India maintained their formidable home record by thrashing South Africa by an innings and 137 runs in the second test at Pune 𓆏to clinch the three-Test series with a match to spare on Sunday.
Made to follow on, the Faf Du Plessis & Co. were bundled out for 189 in their second innings after the Tea break as Virat Kohli’s men took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
With the series win, India has now consolidated its top s🧜pot in the ongoing ICC World Te𓂃st Championship.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
That will be it. win the 2🌜nd 🍸Test by an innings & 137 runs. 2-0 🇮🇳🇮🇳
— BCCI (@BCCI)
Congratulations to on winning 11 series back t👍o back at home! Incredible cons🔯istency shown by the boys to achieve this record. Well played.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Congratulations Team India on a world record 11th consecutive Test series win. Great all round performance and 🙈200 points now in the Wor✃ld Test Championship, great beginning.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Well done team india for winning the 2nd test🥀 and series against
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Loving the way India is playing. It is time the world acknowledges that India is the best test team at the moment.
We ha✅ve been superb in all aspects of the game and proved ourselves. Kudos to and the team man𝓀agement!— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349)
Congratulations Team India on one more comprehensive win. Total team effort. B▨owlers were brilliant throughout the match. Catching was good and was sensational. Keep it up.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
What a phenomenal bowling unit! W🐓ell played Team India. ♕Meanwhile feeling sad for South African cricket. Going to take some time for this team to get back on their feet.
— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye)
Well done team india another brilliant victory congratulations🐈𒅌 to all of u guys 👏👏👏👏🇮🇳😊💪 2-0
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3)
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India's biggest win over South Africa. Been better at all aspects. And the series has been won, not on minefields, but on perfectly good tracks. This one in Pune was excellent.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
India in Test matches at home since t🅘he start of 201ꦉ3:
W W W W W W W D W W W W W D W W W W🗹 W L W D W D W D W W W W W
25 wins
5 draws
1 loss
👏👏👏— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket)
So, in the end too easy and a 11th consecutive test series victory at home for India.
Fantastic effort from the b💃owlers after Kohli showed his class. C✃ongratulations Team India— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Most wins in first 50 Tests as a captain:
37 – Steve Waugh
35 – Ricky Ponting
30 – VIRAT KOHLI— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Most consecutive Test series wins at home:
11* India (2012-13 to till date)
10 Australia (1994-95 to 2000-01)
10 Australia (2004 to 2008-09)
8 West Indies (1975-76 to 1985-86)— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket)
