In the 2025 Kolkata Test, hosts India failed to chase the 124-run target in the fourth innings against South Africa, as the visitors Proteas won the match by 30 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series, with one to go. Now, the question is, what is the lowest successful defending target in Test cricket in India?

On the third day morning of the 2025 Kolkata Test, South Africa managed to score 153 runs in their second innings, where their captain Temba Bavuma scored 55 not out off 136 balls with four fours. Chasing down the 124-run target in the fourth innings in the absence of the skipper Shubman Gill, India lost their nine wickets for only 93 runs, as the visitors won by 30 runs.

South Africa recorded the second-lowest successful defending target in the fourth innings of a Test match in India. At the same time, it was the lowest successful defending target in the fourth innings of a Test match by a visiting team in India. 

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Lowest successful defending targets in the fourth innings of a Test match in India

Meanwhile, the 124-target was the joint eighth lowest successful defending targets in the fourth innings of a Test match history. 

Lowest successful defending targets in the fourth innings of a Test match