sweeps) Not really. I thought you had to play sometimes because they were bowling it so wide of the stumps. If you think of defending them, you might get out for a duck. That was more of a defensive shot than anything else."
"(On the surface) Yeah, there are some nice foot holes there. Harmy (Harmer) showed there getting KL out. So, it will be the same for the lefties for Kesh (Maharaj). If we bowl in the right areas, we will get wickets," said Tristan Stubbs.
Interestingly Kuldeep Yadav has been sent in at No.4 by India as South Africa have turned to spin before the finish of the day's play. Kuldeep faced 134 balls in the first innings and his job will be to ensure India reach stumps safely and stay in the contest.
