Test cricket records broken at Cape Town

Record-breaking brief game:

The shortest-ever Test match that produced a winner. | AFP

Record-breaking brief game:

Shortest Test match ever in terms of overs bowled 106.2 overs. | Reuters

Second best behind a century-old game:

The first two innings lasted 349 balls, the second-fewest in 147 years of test cricket. The only shorter instance was 287 deliveries between Australia and England in 1902. | Reuters

In the first innings...

India lost six wickets sans adding any runs, the first time that has happened in 147 years of Test cricket. | AFP

Terrible batting, more records:

India had six batsmen dismissed for ducks -- which equalled the previous record. | AFP

55:

South Africa's dismal first innings score was their lowest since 1932. Their previous lowest was also total against India (79 at Nagpur in 2015). | AFP

Congrats, Hitman:

Rohit Sharma became the first Asian captain to win a Test match at Cape Town. He is also became second Indian skipper after MS Dhoni to level a Test series in South Africa. | AP

Happy retirement, Dean Elgar!