The shortest match in the history of Test cricket ended midway through the second day with only 642 deliveries bowled, during which time 33 wickets fell in a damning indictment of the playing surface. When the dust settled, India eked out a commendable seven-wicket victory, their first in seven tries at Newlands, to square the two-Test series against South Africa 1-1.

Rohit Sharma became the only captain after Mahendra Singh Dhoni to leave these shores without surrendering a Test series, a fact he and his team should be understandably proud of after the three-day surrender in Centurion last week.