Bumrah helps India rout South Africa for fastest Test win in history

SA 55 & 176; India 153 & 80-3. India win by seven wicketsSeries ends 1-1 after 642-ball, two-day second Test

India completed the quickest victory in Test history, levelling their two-match series against South Africa by winning early on the second afternoon in Cape Town. The tourists chased down a fourth innings total of 79 in 12 overs at Newlands on Thursday to wrap up the game, scheduled to end on Sunday evening, in 642 balls.

It is the shortest Test winin terms of deliveries bowled, shaving 14 off a record that has stood since 1932, when South Africa were also on the losing side, against Australia in Melbourne.

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