Published 23:31 IST, October 13th 2019

Sachin Tendulkar praises Team India's 'Incredible Consistency'

Sachin Tendulkar came forward to praise India after they registered their 11th straight home series win by beating South Africa in the second Test on Sunday.

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Sachin Tendulkar bid adieu to international cricket after having played his 200th Test match at Wankhede Stadium back in 2013 but he still continues to focus on game and each and every match of Team India. Even in first of three-match Test series against South Africa, he was keeping an eye on top-ranked Test side's performance and especially on Rohit Sharma and had also come forward to congratulate Team India after ir comprehensive win. After India handed an innings defeat to Proteas in second Test to take an unassailable lead in series, Master Blaster has once again come forward to hail players.

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Sachin hails India's 'Incredible Consistency'

India easily overcame South Africa by an innings and 137 runs in second Test at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. Post India's outstanding win, Sachin Tendulkar took to micro-blogging site and congratulated Virat Kohli-led side for incredible consistency showed by m in winning 11 consecutive Test series at home.

Read Sachin Tendulkar's tweet here:

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By virtue of this win, India who are already top-ranked Test side continue to remain at summit of ICC World Test Championship points table. 

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India enforce follow-on

After Proteas were bundled out in final over of Day 3, Indian captain Virat Kohli enforced follow-on on Day 4 as y had a massive lead of 326 runs. It worked out well as Ishant Sharma picked up wicket of Aiden Markram on second ball of Day 4 by trapping him plumb in front of wicket. Dean Elgar showed some fighting spirit and was also top-scorer for South Africa in second innings. However, he failed to spend some quality time out in middle as he was brilliantly caught by Umesh Yadav off Ravichandran Ashwin for a 72-ball 48. Even skipper Faf du Plessis and wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock disappointed with bat as y were sent back to pavilion early. Temba Bavuma (38) and Vern Philander (37) were ors who could offer some resistance to Proteas batting line-up as y were bowled out for 189 in 68th over.

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22:59 IST, October 13th 2019