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Marco Jansen produced one of the best all-round performances by a visiting player in India in Tests to put South Africa in the driver's seat in the 2nd Test against the hosts at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati on Monday. Jansen slammed a brilliant knock of 93 runs and followed it up with a six-wicket haul in India's first innings to help the Proteas take complete control of the Test match.
Jansen etched his name in the record books by becoming the first South African player to score a half-century and take a six-wicket haul in a Test match against India. The 25-year-old came out to bat at no.9 during South Africa's first innings on Day 2 and hammered a stunning knock of 93 runs off just 91 balls, laced with seven sixes and 6 fours.
His blistering 93 along with Senuram Muthisamy's maiden Test hundred powered South Africa to a huge total of 489 runs in their first innings. Jansen continued his stellar form on Day 3, this time with the ball. He ran through the Indian middle order with a six-fer to record the third-best figures by a South African pacer in a Test match in India.
Jansen finished with excellent figures of 6/48 off his 19.5 overs as South Africa bundled out India for a paltry 201 in their first innings to amass a big lead of 289 runs. With his 93-run knock and six-wicket haul, Jansen joined an elite list by becoming only the third player since 2000 to score a fifty and take a fifer in a Test match in India.
Marco Jansen (South Africa), Guwahati, 2025 – 93 runs & 6/48
Nicky Boje (South Africa), Bengaluru, 2000 – 85 runs & 5/83
Jason Holder (West Indies), Hyderabad, 2008 – 52 runs & five wickets
Jansen became only the 4th South African pacer after the legendary Dale Steyn, Lance Klusener and Kyle Abbott to pick up a fifer in a Test match in India. He also recorded the fourth-best figures by a left-arm pacer in a Test match in India. Former England pacer John Lever leads the elite list with his 7/46 in a Test match against India in Delhi in 1976.
7/46 - John Lever (England), Delhi, 1976
7/67 - Geoff Dymock (Australia), Kanpur, 1979
7/93 - Alan Davidson (Australia), Kanpur, 1959
6/48 - Marco Jansen(South Africa), Guwahati, 2025
5/31 - Alan Davidson (Australia), Kanpur, 1959
Jansen's all-round heroics have put South Africa on the cusp of a stellar victory in the second Test and a historic series victory against India. Courtesy of his six-fer, the Proteas bowled out India for 201 runs to secure an emphatic 289-run lead and extended it to 306 runs at stumps on Day 3.
South Africa had the chance to enforce follow-on against India, however, they decided to bat again to hand an imposing target to the hosts in their second innings. India will need a mighty effort with the bat in their second innings to salvage a draw, let alone win the Test match.
