Team India scripts history | India defeats South Africa to set history

MCA Stadium, Pune: India v South Africa 2nd Test Day 4, Virat Kohli opted to enforce the follow-on this morning and India have cleaned up South Africa in just 67.2 overs in the second innings. It’s also a world record 11th consecutive home series win for India. It was a truly combined bowling performance by the side as all the bowlers chipped in with wickets.

Team India celebrate their 11th consecutive triumph at home

The Indian juggernaut continued to roll as the hosts humiliated South Africa by an innings and 137 runs in the second Test to clinch the three-match series on Sunday.

The comprehensive victory, coming on the fourth day, has consolidated India's top position in the ICC World Test Championship. India now have 200 points in their account, Virat Kohli leading the side for the 50th time in Test cricket, now has the record 13 Test series win by an Indian Captain. 

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.

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Most Test series win by Indian Captain

Key points of the test match:

• Kohli scored his career-best 254 not out, and completed 7000 Test runs.
• 55th man of the match award for Kohli - 9 in Tests, 35 in ODIs and 11 in T20Is. Only behind Sachin Tendulkar (76), Sanath Jayasuriya (58) and Jacques Kallis (57).
• Kohli's 9 man of the match awards in Test cricket is fourth in the list for Indians, after Sachin Tendulkar (14), Rahul Dravid (11) and Anil Kumble (10).
• Mayank Agarwal becomes only the second Indian opener to hit centuries in back-to-back Test matches against South Africa, after Virender Sehwag in 2010.
• South Africa's first innings defeat since losing by an innings and 57 runs against India in Kolkata in 2010.
• For the second time India beat South Africa by an innings margin.
• For the second time South Africa lost by a margin of innings & 100+ runs to a team other than Australia or England, after innings & 153 runs defeat to Sri Lanka in 2006.

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Brief scores: India 601/5d (Virat Kohli 254*; Kagiso Rabada 3-93) 

South Africa 275 (Keshav Maharaj 72; Ravichandran Ashwin 4-69) & 189 (Dean Elgar 48; Umesh Yadav 3-22) by an innings and 137 runs

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

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