The final and decisive match of the three-match test series between India and South Africa is played in Cape Town. The Indian team achieved a 70-run lead on the second day of the match. The Indian team will try to take this lead over 250 on the third day. This is a figure where the defeat of Team India becomes impossible. The record of the last 21 years tells the same story.
From 2000 until now, no team has been able to chase the 250+ goal against India. In these 21 years, the Indian team gave a 250+ goal to the opposing team in 50 test matches. Not once did the opposing team achieve this goal. Of these 50 test matches, India won 36 and drew 14 matches. That is, India did not lose a single match.
If we also look at the general history of the Indian team, it has been difficult to chase the goal of over 250 in the fourth inning against India. So far, the goal of 250 centers has been pursued against India only 2 times. For the first time in 1977, Australia had achieved the goal of 339 runs against India. Australia achieved this historic victory by 2 wickets at the WACA field in Perth. 10 years later, in 1987, the West Indies achieved the target of 276 against India by losing 5 wickets. West Indies achieved this victory at home to India.
On the first day of the match, in the first innings, the Indian team went all out for just 223 runs. But thanks to strong bowling from Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami, Team India outscored the hosts with just 210 runs and gave Team India a 13-run lead. By the end of the game on the second day, the Indian players had pushed this lead to 70 runs. At the beginning of the third day, Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara will carry out the Indian entries.
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