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India received a huge first innings lead of 288 runs and faced a series defeat after being bowled out for 201 by South Africa on the third day of the second Test in Guwahati.
Seamer Marco Jansen took 6-48 before the tourists closed with a 26-0 run, leading by 314 runs and now a strong favorite to seal a 2-0 series win.
Resuming 9-0, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal top-scored with 58 before being caught by Jansen off the bowling of spinner Simon Harmer.
Jansen, who scored a career-best 93 in South Africa’s first innings, took four successive wickets to defeat India’s middle order, as the home team slumped from 102-3 to 122-7.
Washington Sundar (48) put on a slow-scoring 72-run partnership with Kuldeep Yadav (19), but his resistance ended when he edged a Harmer delivery and became one of five bowlers caught by Aiden Markram.
Janssen then took the remaining two wickets of Kuldeep and Jasprit Bumrah to end the innings.
India went 12 years without losing a Test series at home until they were beaten 3-0 by New Zealand last year.
Although they beat the West Indies 2-0 in October, losing that two-match series meant a second home defeat in just over 12 months.
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