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India face an uphill battle if they are to avoid another home Test series defeat after South Africa made 489 on day two of the second Test in Guwahati.<\/b><\/p>\n
Senuran Muthusamy scored his first Test century and fellow all-rounder Marco Jansen a career-best 93 as the lower order of the Proteas, who are 1-0 up in the two-match series, frustrated the hosts by keeping them in the field for much of the day.<\/p>\n
Resuming on 25 not out, Muthusamy shared a stand of 88 with Verreynne and 97 with Jansen before being dismissed for 109 from 206 balls.<\/p>\n
While Muthusamy dug in, Jansen pushed the scoring on by striking seven sixes in his 91-ball knock.<\/p>\n
No team has made as many runs in the first innings of a Test in India and gone on to lose the match.<\/p>\n
India’s frustration was compounded by the umpires taking the players off for bad light after just 6.1 overs of their reply. They were 9-0.<\/p>\n
India went 12 years without losing a Test series at home until they were beaten 3-0 by New Zealand last year.<\/p>\n
Though they beat West Indies 2-0 in October, failure to turn around this Test would mean a second home series defeat in little over 12 months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n