The first session of the second day of the second Test between India and South Africa at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati belongs to the visitors, whose two overnight batters- Kyle Verreynne and Senuran Muthusamy, who negotiated the opening session of the second day’s play. There was an early survival for Muthusamy, who thanked the review. 

The left-handed batter went for a sweep shot against the left-arm spinner, Ravindra Jadeja, who had nearly adjusted him before the stumps with the third umpire raising his finger. But the review confirmed that the batter got a little bit of glove on the ball, which ruled the dismissal and kept the batter alive in the middle.

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However, Jadeja finally broke the stand with the wicket of Kyle Verryenne, who looked to come down the track and defend Jadeja, who was smart enough to put the ball wide of the stumps and got stumped by the wicket-keeper and captain, Rishabh Pant. The umpire confirmed the dismissal after checking if he had collected the ball after it crossed the stumps.

Watch: Ravindra Jadeja draws first blood on second day of IND vs SA 2nd Test in Guwahati

With the wicket of Verreynne, Jadeja becomes the joint-leading wicket-taker for India at home against South Africa. He joined Harbhajan Singh, the former off-spinner of the team, to pick 42 wickets. Ravindra has collected those wickets in just 16 innings at an average of 18.28 and a strike rate of 48.60. Ravichandran Ashwin tops the chart with 46 wickets in 13 innings at 15.73.

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Verreynne and Muthusamy enjoyed a partnership of 88 runs for the seventh wicket, which is now the highest seven-wicket stand for the Proteas against India in India, as they overtook de Brynn and Shaun Pollock’s 60-run stand in Kanpur nearly 21 years ago. The Proteas were in a strong place with 358/7.

India would hope to bring the curtains down rapidly and restrict the visitors to anything under the 400-run mark. But they had to break the defense of Muthusamy, who was on 75 in 169 balls and looked to meditate in the middle.

During India’s previous Test trip to England for five Tests, it was Mohammad Siraj who strapped his shoes on every single day of the game and kept running in with a lot of energy. When Jasprit Bumrah wasn’t around during the fifth game in South London, he inspired the Blue Brigade to victory. And he aimed to continue the same success during the home Protea series.

However, it was a wayward start for Bumrah, whose first leg-side delivery was tucked into the leg side by Ryan Rickelton. Since then, both the opening batters- including Aiden Markram- cracked several boundaries against Siraj to take them to a flying start with the bat. Mohammad Siraj left the field in anger.

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But in the second spell of the Hyderabad-born, there was a massive difference in the performance of the bowler, who found the right line and length to channel India’s brutal comeback into the clash. He changed the direction of the contest with the double-wicket over of Marco Jansen and Kyle Verreyne.

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 On the first ball of the 45th over of the first innings, Siraj trapped the Protea wicket-keeper batter, Verreynne, for 16 runs before the stumps. The right-handed batter was late to bring his bat down as the ball brushed the back of the bat with the angle into the off-side. The impact was in front of the stumps as ball-tracing confirmed it would have crashed into the middle stump.

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Two balls later, Marco Janse was late on the shot. The lanky batter covered the stumps, but it wasn’t enough to stop the ball from Siraj's jag ball, and it sneaked through the bat-pad gap to hit the top of the stump.

The Proteas suddenly found themselves seven down for 150-odd runs. Earlier in the morning, Jasprit Bumrah was on fire with the wickets of Markram and Rickelton, while the left-arm wrist spinner, Kuldeep Yadav, also collected two vital wickets in the innings so far.

South Africa set a strong start in the 2025 ICC World Test Championship Final against the defending champions Australia, as the Baggy Greens lost four wickets before the lunch break. The first session ended with a stunning catch by the Proteas wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne, which dismissed the dangerous cricketer Travis Head. 

South Africa chose to field first after winning the toss in the 2025 ICC World Test Championship Final on Wednesday morning (June 11), which Lord's (London) is hosting. 

South African pacers provided a strong start for the Proteas as Australia were struggling at 67/4 at the lunch break. Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen bagged two wickets each in that session, while the Aussie batters completely struggled to handle the early pressure. 

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2025 ICC WTC Final: Kyle Verreynne's stunning catch sent Travis Head back cheaply

The first session of the 2025 ICC WTC Final ended with a wicket of dangerous Aussie left-handed batter Travis Head. The left-arm fast bowler Marco Jansen bowled a leg-side delivery, which Head had a little touch on that travelled to the leg side. South African wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne quickly reacted to it and dived to his right side to take a stunner with his right hand to dismiss the dangerous Aussie batter. Head only managed to score 11 runs, as the South Africans were celebrating that big moment. 

 

 

 

 

 

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2025 ICC WTC Final: Kagiso Rabada took two wickets in an over

In the first session of the 2025 ICC WTC Final, South Africans were excellent at catching, as they counted every opportunity with their best responses. While the pacers provided strong starts with their tight line and lengths, the Proteas fielders were also very disciplined to support the bowlers. 

At lunch, while the defending champions Australia were struggling at 67/4, Steven Smith was batting at 26 runs, the only Australian to reach the 20-run mark. Opener Usman Khawaja failed to open his account, while the no.3 batter Cameron Green, making his Test comeback after more than a year, scored four off three balls, as Kagiso Rabada took two wickets in the seventh over of the match.

Later, Jansen dismissed another Aussie opener Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head for 17 and 11 runs, respectively.