TestNo. 1987MenUpset 38

South Africa v India

India won by 87 runs

India in South Africa Test Series, Match 226 December 2010 to 29 December 2010Kingsmead, Durban

Indiabatted first

205 & 22870.5 ov

South Africa

131 & 21572.2 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to fieldPlayer of the match VVS Laxman

India innings

20565.1 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	25	32	4	0	78.1
M Vijay	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	19	42	2	0	45.2
R Dravid	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	25	68	3	0	36.8
SR Tendulkar	c JH Kallis b LL Tsotsobe	13	22	3	0	59.1
VVS Laxman	c LL Tsotsobe b DW Steyn	38	73	4	1	52.1
CA Pujara	c MV Boucher b LL Tsotsobe	19	45	3	0	42.2
MS Dhoni	c AN Petersen b DW Steyn	35	57	3	1	61.4
Harbhajan Singh	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	21	39	2	0	53.8
Z Khan	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	0	5	0	0	0.0
I Sharma	not out	1*	9	0	0	11.1
S Sreesanth	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 2, w 4, nb 2	9
Total	all out, 65.1 overs, run rate 3.15	205

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 230

1-43 V Sehwag2-48 M Vijay3-79 SR Tendulkar4-117 R Dravid5-130 VVS Laxman6-156 CA Pujara7-190 Harbhajan Singh8-193 Z Khan9-205 MS Dhoni10-205 S Sreesanth

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
DW Steyn	19	6	50	6	2.63	89	4	2	0	0
M Morkel	19.1	3	68	2	3.55	88	11	0	0	2
LL Tsotsobe	11	3	40	2	3.64	49	6	0	1	0
JH Kallis	8	2	18	0	2.25	38	1	0	1	0
PL Harris	8	1	26	0	3.25	33	2	0	0	0

South Africa innings

13137.2 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersen	b Z Khan	24	39	3	0	61.5
GC Smith	c MS Dhoni b Z Khan	9	11	2	0	81.8
HM Amla	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	33	46	5	0	71.7
JH Kallis	run out (I Sharma)	10	17	2	0	58.8
AB de Villiers	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	0	5	0	0	0.0
AG Prince	b Z Khan	13	46	2	0	28.3
MV Boucher	not out	16*	24	2	0	66.7
DW Steyn	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	1	11	0	0	9.1
PL Harris	c CA Pujara b Harbhajan Singh	0	5	0	0	0.0
M Morkel	c Harbhajan Singh b I Sharma	10	30	1	0	33.3
LL Tsotsobe	c M Vijay b Harbhajan Singh	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 2, w 1, nb 12	15
Total	all out, 37.2 overs, run rate 3.51	131

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 230

1-23 GC Smith2-46 AN Petersen3-67 JH Kallis4-74 AB de Villiers5-96 HM Amla6-100 AG Prince7-103 DW Steyn8-103 PL Harris9-127 M Morkel10-131 LL Tsotsobe

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
Z Khan	13	2	36	3	2.77	58	5	0	0
S Sreesanth	8	0	41	1	5.13	32	6	1	5
I Sharma	9	2	42	1	4.67	38	5	0	7
Harbhajan Singh	7.2	2	10	4	1.36	38	1	0	0

India innings

22870.5 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	c MV Boucher b LL Tsotsobe	32	31	6	0	103.2
M Vijay	c HM Amla b M Morkel	9	27	1	0	33.3
R Dravid	c MV Boucher b LL Tsotsobe	2	7	0	0	28.6
SR Tendulkar	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	6	10	1	0	60.0
VVS Laxman	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	96	171	12	0	56.1
CA Pujara	b M Morkel	10	56	1	0	17.9
MS Dhoni	c MV Boucher b LL Tsotsobe	21	35	4	0	60.0
Harbhajan Singh	c JH Kallis b M Morkel	4	7	0	0	57.1
Z Khan	c AB de Villiers b PL Harris	27	63	4	0	42.9
I Sharma	c HM Amla b JH Kallis	0	16	0	0	0.0
S Sreesanth	not out	0*	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 8, lb 4, w 9	21
Total	all out, 70.5 overs, run rate 3.22	228

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 230

1-42 V Sehwag2-44 M Vijay3-48 R Dravid4-56 SR Tendulkar5-93 CA Pujara6-141 MS Dhoni7-148 Harbhajan Singh8-218 Z Khan9-223 I Sharma10-228 VVS Laxman

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd
DW Steyn	15.5	1	60	2	3.79	67	10	2
M Morkel	15	1	47	3	3.13	68	5	4
LL Tsotsobe	13	3	43	3	3.31	57	6	1
JH Kallis	13	2	30	1	2.31	62	3	1
PL Harris	14	2	36	1	2.57	63	5	0

South Africa innings

21572.2 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	37	38	5	0	97.4
AN Petersen	c CA Pujara b Harbhajan Singh	26	45	4	0	57.8
HM Amla	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	16	16	3	0	100.0
JH Kallis	c V Sehwag b S Sreesanth	17	52	2	0	32.7
AB de Villiers	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	33	76	0	1	43.4
AG Prince	not out	39*	108	3	0	36.1
MV Boucher	lbw b Z Khan	1	6	0	0	16.7
DW Steyn	c CA Pujara b Z Khan	10	24	2	0	41.7
PL Harris	b Z Khan	7	28	0	0	25.0
M Morkel	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	20	47	3	0	42.6
LL Tsotsobe	run out (CA Pujara)	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 1, nb 8	9
Total	all out, 72.2 overs, run rate 2.97	215

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 230

1-63 GC Smith2-82 AN Petersen3-82 HM Amla4-123 JH Kallis5-136 AB de Villiers6-143 MV Boucher7-155 DW Steyn8-182 PL Harris9-215 M Morkel10-215 LL Tsotsobe

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
Z Khan	16.5	3	57	3	3.39	73	8	0	0
I Sharma	11.3	0	36	1	3.13	53	3	0	6
S Sreesanth	14	2	45	3	3.21	61	5	0	2
Harbhajan Singh	29	5	70	2	2.41	131	5	1	0
SR Tendulkar	1	0	6	0	6.00	3	1	0	0

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Player of the match

VVS LaxmanIndia

38off 73 balls, 4 fours and 1 sixes, strike rate 52.1

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1987
Competition: India in South Africa Test Series
Toss: South Africa, chose to field
Umpires: Asad Rauf and SJ Davis
TV umpire: JD Cloete
Match referee: AJ Pycroft
Season: 2010/11

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 23 / 22°C, 0.6 mm rain
Day 2: 25 / 23°C, 0.4 mm rain
Day 3: 26 / 24°C, 2.9 mm rain
Day 4: 27 / 25°C, 4.3 mm rain

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