The second test played between India and South Africa ended in just two days. India won the match by 7 wickets. This is the 25th time since 1882 that a Test match ended within two days. India has become a part of the Test for the third time which ended within two days. Earlier, India had defeated Afghanistan in Bengaluru in 2018 and England in Ahmedabad in 2021 within two days. South African team came to bat first Mohammad Siraj With the help of 6 wickets, India was restricted to 55 runs. From South Africa in the second innings aidan markram Scored a century and Jasprit Bumrah took 6 wickets. India got the target of 79 runs. India easily achieved the target at the loss of three wickets. With this victory, India also leveled the series.
List of test matches ended within two days
England v Australia, The Oval, 1882
This was the ninth test match in history. Australia was bundled out for 63 runs but with the help of Fred ‘Damon’ Spofforth’s seven wickets, it managed to restrict England to 101 runs in the first innings. Despite Hugh Massey’s 55 runs, the Australian team could score only 122 runs in the second innings also. Despite WG Grace’s 32 runs, England succumbed to Spofforth. Spofforth took seven wickets for 44 runs as England were bowled out for 77 runs and lost by seven runs.
England v Australia, Lord’s, 1888
Australia scored 116 and 60 runs in the two innings and then bowled out England for 53 and 62 runs and won by 61 runs.
England v Australia, The Oval, 1888
This time England was successful in defeating Australia with an innings and 137 run victory within two days. Australia was out for 80 and 100 while the hosts scored 317 runs in their only innings.
England v Australia, Manchester, 1888
Batting first, England scored 172 runs with the help of WG Grace’s 38 runs. Australia failed to touch the 100-run mark in both its innings. The team scored 81 and 70 runs and lost the match by an innings and 21 runs.
South Africa v England, Port Elizabeth, 1889
Eventually cricket reached a new place apart from England and Australia. In Port Elizabeth, South Africa scored 84 and 129 runs and in reply England scored 67 and 148 runs for 2 wickets and won by eight wickets.
South Africa v England, Cape Town, 1889
The second match of the series also ended within two days. England batted first and scored 292 runs in their only innings with the help of Bobby Abel’s 120 runs. Johnny Briggs destroyed South Africa’s batting by taking 7 wickets for 17 runs and 8 wickets for 11 runs. The host team could score only 47 and 43 runs in the two innings and England won by an innings and 202 runs.
England v Australia, The Oval, 1890
The Australian team scored 92 and 102 runs and England scored 95 and 100 runs for eight wickets and won by two wickets within two days.
South Africa v England, Port Elizabeth, 1896
England scored 185 and 226 runs and then bowled out South Africa for 93 and 30 runs. Fast bowler George Lohman took eight wickets for seven runs in 9.4 overs as England won by 288 runs.
South Africa v England, Cape Town, 1896
With the help of Arthur Hill’s 124 runs, England scored 265 runs in reply to South Africa’s 115 runs in the first innings. England bowled out the host team for 117 runs in the second innings and won by an innings and 33 runs.
Australia v South Africa, Manchester, 1912
In a tri-Test series match with the presence of England, Australia scored 448 runs in its only innings and then bowled out South Africa for 265 and 95 runs, winning the match by an innings and 88 runs.
England v South Africa, The Oval, 1912
In the next match of the tri-series, South Africa were bowled out for 95 runs in the first innings with Sydney Barnes and Frank Woolley taking five wickets each. The great Jack Hobbs scored 68 out of 176 in England’s first innings. Barnes also took eight wickets for 29 runs in the second innings, due to which South Africa was bowled out for 93 runs and England won the match by 10 wickets after scoring 14 runs without any loss.
England v Australia, Nottingham, 1921
England could score only 112 and 147 runs in both the innings, in response to which Australia was bowled out, while the Australian team scored 232 and 30 runs without any loss and won by 10 wickets.
Australia vs West Indies, Melbourne, 1931
With the help of Sir Don Bradman’s 152 runs, Australia declared the innings at 328 runs for eight wickets in reply to West Indies’ 99 runs in the first innings. West Indies were out for 107 runs in their second innings and the hosts won by an innings and 122 runs.
South Africa v Australia, Johannesburg, 1936
The South African team collapsed for 157 runs and the Australian team scored 439 runs in its first innings in which Jack Fingleton scored 108 runs. South Africa were all out for 98 runs in the second innings in which leg spinner Clarrie Grimmett took seven wickets for 40 runs. The visiting team won by an innings and 184 runs.
New Zealand vs Australia, Wellington, 1946
The New Zealand team was out for 42 and 54 runs in both its innings. Australia declared its only innings at 199 runs for eight wickets and won by an innings and 103 runs.
England vs West Indies, Leeds, 2000
England scored 272 runs in reply to West Indies’ 172 runs in the first innings. After this, they bowled out the Caribbean team for 61 runs in which Andy Caddick and Darren Gough together took nine wickets. England won by an innings and 39 runs.
Australia vs Pakistan, Sharjah, 2002
Great leg spinner Shane Warne took eight wickets in both innings as Pakistan was all out for 59 and 53 runs. Australia scored 319 runs in its only innings with the help of Matthew Hayden’s 119 runs and won by an innings and 198 runs.
South Africa v Zimbabwe, Cape Town, 2005
South Africa bowled out its neighbors for 54 and 265 runs in two innings and declared its only innings at 340 for three wickets, winning by an innings and 21 runs.
Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, Harare, 2005
Thanks to centuries from Brendon McCullum and Daniel Vettori, New Zealand declared the innings at 452 runs for nine wickets and then dismissed Zimbabwe for 55 and 99 runs and won by 294 runs.
South Africa vs Zimbabwe, Port Elizabeth, 2017
Batting first, South Africa declared its innings after scoring 309 runs for nine wickets. After this, he bowled out Zimbabwe for 68 and 121 runs, due to which the host team won by an innings and 120 runs.
India vs Afghanistan, Bengaluru, 2018
Under the leadership of Ajinkya Rahane, India scored 474 runs with the help of centuries from openers Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan. In response, Afghanistan team could score 109 and 103 runs and had to face defeat by an innings and 262 runs.
India vs England, Ahmedabad, 2021
On a spin-friendly pitch, England scored 112 and 81 runs, in response to which India scored 145 and 49 runs without any wicket and won by 10 wickets.
Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe, Abu Dhabi, 2021
Zimbabwe bowled out Afghanistan for 131 and 135 and then scored 250 and 17 runs without loss and won by 10 wickets.
Australia vs South Africa, Brisbane, 2022
South Africa was reduced to 152 and 99 runs in two innings at Gabba. The Australian team scored 218 runs and 35 runs for four wickets and won by six wickets.