South Africa v India, Kolkata

South Africa 159/10 & 153/10

India 189/9 & 93/9

South Africa won by 30 runs

India v South Africa 2025 · 1st Test Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Kolkata 14–16 Nov 2025

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it far tougher than India.

South Africa

0.71× -29%

India

0.93× -7%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, South Africa led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

T Bavuma South Africa

58 +141

Washington Sundar India

60 +86

AR Patel India

42 +69

RA Jadeja India

45 +58

KL Rahul India

40 +46

Best bowling

Top match figures

JJ Bumrah5/27

SR Harmer4/21

SR Harmer4/30

RA Jadeja4/50

Top score

55*

T Bavuma · South Africa

Biggest stand

1st wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

4–13

4 wkts for 13 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 30 runs

Length3 days

South Africa

159 /10 (55.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c RR Pant b JJ Bumrah	31	48	5	1	64.58
RD Rickelton	b JJ Bumrah	23	22	4	0	104.55
PWA Mulder	lbw b Kuldeep Yadav	24	51	3	0	47.06
T Bavuma	c Dhruv Jurel b Kuldeep Yadav	3	11	0	0	27.27
T de Zorzi	lbw b JJ Bumrah	24	55	1	1	43.64
T Stubbs*	not out	15	74	1	0	20.27
K Verreynne	lbw b Mohammed Siraj	16	36	2	0	44.44
M Jansen	b Mohammed Siraj	0	3	0	0	0.00
C Bosch	lbw b AR Patel	3	23	0	0	13.04
SR Harmer	b JJ Bumrah	5	5	1	0	100.00
KA Maharaj	lbw b JJ Bumrah	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 15 (b 8, lb 4, w 2, nb 1)

Total 159/10 (55.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JJ Bumrah	14.0	5	27	5	1.93
Mohammed Siraj	12.0	0	47	2	3.92
AR Patel	6.0	2	21	1	3.50
Kuldeep Yadav	14.0	1	36	2	2.57
RA Jadeja	8.0	2	13	0	1.62
Washington Sundar	1.0	0	3	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-57 (RD Rickelton, 10.3)·2-62 (AK Markram, 12.1)·3-71 (T Bavuma, 15.6)·4-114 (PWA Mulder, 29.5)·5-120 (T de Zorzi, 32.4)·6-146 (K Verreynne, 44.1)·7-147 (M Jansen, 44.5)·8-154 (C Bosch, 51.6)·9-159 (SR Harmer, 54.3)·10-159 (KA Maharaj, 54.6)

India

189 /9 (62.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
YBK Jaiswal	b M Jansen	12	27	3	0	44.44
KL Rahul	c AK Markram b KA Maharaj	39	119	4	1	32.77
Washington Sundar	c AK Markram b SR Harmer	29	82	2	1	35.37
Shubman Gill*	not out	4	3	1	0	133.33
RR Pant	c K Verreynne b C Bosch	27	24	2	2	112.50
RA Jadeja	lbw b SR Harmer	27	45	3	0	60.00
Dhruv Jurel	c & b SR Harmer	14	14	3	0	100.00
AR Patel	c M Jansen b SR Harmer	16	45	2	0	35.56
Kuldeep Yadav	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	1	8	0	0	12.50
Mohammed Siraj	b M Jansen	1	9	0	0	11.11
JJ Bumrah*	not out	1	3	0	0	33.33

Extras 18 (b 9, lb 2, w 2, nb 5)

Total 189/9 (62.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Jansen	15.0	4	35	3	2.33
PWA Mulder	5.0	1	15	0	3.00
KA Maharaj	16.0	1	66	1	4.12
C Bosch	11.0	4	32	1	2.91
SR Harmer	15.2	5	30	4	1.96

Fall of wickets

1-18 (YBK Jaiswal, 6.6)·2-75 (Washington Sundar, 34.2)·3-109 (KL Rahul, 39.5)·4-132 (RR Pant, 43.4)·5-153 (Dhruv Jurel, 48.3)·6-171 (RA Jadeja, 54.3)·7-172 (Kuldeep Yadav, 55.5)·8-187 (Mohammed Siraj, 59.7)·9-189 (AR Patel, 62.2)

South Africa

153 /10 (54.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RD Rickelton	lbw b Kuldeep Yadav	11	23	1	0	47.83
AK Markram	c Dhruv Jurel b RA Jadeja	4	23	0	0	17.39
PWA Mulder	c RR Pant b RA Jadeja	11	30	1	0	36.67
T Bavuma*	not out	55	136	4	0	40.44
T de Zorzi	c Dhruv Jurel b RA Jadeja	2	2	0	0	100.00
T Stubbs	b RA Jadeja	5	18	0	0	27.78
K Verreynne	b AR Patel	9	16	1	0	56.25
M Jansen	c KL Rahul b Kuldeep Yadav	13	16	0	1	81.25
C Bosch	b JJ Bumrah	25	37	2	1	67.57
SR Harmer	b Mohammed Siraj	7	20	0	0	35.00
KA Maharaj	lbw b Mohammed Siraj	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 11 (lb 11)

Total 153/10 (54.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JJ Bumrah	10.0	2	24	1	2.40
AR Patel	14.0	0	36	1	2.57
Kuldeep Yadav	8.0	1	30	2	3.75
RA Jadeja	20.0	3	50	4	2.50
Mohammed Siraj	2.0	0	2	2	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-18 (RD Rickelton, 6.4)·2-25 (AK Markram, 8.2)·3-38 (PWA Mulder, 16.3)·4-40 (T de Zorzi, 16.5)·5-60 (T Stubbs, 22.6)·6-75 (K Verreynne, 27.5)·7-91 (M Jansen, 33.6)·8-135 (C Bosch, 47.1)·9-153 (SR Harmer, 53.3)·10-153 (KA Maharaj, 53.6)

India

93 /9 (35.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
YBK Jaiswal	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	0	4	0	0	0.00
Washington Sundar	c SR Harmer b AK Markram	31	92	2	0	33.70
KL Rahul	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	1	6	0	0	16.67
Dhruv Jurel	c C Bosch b SR Harmer	13	34	3	0	38.24
RR Pant	c & b SR Harmer	2	13	0	0	15.38
RA Jadeja	lbw b SR Harmer	18	26	2	0	69.23
AR Patel	c T Bavuma b KA Maharaj	26	17	1	2	152.94
Kuldeep Yadav	lbw b SR Harmer	1	13	0	0	7.69
JJ Bumrah*	not out	0	4	0	0	0.00
Mohammed Siraj	c AK Markram b KA Maharaj	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 1 (lb 1)

Total 93/9 (35.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Jansen	7.0	3	15	2	2.14
SR Harmer	14.0	4	21	4	1.50
KA Maharaj	9.0	1	37	2	4.11
C Bosch	2.0	0	14	0	7.00
AK Markram	3.0	0	5	1	1.67

Fall of wickets

1-0 (YBK Jaiswal, 0.4)·2-1 (KL Rahul, 2.1)·3-33 (Dhruv Jurel, 14.6)·4-38 (RR Pant, 19.4)·5-64 (RA Jadeja, 27.1)·6-72 (Washington Sundar, 30.2)·7-77 (Kuldeep Yadav, 33.2)·8-93 (AR Patel, 34.5)·9-93 (Mohammed Siraj, 34.6)