India v South Africa, Kolkata

South Africa 296/10 & 290/10

India 643/6

India won by 57 runs

India v South Africa 2010 · 2nd Test Eden Gardens, Kolkata 14–18 Feb 2010

How hard each side found the batting

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

South Africa

1.03× +3%

India

1.03× +3%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How India's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

HM Amla South Africa

237 +319

VVS Laxman India

143 +210

V Sehwag India

165 +202

MS Dhoni India

132 +183

AN Petersen South Africa

121 +131

Best bowling

Top match figures

Harbhajan Singh5/59

Z Khan4/90

Harbhajan Singh3/64

A Mishra3/78

Top score

165

V Sehwag · India

Biggest stand

249

3rd wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–2

3 wkts for 2 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultIndia won by 57 runs

Length5 days

South Africa

296 /10 (85.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	b Z Khan	4	12	1	0	33.33
AN Petersen	c MS Dhoni b Z Khan	100	164	16	0	60.98
HM Amla	c MS Dhoni b Z Khan	114	166	14	1	68.67
JH Kallis	c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	10	26	1	0	38.46
AB de Villiers	run out (Z Khan)	12	37	2	0	32.43
AG Prince	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	1	8	0	0	12.50
JP Duminy	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	0	1	0	0	0.00
DW Steyn	lbw b A Mishra	5	37	0	0	13.51
PL Harris	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	1	4	0	0	25.00
WD Parnell	lbw b Z Khan	12	32	2	0	37.50
M Morkel*	not out	11	34	2	0	32.35

Extras 26 (b 1, lb 4, w 10, nb 11)

Total 296/10 (85.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	22.0	5	90	4	4.09
I Sharma	18.0	3	67	1	3.72
A Mishra	21.0	3	70	1	3.33
Harbhajan Singh	24.0	2	64	3	2.67

Fall of wickets

1-9 (GC Smith, 2.6)·2-218 (AN Petersen, 52.4)·3-229 (HM Amla, 56.4)·4-251 (JH Kallis, 65.1)·5-253 (AG Prince, 67.1)·6-253 (JP Duminy, 67.2)·7-254 (AB de Villiers, 68.3)·8-255 (PL Harris, 70.3)·9-261 (DW Steyn, 76.1)·10-296 (WD Parnell, 84.7)

India

643 /6 (153.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	run out (AN Petersen)	25	38	3	0	65.79
V Sehwag	c AG Prince b JP Duminy	165	174	23	2	94.83
M Vijay	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	7	15	1	0	46.67
Sachin Tendulkar	c JH Kallis b PL Harris	106	206	12	0	51.46
VVS Laxman*	not out	143	260	16	0	55.00
S Badrinath	b DW Steyn	1	8	0	0	12.50
A Mishra	c JH Kallis b M Morkel	28	38	5	0	73.68
MS Dhoni*	not out	132	187	12	3	70.59

Extras 36 (b 6, lb 9, w 13, nb 8)

Total 643/6 (153.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	30.0	5	115	1	3.83
M Morkel	26.0	3	115	2	4.42
WD Parnell	20.0	1	103	0	5.15
JH Kallis	12.0	1	40	0	3.33
PL Harris	50.0	5	182	1	3.64
JP Duminy	15.0	0	73	1	4.87

Fall of wickets

1-73 (G Gambhir, 9.2)·2-82 (M Vijay, 12.4)·3-331 (V Sehwag, 70.2)·4-335 (Sachin Tendulkar, 71.5)·5-336 (S Badrinath, 74.6)·6-384 (A Mishra, 87.5)

South Africa

290 /10 (131.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b A Mishra	20	33	2	60.61
AN Petersen	c S Badrinath b Harbhajan Singh	21	51	2	41.18
HM Amla*	not out	123	394	16	31.22
JH Kallis	c MS Dhoni b A Mishra	20	47	3	42.55
AG Prince	c I Sharma b Harbhajan Singh	23	80	1	28.75
AB de Villiers	lbw b A Mishra	3	16	0	18.75
JP Duminy	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	6	22	1	27.27
DW Steyn	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	1	16	0	6.25
WD Parnell	c Harbhajan Singh b I Sharma	22	64	4	34.38
PL Harris	c KD Karthik b I Sharma	4	24	1	16.67
M Morkel	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	12	60	3	20.00

Extras 30 (b 6, lb 5, w 1, nb 18)

Total 290/10 (131.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	6.0	0	32	0	5.33
Harbhajan Singh	48.3	24	59	5	1.22
I Sharma	25.0	5	84	2	3.36
A Mishra	40.0	12	78	3	1.95
V Sehwag	10.0	2	20	0	2.00
Sachin Tendulkar	2.0	1	1	0	0.50

Fall of wickets

1-36 (GC Smith, 12.1)·2-54 (AN Petersen, 17.2)·3-111 (JH Kallis, 33.2)·4-158 (AG Prince, 61.4)·5-164 (AB de Villiers, 68.1)·6-172 (JP Duminy, 73.6)·7-180 (DW Steyn, 77.6)·8-250 (WD Parnell, 102.2)·9-264 (PL Harris, 110.5)·10-290 (M Morkel, 131.3)