First time in 66 years! India lose five home Tests in span of seven games
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The Indian cricket team’s struggle in red-ball cricket continued at Guwahati as South Africa beat them by a mammoth margin of 408 runs in the second Test of the two-match series to secure the series 2-0. South Africa won the first Test by 30 runs in Kolkata.
This is the first time India have lost five Test matches at home in a span of seven matches since 1959, when they lost the three-match Test series against Australia 2-0 and the five-match Test series against the West Indies 3-0.
Before South Africa’s 0-2 whitewash, India beat the West Indies 2-0 after losing to New Zealand 0-3 last year. This loss has also taken a big toll on India’s WTC 2025-27 chances as they have now slipped to fifth spot with a 48.18 points percentage.
India’s biggest loss by runs in Test cricket
India’s loss against South Africa in Guwahati by 408 runs is now their official biggest loss in Test cricket by margin of runs, surpassing their previous low of a 342-run loss against Australia in 2004.
India clean swept at home for the third time
While India have lost a number of series at home in their Test career, this is only the third time they have been clean swept at home. The first instance came back in 2000 when South Africa beat them 2-0. The second whitewash came at the hands of New Zealand, who beat them 3-0 in 2024, and finally the latest one against South Africa 0-2.
Notably, India last endured back-to-back home Test series defeats in successive years more than 40 years ago, against the West Indies in 1983 and England in the 1984/85 season.
A home series without a century
India have now completed a rare home series without an individual century, something that has happened only three times in their Test history — against New Zealand in 1969/70, again versus New Zealand in 1995/96, and now against South Africa in the 2025/26 season. The batting struggles were stark in this latest series, with India’s batters averaging just 15.23, the second-lowest for them in any Test series. Only their tour of New Zealand in 2002/03, where they managed a meagre average of 12.42, ranks worse in terms of batting returns, highlighting the magnitude of the current downturn.
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