Kolkata, Nov. 16 -- India collapsed to 93 all out in their second innings, handing Temba Bavuma's South Africa a remarkable 30-run victory in the first Test at Kolkata's Eden Gardens. Chasing 124 - which would have been a record fourth-innings target at the venue - India unravelled almost immediately, losing openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul for just one run combined. From that moment, the innings never recovered.

Vice-captain Rishabh Pant, expected to anchor the chase, fell cheaply, exposing a fragile middle order to relentless pressure from the Proteas. Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel offered brief resistance, but their cameos merely delayed the inevitable as wickets continued to tumble.

India was dealt a major b...