NEW DELHI: South Africa are set to force India into a rare and humiliating follow-up at home as the hosts collapsed to 141/7 at the drinks break of the second session on the third day of the second Test at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati on Monday. Still trailing by 348 runs in their first innings and needing 149 more to avoid being asked to bat again, India find themselves facing a scenario not seen in over a decade.Go beyond borders with our YouTube channel. REGISTER NOW!If India are bowled out for less than 290, South Africa will have the chance to impose the follow-on – a possibility which has become increasingly realistic after a relentless bowling performance. The Proteas picked up four wickets in the morning session and three more in the first hour after tea, leaving India’s lower orders to delay what now seems inevitable.Live results:India vs South Africa, 2nd TestA follow-up at home would mark only the fourth such case in India’s Test history and the first in 15 years. Remarkably, the last time India were forced to trail at home was also against South Africa – in Nagpur in 2010. In that match, India were bowled out for 233 in response to 558/6 declared by the visitors and went on to lose by an innings and six runs.
Before that, New Zealand had forced the follow-on in Mohali in 2003, while Australia had done so in Kolkata in 2001 – a match which India turned into one of the greatest comebacks in Test history.Teams responsible for implementing India Tracking in India:
- South Africa – Nagpur, 2010
- New Zealand — Mohali, 2003
- Australia – Calcutta, 2001
With South Africa already leading 1-0 in this two-match series, the pressure on India has reached critical levels. Unless the tail stages an improbable rescue, history could repeat itself – and not in the way the hosts hoped.
