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India beat South Africa by an innings and 137 runs in 2nd Test, clinch series

The third and final Test will be played in Ranchi from October 19

PTI Pune Published 13.10.19, 10:00 AM
Ravindra Jadeja celebrates with teammates after dismissing South African batsman Temba Bavuma during the day 4 of the second India-South Africa cricket Test match at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, Sunday, October 13, 2019.

Ravindra Jadeja celebrates with teammates after dismissing South African batsman Temba Bavuma during the day 4 of the second India-South Africa cricket Test match at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, Sunday, October 13, 2019. PTI

India won the second Test against South Africa by an innings and 137 runs to seal the three-match series with a game to spare, in Pune on Sunday.

India had won the series-opener in Bengaluru by 203 runs.

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Following on, South Africa were all out for 189 in their second innings in the final session of day four.

India scored a mammoth 601 for five in their first innings with skipper Virat Kohli leading the side with a majestic double hundred.

Opener Dean Elgar (48) was the top-scorer for the visitors while pacer Umesh Yadav (3/22) and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja (3/52) took three wickets apiece for India.

The third and final Test will be played in Ranchi from October 19.

South Africa will return to India next year to compete in a three-match ODI series, beginning in Dharamsala on March 20.

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