Overview
- India were bowled out for 93 in a fourth‑innings chase of 124, with Simon Harmer taking 4-21 for a match haul of eight and Keshav Maharaj finishing the game with two wickets in two balls.
- Temba Bavuma’s unbeaten 55 off 136 balls lifted South Africa from 93-7 to 153, setting a defendable target on a surface offering variable bounce and turn.
- Captain Shubman Gill was ruled out with a neck spasm and kept under hospital observation, leaving India effectively a batter short for the chase.
- The win was South Africa’s first Test victory in India in 15 years, giving them a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
- The Eden pitch drew strong criticism from former players even as Gambhir backed it, and the result shifted the World Test Championship standings ahead of the second Test on Nov 22 in Guwahati.