India level series with seven-wicket win 
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India level series with seven-wicket win in two-day finish

India Clinches Series-Equilibrating Victory

Cape Town | India beat South Africa by seven wickets to share the honours in the two-match series as the second Test ended inside five sessions here on Thursday.

Visiting India thus completed a remarkable comeback after losing the first Test in Centurion by an innings and 32 runs.

Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah finished with excellent figures of 6/61 as India bowled South Africa out for 176 to set themselves a target of 79, after Aiden Markram had struck a magnificent, counterattacking 106 off 103 balls before lunch.

The hosts completed the chase in the second session with skipper Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer remaining not out on 17 and 4 respectively.

This is the shortest Test match ever in terms of overs bowled, bettering the previous best that involved Australia and South Africa at the MCG way back in 1932.

A total of 106.2 overs were bowled in the match.

Earlier, India's pace spearhead Bumrah bowled beautifully after the opening day's play saw a staggering 23 wickets fall on a very quick Newlands surface with inconsistent bounce.

India had collapsed to 153 all out in their first innings in the final session of day one after skittling out South Africa for 55.

South Africa were 62 for three overnight, trailing by 36 runs.

Brief Scores:

South Africa: 55 and 176 all out in 36.5 overs (Aiden Markram 106; Jasprit Bumrah 6/61).

India: 153 all out and 80/3 in 12 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 28).

SCOREBOARD: India vs South Africa, Day 2

Cape Town, Jan 4 (PTI) The scoreboard following India's seven-wicket victory over South Africa on day two of the second and final Test here on Thursday.

South Africa 1st innings: 55

India 1st innings: 153

South Africa 2nd innings: (overnight 62/3) Aiden Markram c Rohit b Siraj 106

David Bedingham c Rahul b Bumrah 11

Kyle Verreynne c Siraj b Bumrah 9

Marco Jansen c&b Bumrah 11

Keshav Maharaj c Iyer b Bumrah 3

Kagiso Rabada c Rohit b Prasidh 2

Nandre Burger not out 6

Lungi Ngidi c Jaiswal b Bumrah 8

Extras: (LB-1, NB-5) 6

Total: (all out in 36.5 overs) 176

Fall of wickets: 4-66, 5-85, 6-103, 7-111, 8-162, 9-162 Bowling: Jasprit Bumrah 13.5-0-61-6, Mohammed Siraj 9-3-31-1, Mukesh Kumar 10-2-56-2, Prasidh Krishna 4-1-27-1.

India 2nd innings:

Yashasvi Jaiswal c Stubbs b Burger 28

Rohit Sharma not out 16

Shubman Gill b Rabada 10

Virat Kohli c Verreynne b Jansen 12

Shreyas Iyer not out 4

Extras: (B-1, LB-2, NB-1, W-6) 10

Total: (For three wickets in 12 overs) 80 Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-57, 3-75

Bowling: Kagiso Rabada 6-0-33-1, Nandre Burger 4-0-29-1, Marco Jansen 2-0-15-1.

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