India came into the second Test of the two-match series against South Africa with a defeat of 30 runs in the opening clash at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Their regular captain, Shubman Gill, was ruled out of the clash due to a neck injury, as Rishabh Pant was selected as the replacement leader of the second Test at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.

But things didn’t go as the home side perhaps planned. The Proteas posted a massive score of 489 runs in the first innings with several top-order batters getting starts and Senuran Muthusamy clubbing 109 runs in 206 balls, while Marco Jansen collected 93 runs in 91 balls with the bat. Simon Harmer and Jansen shared nine wickets between them to blow away the Blue Brigade for 201 runs.

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The importance for the visitors was to score runs quickly; Tristan Stubbs’ 94 runs, along with Tony de Zorzi’s 49 runs, set a massive target of 549 runs for the hosts to chase in the fourth innings.

Twitter Reactions: India surrender to SA with 408-run defeat in second Test in Guwahati

In the fourth innings, it was clearly a surrender from the host as only Ravindra Jadeja notched up a fine knock of 54 runs in 87 balls before they got bundled out for 140 and faced the 408-run loss to lose the series by a 0-2 margin.

408 became omnipresent to Phil Hughes a decade back
Them losing by the exact number of runs just a day before the world remembers him

— Abhay (@ImAbhay3) November 26, 2025

India didn’t just lose a Test, a 408-run defeat & 2-0 whitewash at home is a red-ball alarm.
Top order instability, unclear selections, and no batting resilience on turning tracks.
Meanwhile SA were clear in plans & clinical in execution.
Time for a serious reset, not excuses. 🇮🇳

— Shubham Thakur (@jadoun20) November 26, 2025

Rishabh Pant in Tears 🥺 after losing a Test match by record 408 runs on home soil 😨 pic.twitter.com/uu3TpJAeL6

— Richard Kettleborough (@RichKettle07) November 26, 2025

Embarrassing just embarrassing loss this..couldn't even defend 2 sessions is just ridiculous. Pitch is not unplayable just no one in team Played for draw like there's no purpose at all. There are some bad losses at home but hard to think as bad as this losing by 400+ runs?

— Shyam (@DhonifiedRebel) November 26, 2025

India didn’t just lose a Test, a 408-run defeat & 2-0 whitewash at home is a red-ball alarm.
Top order instability, unclear selections, and no batting resilience on turning tracks.
Meanwhile SA were clear in plans & clinical in execution.
Time for a serious reset, not excuses. 🇮🇳

— Shubham Thakur (@jadoun20) November 26, 2025

At 408 runs, this is India's worst Test defeat by runs. https://t.co/VkVQsAg4qL

— Omkar Mankame (@Oam_16) November 26, 2025

A defeat by 408 even away from Home is shameful enough. Kya din dikha diye Agarkar Gandbhir https://t.co/qNbeUCuqGa

— Manas (@manas__3) November 26, 2025