India‘s batting collapse Day 3 of Guwahati Test an old and restless ghost, a taboo in the home land, retreated. For a team that once treated home Tests like fortresses, India’s picture is scrambling just to avoid a double dip. South Africa489 and India’s relief from 95/1 to 105/5 is a far wider gulf than expected. Bavuma eventually bowled India for 2013, refusing to impose the chase after damage and embarrassment. already done.
Ind VS SA: India’s collapse against South Africa in Guwahati opens an old wound
India’s response to South Africa’s mammoth 489 was both shocking and strangely familiar, the long-buried trauma of Nagpur 2010, the last time India had to watch at home. What started as a steady start ended with four wickets toppled for just ten runs and a failure with the entire batting order seemingly torn between indecision and intimidation. From 95/1 to 105/5, India’s innings crumbled under relentless pressure from a disciplined South African bowling that was not just technical cracks but exposed the strategic confusion in the camp.
Absence Shubman Gillheight Rishabh pants To captain and the continued imbalance in India’s Middle Order contributed to its collapse, turning the once manageable chase into a battle for survival. Even the home advantage that traditionally comes from home, even as it dictates the tone, tone and rhythm of the Test, could not protect India this time.
Lunching on Day 3, with India at 174/7, the chaser’s expected spectacle grew heavier, turning the competitive Test into a rescue mission. After Bavuma’s finish, India’s decision not to secure the official humiliation of a folded India for 2013, but not the effect: South Africa outplayed them comprehensively and India hung on by their fingernails. The psychological damage that is closely related to the sign traced to the sign in the house can be more damning than the sign itself.
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Ind VS SA: India’s home dominance and repeated batting deficits
The Guwahati debacle is not an isolated incident, but another link in a chain of disturbing patterns that have emerged over the past year. India, once immovable at home, now New Zealand, a crushing defeat in Kolkata and now a near disaster against South Africa. Beyond poor sessions, these trends highlight deeper issues of team balance, selection logic and batting fragility.
India’s identity has traditionally revolved around the batting maestro across the sticks, but the final line-up is neither settled nor suited to the long Test battle. Constant chopping and changing, reliance on inexperienced middle-order batsmen and tactical vacillation created instability that the visiting teams exploited with clinical precision.
South Africa, South Africa didn’t just dominate; It eroded India’s confidence, forcing them into a position of desperation rather than control. Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav’S Gritty 52-Run Stand only highlighted how the top and middle order failed to provide the robustness expected at home.
The Proteas bat at least a requirement of 289, again demonstrating how far the innings has come out. As a result, while South Africa did not apply the chase and elected to bat again, India’s final total exposed the fragility of a team once invincible at home. The Guwahati test was only a debacle, plagued by a crisis of planning, confidence and identity.
Here is the reaction of the fans:
There is only one team that can win this test from here and it is definitely not India #Indvsa
– Dodda Ganesh Dodda Ganesh (@doddaganesha) November 24, 2025
Kuldeep Yadav has faced more balls in an innings than any other Indian batsman in this series. It is quite a collection of things at home in India.
– Vijay anaparthi (@vijaycricketfan) November 24, 2025
A visiting team often puts India in both bat and ball conditions, and you put the ball on top of each other. South Africa once again show why they are WTC champions #Indvsa #Jiterwithbadri
– S. Badrinath (@s_badrinath) November 24, 2025
Somehow South Africa always manages to produce quality cricketers.
Not even the first sports.On the other hand, with all the money, India cannot produce a quality test corpse.
Strange.– Osman Siddiqi (@Osmansiddiqi4) November 24, 2025
India should stop playing test cricket. Players don’t have the character to play test cricket…they are only IPL heroes. @ Guwahati only 201…
– Debananda Bhatta (@DEBANANDABHATT6) November 24, 2025
6 Waket for Jansen, what a match! India bowled again with 288 and a brace from SA! Who would have thought that India dominated in their backyard? #Indvsa pic.twitter.com/uwoo4eo55v
— Eems (@naeemahbenjamin) November 24, 2025
When SA was bowled, it felt like its batting pitch
When India is bowled, it feels like a bowling alley.#Indvssa pic.twitter.com/9ean9xxkat– Chacha monk (@oldschoolmonk) November 24, 2025
South Africa batting again.
They save India from a toss defeat.#Indvssa– CR Fan (@crfan0007) November 24, 2025
It was Washington Sundar Sundar who saved India from a similar situation, the man’s batting ability and consistency were criminally compromised
– vj vishnu (@endurancespin) November 24, 2025
South Africa shut out India for 2013 and have a first innings lead of 288
World champions win historic Test series in India #Savsind
– Indoosan (@indooshan) November 24, 2025
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