
Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|24-11-2025
Marco Yanson's stormy century (Photo-PTI)
Marco Jansen Century: On the second day of the Guwahati Test, South African batsmen defeated India and bowling all-rounder Marco Johnson also had a big contribution in this. This 6 feet 8 inches tall player is known for his bowling but this time Yanson burst with the bat and scored a brilliant inning of 93 runs. Marco Yanson, coming at number 9, batted amazingly while facing world class bowlers like Bumrah, Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Jadeja. Although this player could not score a century. Marco Yanson lost his wicket to Kuldeep Yadav, he was bowled.
Marco Janson may not have been able to score a century but this player made some big records in his name. Marco Yanson hit 7 sixes in this innings. He is the first South African player to hit 7 sixes in a Test match innings at number 9. Yanson is the first South African cricketer to fall victim to the nervous nineties after reaching number 9.
Marco Yanson played explosive shots during his innings, hitting 7 sixes and 6 fours from his bat. The interesting thing is that Yanson also broke 3 bats during his innings. He had to change his bat three times.
The special thing about Marco Janson's innings was that he came to the crease after the fall of Verne's wicket and as soon as he came, he started hitting sixes. He hit two sixes on the ball of Kuldeep Yadav, he hit 4 sixes on Jadeja and one six on the ball of Siraj. He scored maximum 34 runs on Jadeja's balls. He scored 20 runs on Siraj's balls and even 15 runs on 19 balls of Bumrah. Marco Jansson made a partnership of 97 runs for the 9th wicket with Muthusamy, who scored 109 runs. On the basis of the amazing batting of these two, South Africa scored 489 runs in the first innings.




