Off-spinner Simon Harmer led with a four-wicket haul as South Africa defeated India by 30 runs to take an unassailable 1-0 lead in the two-match series. The first test is being held at Eden Gardens in Kolkata with the second scheduled from November 22-26 in Guwahati. This was the first time in 15 years that South Africa has won a Test match in India.
India were bowled out for 93/9 with skipper Shubman Gill declared unavailable to take part in the remainder of the match with a neck injury, in the chase of 124 to win on the third day of the first Test. Simon Harmer took 4/21 while Marco Jansen returned 7-3-15-2. Washington Sundar made a valiant 31 off 92 balls but the Indian response was meek on a pitch that favoured bowlers.