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India vs South Africa Scorecard, 1st Test, India vs South Africa 2025
Result · Nov 14 2025, Fri - 09:30 AM (IST)
SOUTH AFRICA159, 153
INDIA189, 93
South Africa won by 30 runs
CRR:2.66
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | South Africa in India 2025 |
| Date: | Nov 14 2025, Fri - 09:30 AM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Kolkata |
| Venue: | Eden Gardens |
| Toss: | South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. |
| India Playing XI: | Lokesh Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Washington Sundar, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Temba Bavuma (c), Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Simon Harmer, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj |
- South Africa have only lost two of their last 10 men’s Test series against India (W4 D4) including a win (2-1 in December 2021 - January 2022) and a draw (1-1 in December 2023 - January 2024) in the last two iterations; though, the two losses in that span have been in the last two series in India (0-3 in November - December 2015, 0-3 in October 2019).
- India won 2-0 against West Indies in their last men’s Test series, snapping a three-series winless run (D1 L2); they will be looking to win back-to-back series for the first time since September 2024.
- South Africa are unbeaten in their last six men’s Test series (W5 D1) with their last loss in the format coming against New Zealand (0-2 in February 2024); their last defeat was against New Zealand in New Zealand (0-2).
- India have only lost one of their last 12 men’s Tests at Eden Gardens (W8 D3) and are unbeaten in their last four matches at the venue (W3 D1) while South Africa have lost their last two games at the venue (November 2004, February 2010) after winning their inaugural fixture in 1996; four of India’s last five wins at Eden Gardens have been by more than an innings margin.
- India have scored 52.7% of their runs via boundaries in men’s Tests in 2025, the highest rate of any team; in addition, India (42.3) and South Africa (42.2) have the third and fourth highest collective batting averages this year (New Zealand - 70.5, England - 43.5).
- India have faced an average of 588 balls per innings in men’s Tests in 2025, the most of any team and 120 more than South Africa (468) in that span.
- Ravindra Jadeja (3990) is 10 away from becoming the 18th player to score 4000 runs for India in men’s Tests; he has scored 659 runs in 2025, the most he has scored in any calendar year and it also the second successive year in which he has scored more than 500 runs.
- Wiaan Mulder (South Africa) has scored 586 runs at an average of 83.7 in men’s Tests since the beginning of 2025, the highest average among players to have scored more than 200 runs; in addition, he has hit a boundary every 9.1 balls, the most frequently among batters to have faced at least 700 balls this year.
- The four leading scorers in men’s Tests in 2025 are currently from India (Shubman Gill - 979, KL Rahul - 745, Yashasvi Jaiswal - 662, Ravindra Jadeja – 659); Shubman Gill needs 21 more runs to become the second player to score 1000 runs in a calendar year for India since the beginning of 2019 (Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1478 in 2024).
- Simon Harmer (South Africa) has drawn a false shot from opposition batters on over 30% of his deliveries in each of his last two men’s Tests; he had only reached that mark in 10 previous career matches; indeed, he’s taken at least five wickets in each of his last three Tests.