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Visiting players with this double in India since 2000 (Tests)
Marco Jansen recorded a half-century and a fifer against India in Guwahati

Visiting players with this double in India since 2000 (Tests)

Nov 24, 2025
07:39 pm

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After scoring an attacking 93, pacer Marco Jansen bolstered South Africa with the ball against India in the 2nd Test in Guwahati. He took six wickets as SA bowled India out for 201. The visitors earlier racked up a mammoth 489. According to Cricbuzz, Jansen is the third visiting player with a fifer and a 50-plus score in a Test in India since 2000

#1

Nicky Boje (SA): 85 and 5/83, Bengaluru, 2000 

In 2000, former spinner Nicky Boje showed his all-round skills in South Africa's innings win over India at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Boje scored a vital 85 off 198 balls, guiding South Africa to 479 in their only innings. India, who perished for 250 despite Mohammad Azharuddin's ton, were stunned by a fifer from Boje (5/83). The latter was the Player of the Match.

#2

Jason Holder (WI): 52 and 5/56, Hyderabad, 2018 

It took 18 years for another visiting player to record a 50-plus score and a fifer in a Test on Indian soil. In 2018, West Indies' Jason Holder attained this feat, albeit in a crushing defeat against India in Hyderabad. Holder scored a vital 52 off 92 balls in the first innings before taking 5/56. However, India won by 10 wickets.

#3

Marco Jansen (SA): 93 and 6/48, Guwahati, 2025

As mentioned, South Africa's Marco Jansen is the latest entrant on this elite list. In Guwahati, Jansen recorded the third-best innings figures for a South African pacer in Tests in India (6/48). He earlier slammed a counter-attacking 93 as the Proteas racked up 489. Jansen raced to his fourth Test half-century, besides recording his career-best score in the format.