In a match which strongly favoured the bowlers, with no batsman in either team able to score 50 in the first innings, Aiden Markram stood man alone in South Africa's second knock. As SA's batsmen continued to fall cheaply, with only Dean Elgar, David Bedingham and Marco Jansen reaching double figures, Markram scored 106, almost double SA's first innings total. When he was finally dismissed, SA's lead was a mere 64. Could the specialist bowlers somehow manage to accumulate enough runs to take SA to an unlikely win?
They added a few more runs, bringing SA's total to 176, to set India a target of 79 for victory. They got there with ease.
South Africa take an unwanted place in the history books as losers of the shortest Test Match ever.
The series was drawn one all.
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