Overview
- Entering at 334 for 7, Jansen hammered 93 off 91 balls to transform South Africa’s first innings.
- His seven sixes set a new mark for visiting batters in a Test innings in India and matched Shahid Afridi for the joint-most against India.
- The tally equalled South Africa’s record shared by AB de Villiers and Quinton de Kock and ranks second for sixes from No. 9 or lower behind Tim Southee.
- He targeted India’s spin, launching four sixes off Ravindra Jadeja before falling to Kuldeep Yadav as the final wicket.
- Senuran Muthusamy’s maiden 109 underpinned the total of 489, and India closed on 9 for 0 to trail by 480.