In Guwahati, on the second day of the second Test, the Indian team’s think tank’s stand was vindicated—thanks to South Africa—after Senuran Muthusamy, with his maiden Test century and Marco Jansen, with a career-best 93, all but batted India out of the game. With 489 first-innings runs on the board, and not scored at a Twenty20 clip, the balance of runs and time elapsed is stacked in South Africa’s favour. From here, it takes something exceptional for India to win; a hard push and some luck for the Proteas to make it 2-0, and neither side straying far from the median for a draw.
