India began the second morning still 122 runs behind with nine wickets in hand, but in six manic hours the match turned on its head. At stumps, India were forcing the pace for victory, having left South Africa effectively 63 for 7 in the second innings. It was one of those days: 15 wickets fell, Shubman Gill retired hurt due to a neck spasm, no batsman got past 39, and the highest partnership was worth 57. Incredibly, this became the lowest top score in the first two innings of any Test in India, and the lowest anywhere since the 2010-11 Durban Test between these two teams. A surface that looked like just another Indian pitch early in the day had turned into a minefield – its top layer started breaking up late on day one, and by day two batting had become near impossible. Even the quicks w

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