India vs South Africa: How Indians have fared in Cape Town Tests over the years
South Africa are 1-0 up after their commanding innings and 32-run victory over India in the first Test in Centurion, and are currently favourites to sweep the series 2-0
What further strengthens South Africa's favourites tag is the fact that India are yet to win a Test in Cape Town
India have played a total of six Tests at Cape Town’s Newlands Cricket Ground — drawing two and losing four games
Sachin Tendulkar had scoring a fighting 73 at this venue during the fourth Test in India’s maiden trip to South Africa in 1992-93, the match ultimately ending in a draw
Tendulkar (169) and Mohammad Azharuddin (115) would then share a mammoth 222-run stand at Newlands in their next visit four years later, though the Proteas would go on to win by 282 runs
South Africa would then clinch the series in 2007 2-1 with a five-wicket victory at Newlands, bouncing back after losing the first Test at Johannesburg by 123 runs
It was also in Cape Town where Sachin Tendulkar would score his 51st and final Test century of his career, scoring 146 as the match ended in a draw, resulting in India and South Africa sharing the honours 1-1
Jasprit Bumrah would make his Test debut here 11 years later and would collect four wickets including 3/39 in the second innings though the Indians would still lose the low-scoring affair
Four years later, India would suffer a seven-wicket defeat at Newlands, losing yet another series in SA despite going 1-0 up, and it would be Virat Kohli’s final game as captain in any format