Kanpur: It's a famous victory at the Green Park as India level the three-Test series against South Africa. Harbhajan Singh (four for 44), Ishant Sharma (two for 18) and Virender Sehwag (a blistering 22) have turned the match around. The stand-in skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni joined a very exclusive set of captains by winning very first test as a captain. South Africa resumed the third day positively but the ball turned viciously and the changes became even more rapid survival became impossible for the South Africans.They had only 61 to defend. To chase 61 India lost only two wickets of Sehwag and Jaffer. Saurav Ganguly was named the Man of the Match while Harbhajan got Man of the Series award.
Brief Score
South Africa
Batting
Ist Innings: 265/10, Smith-69, Hashim-51
2nd Innings: 121/10, Smith-35
Bowling
Ist Innings: Morkel-3/63, Steyn-3/71, Harris-3/101, Ntini-1/47
2nd Innings: Morkel-1/8, Harris-1/36
India
Batting
Ist Innings: 325/10, Ganguly-87, Laxman-50
2nd Innings: 64/2, Sehwag-22
Bowling
Ist Innings: Harbhajan-3/52, Ishant-3/55, Chawla-2/66, Sehwag-1/18, Yuvraj-1/39
2nd Innings: Harbhajan-4/44, Sehwag-3/12, Ishant-2/18, Sreesanth-1/9
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