TestNo. 1873MenUpset 49

India v South Africa

India won by 8 wickets

South Africa in India Test Series, Match 311 April 2008 to 13 April 2008Green Park, Kanpur

South Africabatted first

265 & 12155.5 ov

India

325 & 64/213.1 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match SC Ganguly

South Africa innings

26587.3 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ND McKenzie	st MS Dhoni b PP Chawla	36	57	5	0	63.2
GC Smith	c W Jaffer b Yuvraj Singh	69	134	8	2	51.5
HM Amla	b I Sharma	51	101	6	0	50.5
JH Kallis	b Harbhajan Singh	1	7	0	0	14.3
AG Prince	lbw b V Sehwag	16	71	0	0	22.5
AB de Villiers	c SC Ganguly b PP Chawla	25	45	3	0	55.6
MV Boucher	b I Sharma	29	59	3	0	49.2
M Morkel	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	17	17	3	0	100.0
PL Harris	b I Sharma	12	31	2	0	38.7
DW Steyn	c M Kaif (sub) b Harbhajan Singh	0	5	0	0	0.0
M Ntini	not out	0*	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 3, w 2, nb 4	9
Total	all out, 87.3 overs, run rate 3.03	265

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-61 ND McKenzie2-152 GC Smith3-160 HM Amla4-161 JH Kallis5-199 AB de Villiers6-215 AG Prince7-241 M Morkel8-264 MV Boucher9-265 DW Steyn10-265 PL Harris

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
S Sreesanth	11	0	32	0	2.91	53	4	0	1	2
I Sharma	12.3	1	55	3	4.40	56	9	0	1	2
Harbhajan Singh	31	9	52	3	1.68	145	2	0	0	0
PP Chawla	16	3	66	2	4.13	66	9	1	0	0
Yuvraj Singh	11	1	39	1	3.55	42	3	1	0	0
V Sehwag	6	2	18	1	3.00	30	3	0	0	0

India innings

32599.4 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	lbw b M Morkel	15	34	3	0	44.1
V Sehwag	lbw b DW Steyn	8	14	2	0	57.1
R Dravid	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	29	106	4	0	27.4
VVS Laxman	b M Morkel	50	103	7	0	48.5
SC Ganguly	c HM Amla b DW Steyn	87	119	9	1	73.1
Yuvraj Singh	c AB de Villiers b PL Harris	32	57	6	0	56.1
MS Dhoni	st MV Boucher b PL Harris	32	54	5	0	59.3
Harbhajan Singh	lbw b DW Steyn	6	21	0	0	28.6
PP Chawla	c GC Smith b M Ntini	4	12	1	0	33.3
S Sreesanth	c AG Prince b PL Harris	29	44	5	0	65.9
I Sharma	not out	14*	38	2	0	36.8
Extras	b 8, lb 6, w 1, nb 4	19
Total	all out, 99.4 overs, run rate 3.26	325

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-18 V Sehwag2-35 W Jaffer3-113 R Dravid4-123 VVS Laxman5-188 Yuvraj Singh6-248 MS Dhoni7-268 Harbhajan Singh8-279 PP Chawla9-279 SC Ganguly10-325 S Sreesanth

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
DW Steyn	20	1	71	3	3.55	83	9	0	1	0
M Ntini	21	7	47	1	2.24	105	8	0	0	0
M Morkel	15	2	63	3	4.20	62	9	0	0	3
PL Harris	32.4	8	101	3	3.09	152	15	1	0	1
JH Kallis	9	1	23	0	2.56	40	2	0	0	0
HM Amla	2	0	6	0	3.00	9	1	0	0	0

South Africa innings

12155.5 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ND McKenzie	lbw b S Sreesanth	14	45	1	0	31.1
GC Smith	b V Sehwag	35	90	3	0	38.9
HM Amla	c W Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh	0	6	0	0	0.0
JH Kallis	c W Jaffer b V Sehwag	15	45	1	0	33.3
AG Prince	not out	22*	87	1	0	25.3
AB de Villiers	c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	7	21	0	0	33.3
MV Boucher	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	5	11	0	0	45.5
M Morkel	b I Sharma	0	3	0	0	0.0
PL Harris	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	0	7	0	0	0.0
DW Steyn	b Harbhajan Singh	7	10	1	0	70.0
M Ntini	c SC Ganguly b V Sehwag	0	12	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 12, lb 1, w 1, nb 2	16
Total	all out, 55.5 overs, run rate 2.17	121

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-26 ND McKenzie2-27 HM Amla3-65 JH Kallis4-72 GC Smith5-90 AB de Villiers6-101 MV Boucher7-101 M Morkel8-102 PL Harris9-114 DW Steyn10-121 M Ntini

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
Harbhajan Singh	23	7	44	4	1.91	106	2	0	0
I Sharma	10	2	18	2	1.80	47	1	1	0
S Sreesanth	9	4	9	1	1.00	50	1	0	2
PP Chawla	4	0	18	0	4.50	15	3	0	0
V Sehwag	8.5	2	12	3	1.36	41	0	0	0
Yuvraj Singh	1	0	7	0	7.00	3	0	0	0

India innings

64/213.1 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	lbw b M Morkel	10	11	2	0	90.9
V Sehwag	c AG Prince b PL Harris	22	12	1	2	183.3
SC Ganguly	not out	13*	28	2	0	46.4
R Dravid	not out	18*	29	4	0	62.1
Extras	nb 1	1
Total	2 wickets, 13.1 overs, run rate 4.86	64

Did not batVVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, PP Chawla, S Sreesanth, I Sharma

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-32 V Sehwag2-32 W Jaffer

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
DW Steyn	2	0	15	0	7.50	6	2	0	0
M Ntini	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	1	0	0
PL Harris	5.1	0	36	1	6.97	22	5	2	0
M Morkel	5	1	8	1	1.60	26	1	0	1

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Player of the match

SC GangulyIndia

87off 119 balls, 9 fours and 1 sixes, strike rate 73.1

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1873
Competition: South Africa in India Test Series
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Umpires: Asad Rauf and BR Doctrove
TV umpire: GA Pratapkumar
Match referee: RS Mahanama
Season: 2007/08

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 41 / 23°C, dry
Day 2: 41 / 23°C, dry
Day 3: 41 / 24°C, dry

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