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          14/11Result
          2nd Test, South Africa tour of India at Bengaluru, Nov 14-18 2015
          Match drawn
          14/11Result
          2nd Test, South Africa tour of India at Bengaluru, Nov 14-18 2015
          Match drawn

          Bangalore Test ends with four washout days

          • The Report by Sidharth Monga
          Nov 18, 2015, 08:00 AM

          South Africa 214 (De Villiers 85, Jadeja 4-50, Ashwin 4-70) drew with India 80 for 0 (Dhawan 45*)
          Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

          The ninth-shortest, non-abandoned Test ended just before noon on the fifth day, with wet conditions and intermittent drizzle washing out a fourth day in a row. Only one Test in India has had fewer overs bowled than the 81 here. In that time, India put South Africa in, and their spinners bowled the visitors out for 214 before Shikhar Dhawan followed up his pair in Mohali with 45 not out. Playing his 100th Test, AB de Villiers scored 85, showing to his team-mates how to play spin in India.

          India led the series 1-0. The third Test is to begin in Nagpur on November 25.

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          end of a drought

          0

          No. of 50 stands before this by India's openers in 8 Test inns since their 283-run stand against Bangladesh in Fatullah.

          Steyn-Less

          2009

          Last time SA played a Test without Steyn, v Eng in Centurion; Steyn had played 48 consecutive Tests for SA since then.

          Jadeja's first-class best

          51

          First-class wkts by Jadeja in 2015-16 - equal the most he has taken in any season. His average of 11.54 this season is his best.

          spinners on a roll

          27

          Wickets by India's spinners out of the 30 taken by India in this series. India's fast bowlers have taken only two.

          ABD in a different league

          55.50

          ABD's batting average against spinners on this tour. He has struck at 93.27. The other SA batsmen have averaged just 19.90.

          ABD in Bengaluru

          967

          Runs ABD has made in T20s in Bengaluru. He has just eight runs in internationals (2 ODIs) here before today.

          Early Double strike

          2

          Wkts by Ashwin in SA's 8th over - the earliest a spinner has taken 2 or more wkts in an over in 1st inns of any Test in the last 10 yrs.

          None in two years

          0

          100 opening stands by SA in Tests since 2014 - only team without one from 10-plus inns. SA's 1st wicket has averaged 29.94.

          unexpected

          1974

          The last time before this a team chose to field first in Bangalore. In 20 Tests since then, this is the 1st time a captain has chosen to field.