World's shortest test match: India won by 7 wickets

World's shortest test match: India won by 7 wickets

India defeated South Africa by 7 wickets in the second test. Both the teams could bat only 107 overs including 4 innings. This was the shortest match in 147 years of Test history, which yielded a result. Rohit Sharma became the fourth Indian captain to win a Test in South Africa.

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first in Cape Town on Thursday, but the team was all out for 55 runs. India could also score only 153 runs in its first innings, although the team got a lead of 98 runs.

South Africa could score only 176 runs in its second innings. The team was ahead by 78 runs, so India got the target of 79 runs. Team India achieved this in just 12 overs of the second session by losing 3 wickets.

Shortest Test in terms of overs

This was the shortest Test match in history in terms of overs bowled, in which the result was obtained. South Africa batted 60.1 overs (36.5 and 23.2) in the Cape Town Test. While India batted 46.5 (34.5 and 12) overs. That means the match ended in 107 overs only.

Earlier, the record of shortest Test was made in 1932. Then the Test between South Africa and Australia in Melbourne lasted only 109.2 overs. 656 balls were bowled in this match, which was won by Australia by an innings and 72 runs. Whereas in the match between India and South Africa only 642 balls were bowled.

2 tests did not last even for 5 days

Not even 5 days of play took place in the 2-Test series between South Africa and India. The first Test lasted for 3 days, which South Africa won by an innings and 32 runs. While the second Test ended in just one day and two sessions, India won it by 7 wickets. That means even including both the matches, 5 days of play could not be completed.

210.3 overs were bowled in the first Test and 108 overs were bowled in the second. That means 2 test matches ended in 318.3 overs. 90 overs are bowled in one day of Test, if we look at it accordingly then only 3 and a half days of overs can be bowled in the Test series, because even in 4 days a total of 360 overs are bowled.

India won the test for the first time in Cape Town

India won a Test for the first time at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. The team played 7 tests here, India lost 4, while 2 matches were also drawn. India played the first Test here in 1993. Rohit Sharma became the first Asian captain to win the Cape Town Test. Before them, no Asian team had been able to win a Test in Cape Town.

India drew series in South Africa after 14 years

With the win in the second test, the 2 test series became level at 1-1. South Africa won the first Test by an innings and 32 runs. Rohit Sharma became the second Indian captain to draw a Test series in South Africa. Earlier in 2010, Mahendra Singh Dhoni had also drawn the 3 test series 1-1.

With this, Rohit became the fourth Indian captain to win a Test in South Africa. Before him, only MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli could make India win the Test here. Dhoni and Dravid won 1 test each, while India won 2 tests under the captaincy of Kohli.

 

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