1st Test : Day-3 : Bavuma's 55* runs & Harmer's 8 wickets in match helps Africa to a remarkable win over India by 30 runs

1st Test match of two test match series between India vs South Africa at Eden Gardens, Kolkata during November 14 to 18, 2025.

Day-3 : Temba Bavuma's 55* runs & Simon Harmer's 8 wickets in match helps Africa to a remarkable win over India by 30 runs

Resume batting on 97/3, South Africa with Temba Bavuma's superb 55 unbeaten runs score 153 runs. India got 124 runs target to win. Following 124 runs, India with very poor batting all out scoring just 93 runs and lost the match by 30 runs. Simon Harmer bowled well and took 4 wickets. He declared man of the match for 8 wickets in match. Africa led 2-match series 1-0 as well.

Day-2 : Jadeja's 4 for 29 helps India to put visitors on defensive as Africa score 93/7 in 2nd inning and lead by 63 runs at stumps

Resume batting on 37/1, India team all out scoing 189 runs in 62.2 overs. KL Rahul with 39 runs was top scorer. Simon Harmer bowled well and took 4 wickets of 30 runs. Marco Jansen also took 3 wickets for Africa. Batting in 2nd inning, Africa score 93/7 at stumps. Temba Bavuma with 29 runs and Corbin Bosch with 1 runs to resume bating on day-3. Jadeja bowled well and took 4 wickets for India.

Day-1 : Jasprit Bumrah's five for led India to restrict Africa on 159 runs, India score 37/1 at stumps

Opting to bat first, South Africa team collepsed badly against Indian pace bowlers and all oui scoring 159 runs in 55 overs. Jasprit Bumrah bowled well and took wickets of 27 runs. Siraj and Kuldeep shared 2 wickets each for India. Markram with 31 runs was top scorer for Africa. Batting in 1st Inning, India score 37/1 at stumps day-1. Jaiswal got out scoring 12 runs. KL Rahul with 13 and Washington with 6 runs to resume batting on day-2.

Man of the match :- Simon Harmer (SA)

India vs South Africa 1st test scorecard Toss : South Africa won and chose to bat first Result : South Africa won by 30 runs Man of The Match : Simon Harmer (SA) Series - South Africa led 2-match series 1-0   South Africa 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Aiden Markram c Pant b Bumrah 31 48 5 1 64.58   Ryan Rickelton b Bumrah 23 22 4 0 104.54   Wiaan Mulder lbw b Kuldeep Yadav 24 51 3 0 47.05   Temba Bavuma (c) c Jurel b Kuldeep Yadav 3 11 0 0 27.27   Tony de Zorzi lbw b Bumrah 24 55 1 1 43.63   Tristan Stubbs not out 15 74 1 0 20.27   Kyle Verreynne (w) lbw b Mohammed Siraj 16 36 2 0 44.44   Marco Jansen b Mohammed Siraj 0 3 0 0 0.00   Corbin Bosch lbw b Patel 3 23 0 0 13.04   Simon Harmer b Bumrah 5 5 1 0 100.00   Keshav Maharaj lbw b Bumrah 0 3 0 0 0.00                   Extras (b 8, lb 4, nb 1, w 2) 15           Total (55.0 overs) 159/10 RR: 2.89   India       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Jasprit Bumrah 14 5 27 5 1 1 1.92   Mohammed Siraj 12 0 47 2 0 1 3.91   Axar Patel 6 2 21 1 0 0 3.50   Kuldeep Yadav 14 1 36 2 0 0 2.57   Ravindra Jadeja 8 2 13 0 0 0 1.62   Washington Sundar 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.00   India 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Yashasvi Jaiswal b Jansen 12 27 3 0 44.44   KL Rahul c Markram b Maharaj 39 119 4 1 32.77   Washington Sundar c Markram b Harmer 29 82 2 1 35.36   Shubman Gill (c) retired hurt 4 3 1 0 133.33   Rishabh Pant (w) c Verreynne b Bosch 27 24 2 2 112.50   Ravindra Jadeja lbw b Harmer 27 45 3 0 60.00   Dhruv Jurel c & b Harmer 14 14 3 0 100.00   Axar Patel c Jansen b Harmer 16 45 3 0 35.55   Kuldeep Yadav c Verreynne b Jansen 1 8 0 0 12.50   Mohammed Siraj b Jansen 1 9 0 0 11.11   Jasprit Bumrah not out 1 3 0 0 33.33                   Extras (b 9, lb 2, nb 5, w 2) 18           Total (62.2 overs) 189/10 RR: 3.03   South Africa       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Marco Jansen 15 4 35 3 3 1 2.33   Wiaan Mulder 5 1 15 0 2 0 3.00   Keshav Maharaj 16 1 66 1 0 0 4.12   Corbin Bosch 11 4 32 1 1 0 2.90   Simon Harmer 15.2 4 30 4 0 0 1.95   South Africa 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Ryan Rickelton lbw b Kuldeep Yadav 11 23 1 0 47.82   Aiden Markram c Jurel b Jadeja 4 23 0 0 17.39   Wiaan Mulder c Pant b Jadeja 11 30 1 0 36.66   Temba Bavuma (c) not out 55 136 4 0 40.44   Tony de Zorzi c Jurel b Jadeja 2 2 0 0 100.00   Tristan Stubbs b Jadeja 5 18 0 0 27.77   Kyle Verreynne (w) b Axar Patel 9 16 1 0 56.25   Marco Jansen c Rahul b Kuldeep Yadav 13 16 0 1 81.25   Corbin Bosch b Bumrah 25 37 2 1 67.56   Simon Harmer b Mohammed Siraj 7 20 0 0 35.00   Keshav Maharaj lbw b Mohammed Siraj 0 3 0 0 0.00                   Extras (lb 11) 11           Total (54.0 overs) 153/10 RR: 2.83   India       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Jasprit Bumrah 10 2 24 1 0 0 2.40   Axar Patel 14 0 36 1 0 0 2.57   Kuldeep Yadav 8 1 30 2 0 0 3.75   Ravindra Jadeja 20 3 50 4 0 0 2.50   Mohammed Siraj 2 0 2 2 0 0 1.00   India 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Yashasvi Jaiswal c Verreynne b Jansen 0 4 0 0 0.00   KL Rahul c Verreynne b Jansen 1 6 0 0 16.66   Washington Sundar c Harmer b Markram 31 92 2 0 33.69   Dhruv Jurel c Bosch b Harmer 13 34 3 0 38.23   Rishabh Pant (w) c & b Harmer 2 13 0 0 15.28   Ravindra Jadeja lbw b Harmer 18 26 2 0 69.23   Axar Patel c Bavuma b Maharaj 26 17 1 2 152.94   Kuldeep Yadav lbw b Harmer 1 13 0 0 7.69   Jasprit Bumrah not out 0 4 0 0 0.00   Mohammed Siraj c Markram b Maharaj 0 1 0 0 0.00   Shubman Gill (c) absent hurt - - - - -                   Extras (lb 1) 1           Total (35.0 overs) 93/10 RR: 2.65   South Africa       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Marco Jansen 7 3 15 2 0 0 2.14   Simon Harmer 14 4 21 4 0 0 1.50   Keshav Maharaj 9 1 37 2 0 0 4.11   Corbin Bosch 2 0 14 0 0 0 7.00   Aiden Markram 3 0 5 1 0 0 1.66