India v South Africa, Ahmedabad

India 76/10 & 328/10

South Africa 494/7

South Africa won by 90 runs

India v South Africa 2008 · 2nd Test Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad 3–5 Apr 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

India

1.00× 0%

South Africa

1.03× +3%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How South Africa's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

AB de Villiers South Africa

217 +330

JH Kallis South Africa

132 +193

SC Ganguly India

87 +110

IK Pathan India

64 +98

MS Dhoni India

66 +73

Best bowling

Top match figures

DW Steyn5/23

Harbhajan Singh4/135

M Ntini3/18

M Ntini3/44

Top score

217*

AB de Villiers · South Africa

Biggest stand

256

5th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–3

3 wkts for 3 · India

Match facts

TossIndia, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 90 runs

Length3 days

India

76 /10 (20.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
W Jaffer	c GC Smith b M Ntini	9	14	2	64.29
V Sehwag	b DW Steyn	6	12	1	50.00
R Dravid	b DW Steyn	3	26	0	11.54
VVS Laxman	b M Ntini	3	7	0	42.86
SC Ganguly	b M Ntini	0	2	0	0.00
MS Dhoni	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	14	22	3	63.64
IK Pathan*	not out	21	17	3	123.53
A Kumble	b M Morkel	0	2	0	0.00
Harbhajan Singh	lbw b DW Steyn	1	6	0	16.67
RP Singh	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	0	11	0	0.00
S Sreesanth	b DW Steyn	0	3	0	0.00

Extras 19 (b 4, lb 11, w 2, nb 2)

Total 76/10 (20.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	8.0	2	23	5	2.88
M Ntini	6.0	1	18	3	3.00
M Morkel	6.0	1	20	2	3.33

Fall of wickets

1-16 (W Jaffer, 3.3)·2-24 (V Sehwag, 4.4)·3-30 (VVS Laxman, 7.1)·4-30 (SC Ganguly, 7.3)·5-53 (R Dravid, 13.2)·6-55 (MS Dhoni, 14.2)·7-55 (A Kumble, 14.4)·8-56 (Harbhajan Singh, 15.4)·9-76 (RP Singh, 19.3)·10-76 (S Sreesanth, 19.6)

South Africa

494 /7 (141.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b S Sreesanth	34	42	6	0	80.95
ND McKenzie	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	42	73	8	0	57.53
HM Amla	c W Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh	16	34	2	0	47.06
JH Kallis	b S Sreesanth	132	275	14	1	48.00
AG Prince	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	2	9	0	0	22.22
AB de Villiers*	not out	217	333	18	2	65.17
MV Boucher	lbw b A Kumble	21	48	1	0	43.75
M Morkel	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	1	12	0	0	8.33
PL Harris*	not out	9	22	1	0	40.91

Extras 20 (b 2, lb 14, w 4)

Total 494/7 (141.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Sreesanth	23.0	4	87	2	3.78
RP Singh	21.0	2	81	0	3.86
IK Pathan	21.2	3	85	0	3.98
Harbhajan Singh	40.0	5	135	4	3.38
A Kumble	33.0	2	78	1	2.36
SC Ganguly	3.0	0	12	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-78 (GC Smith, 15.3)·2-100 (ND McKenzie, 23.4)·3-101 (HM Amla, 25.4)·4-117 (AG Prince, 29.5)·5-373 (JH Kallis, 109.4)·6-439 (MV Boucher, 128.4)·7-452 (M Morkel, 133.2)

India

328 /10 (94.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	lbw b M Ntini	17	20	1	2	85.00
W Jaffer	c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis	19	53	2	0	35.85
R Dravid	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	17	41	2	0	41.46
VVS Laxman	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	35	45	6	0	77.78
SC Ganguly	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	87	149	8	0	58.39
MS Dhoni	c GC Smith b M Ntini	52	132	5	0	39.39
IK Pathan*	not out	43	77	4	1	55.84
A Kumble	b PL Harris	5	12	1	0	41.67
Harbhajan Singh	lbw b DW Steyn	4	18	0	0	22.22
RP Singh	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	8	11	2	0	72.73
S Sreesanth	b M Ntini	17	13	2	1	130.77

Extras 24 (b 5, lb 7, w 7, nb 5)

Total 328/10 (94.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	23.0	1	91	3	3.96
M Ntini	16.2	4	44	3	2.69
M Morkel	20.0	0	87	2	4.35
JH Kallis	10.0	3	26	1	2.60
PL Harris	25.0	4	68	1	2.72

Fall of wickets

1-31 (V Sehwag, 7.2)·2-64 (R Dravid, 18.1)·3-70 (W Jaffer, 19.6)·4-125 (VVS Laxman, 33.4)·5-235 (SC Ganguly, 69.3)·6-268 (MS Dhoni, 77.5)·7-273 (A Kumble, 80.5)·8-292 (Harbhajan Singh, 86.2)·9-306 (RP Singh, 90.4)·10-328 (S Sreesanth, 94.2)