India v South Africa, Kanpur

South Africa 265/10 & 121/10

India 325/10 & 64/2

India won by 8 wickets

India v South Africa 2008 · 3rd Test Green Park, Kanpur 11–13 Apr 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.06× +6%

India

0.99× -1%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, India led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

SC Ganguly India

100 +169

GC Smith South Africa

104 +120

VVS Laxman India

50 +52

R Dravid India

47 +48

ND McKenzie South Africa

50 +45

Best bowling

Top match figures

Harbhajan Singh4/44

V Sehwag3/12

Harbhajan Singh3/52

I Sharma3/55

Top score

SC Ganguly · India

Biggest stand

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–12

3 wkts for 12 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultIndia won by 8 wickets

Length3 days

South Africa

265 /10 (87.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ND McKenzie	st MS Dhoni b PP Chawla	36	57	5	0	63.16
GC Smith	c W Jaffer b Yuvraj Singh	69	134	8	2	51.49
HM Amla	b I Sharma	51	101	6	0	50.50
JH Kallis	b Harbhajan Singh	1	7	0	0	14.29
AG Prince	lbw b V Sehwag	16	71	0	0	22.54
AB de Villiers	c SC Ganguly b PP Chawla	25	45	3	0	55.56
MV Boucher	b I Sharma	29	59	3	0	49.15
M Morkel	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	17	17	3	0	100.00
PL Harris	b I Sharma	12	31	2	0	38.71
DW Steyn	c M Kaif b Harbhajan Singh	0	5	0	0	0.00
M Ntini*	not out	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 9 (lb 3, w 2, nb 4)

Total 265/10 (87.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Sreesanth	11.0	0	32	0	2.91
I Sharma	12.3	2	55	3	4.40
Harbhajan Singh	31.0	9	52	3	1.68
PP Chawla	16.0	3	66	2	4.12
Yuvraj Singh	11.0	1	39	1	3.55
V Sehwag	6.0	2	18	1	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-61 (ND McKenzie, 17.5)·2-152 (GC Smith, 45.4)·3-160 (HM Amla, 48.4)·4-161 (JH Kallis, 49.6)·5-199 (AB de Villiers, 62.2)·6-215 (AG Prince, 73.2)·7-241 (M Morkel, 77.5)·8-264 (MV Boucher, 85.2)·9-265 (DW Steyn, 86.4)·10-265 (PL Harris, 87.3)

India

325 /10 (99.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	lbw b M Morkel	15	34	3	0	44.12
V Sehwag	lbw b DW Steyn	8	14	2	0	57.14
R Dravid	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	29	106	4	0	27.36
VVS Laxman	b M Morkel	50	103	7	0	48.54
SC Ganguly	c HM Amla b DW Steyn	87	119	9	1	73.11
Yuvraj Singh	c AB de Villiers b PL Harris	32	57	6	0	56.14
MS Dhoni	st MV Boucher b PL Harris	32	54	5	0	59.26
Harbhajan Singh	lbw b DW Steyn	6	21	0	0	28.57
PP Chawla	c GC Smith b M Ntini	4	12	1	0	33.33
S Sreesanth	c AG Prince b PL Harris	29	44	5	0	65.91
I Sharma*	not out	14	38	2	0	36.84

Extras 19 (b 8, lb 6, w 1, nb 4)

Total 325/10 (99.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	20.0	1	71	3	3.55
M Ntini	21.0	7	47	1	2.24
M Morkel	15.0	2	63	3	4.20
PL Harris	32.4	9	101	3	3.09
JH Kallis	9.0	1	23	0	2.56
HM Amla	2.0	0	6	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-18 (V Sehwag, 4.6)·2-35 (W Jaffer, 10.4)·3-113 (R Dravid, 41.1)·4-123 (VVS Laxman, 43.6)·5-188 (Yuvraj Singh, 60.6)·6-248 (MS Dhoni, 76.1)·7-268 (Harbhajan Singh, 82.5)·8-279 (PP Chawla, 85.6)·9-279 (SC Ganguly, 86.1)·10-325 (S Sreesanth, 99.4)

South Africa

121 /10 (55.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
ND McKenzie	lbw b S Sreesanth	14	45	1	31.11
GC Smith	b V Sehwag	35	90	3	38.89
HM Amla	c W Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh	0	6	0	0.00
JH Kallis	c W Jaffer b V Sehwag	15	45	1	33.33
AG Prince*	not out	22	87	1	25.29
AB de Villiers	c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	7	21	0	33.33
MV Boucher	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	5	11	0	45.45
M Morkel	b I Sharma	0	3	0	0.00
PL Harris	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	0	7	0	0.00
DW Steyn	b Harbhajan Singh	7	10	1	70.00
M Ntini	c SC Ganguly b V Sehwag	0	12	0	0.00

Extras 16 (b 12, lb 1, w 1, nb 2)

Total 121/10 (55.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Harbhajan Singh	23.0	7	44	4	1.91
I Sharma	10.0	2	18	2	1.80
S Sreesanth	9.0	4	9	1	1.00
PP Chawla	4.0	0	18	0	4.50
V Sehwag	8.5	2	12	3	1.36
Yuvraj Singh	1.0	0	7	0	7.00

Fall of wickets

1-26 (ND McKenzie, 11.3)·2-27 (HM Amla, 12.5)·3-65 (JH Kallis, 29.1)·4-72 (GC Smith, 33.1)·5-90 (AB de Villiers, 39.5)·6-101 (MV Boucher, 45.1)·7-101 (M Morkel, 45.4)·8-102 (PL Harris, 46.5)·9-114 (DW Steyn, 50.5)·10-121 (M Ntini, 55.5)

India

64 /2 (13.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
W Jaffer	lbw b M Morkel	10	11	2	0	90.91
V Sehwag	c AG Prince b PL Harris	22	12	1	2	183.33
SC Ganguly*	not out	13	28	2	0	46.43
R Dravid*	not out	18	29	4	0	62.07

Extras 1 (nb 1)

Total 64/2 (13.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	2.0	0	15	0	7.50
M Ntini	1.0	0	5	0	5.00
PL Harris	5.1	0	36	1	6.97
M Morkel	5.0	1	8	1	1.60

Fall of wickets

1-32 (V Sehwag, 3.3)·2-32 (W Jaffer, 4.2)