South Africa v India, Centurion

India 136/10 & 459/10

South Africa 620/4

South Africa won by 25 runs

India v South Africa 2010 · 1st Test SuperSport Park, Centurion 16–20 Dec 2010

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it far tougher than South Africa.

India

0.89× -11%

South Africa

1.18× +18%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

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

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Sachin Tendulkar India

147 +245

JH Kallis South Africa

201 +201

MS Dhoni India

123 +198

HM Amla South Africa

140 +139

AB de Villiers South Africa

129 +126

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Morkel5/20

DW Steyn4/105

DW Steyn3/34

PL Harris2/88

Top score

201*

JH Kallis · South Africa

Biggest stand

230

3rd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–10

3 wkts for 10 · India

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 25 runs

Length5 days

India

136 /10 (38.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	c PL Harris b M Morkel	5	43	0	0	11.63
V Sehwag	c HM Amla b DW Steyn	0	3	0	0	0.00
R Dravid	lbw b M Morkel	14	42	2	0	33.33
Sachin Tendulkar	lbw b DW Steyn	36	34	8	0	105.88
VVS Laxman	b DW Steyn	7	20	1	0	35.00
SK Raina	c AG Prince b JH Kallis	1	3	0	0	33.33
MS Dhoni	lbw b M Morkel	33	50	2	2	66.00
Harbhajan Singh	run out (AN Petersen)	27	25	4	1	108.00
I Sharma	c JH Kallis b M Morkel	0	2	0	0	0.00
S Sreesanth	c DW Steyn b M Morkel	0	8	0	0	0.00
JD Unadkat*	not out	1	5	0	0	20.00

Extras 12 (lb 6, w 3, nb 3)

Total 136/10 (38.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	10.0	1	34	3	3.40
M Morkel	12.4	6	20	5	1.58
LL Tsotsobe	9.0	2	50	0	5.56
JH Kallis	6.0	1	20	1	3.33
PL Harris	1.0	0	6	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-1 (V Sehwag, 2.1)·2-24 (G Gambhir, 12.6)·3-27 (R Dravid, 14.4)·4-66 (VVS Laxman, 22.2)·5-67 (SK Raina, 23.1)·6-71 (Sachin Tendulkar, 24.4)·7-110 (Harbhajan Singh, 32.2)·8-110 (I Sharma, 32.4)·9-116 (S Sreesanth, 34.5)·10-136 (MS Dhoni, 38.4)

South Africa

620 /4 (130.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	62	87	11	0	71.26
AN Petersen	c G Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh	77	114	9	1	67.54
HM Amla	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	140	202	14	1	69.31
JH Kallis*	not out	201	270	15	5	74.44
AB de Villiers	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	129	112	12	5	115.18

Extras 11 (b 2, lb 3, w 2, nb 4)

Total 620/4 (130.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Sreesanth	24.0	1	97	0	4.04
I Sharma	27.1	3	120	2	4.42
JD Unadkat	26.0	4	101	0	3.88
Harbhajan Singh	36.0	2	169	2	4.69
SK Raina	7.0	0	77	0	11.00
Sachin Tendulkar	10.0	1	51	0	5.10

Fall of wickets

1-111 (GC Smith, 26.3)·2-166 (AN Petersen, 40.1)·3-396 (HM Amla, 92.3)·4-620 (AB de Villiers, 130.1)

India

459 /10 (128.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	lbw b DW Steyn	80	124	10	0	64.52
V Sehwag	c GC Smith b PL Harris	63	79	9	1	79.75
R Dravid	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	43	109	6	0	39.45
I Sharma	c HM Amla b DW Steyn	23	51	4	0	45.10
Sachin Tendulkar*	not out	111	241	13	1	46.06
VVS Laxman	c AB de Villiers b LL Tsotsobe	8	21	2	0	38.10
SK Raina	c PL Harris b JH Kallis	5	13	0	0	38.46
MS Dhoni	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	90	106	14	0	84.91
Harbhajan Singh	c JH Kallis b PL Harris	1	2	0	0	50.00
S Sreesanth	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	3	18	0	0	16.67
JD Unadkat	c AG Prince b DW Steyn	1	10	0	0	10.00

Extras 31 (b 13, lb 5, w 8, nb 5)

Total 459/10 (128.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	30.1	7	105	4	3.48
M Morkel	31.0	6	94	2	3.03
LL Tsotsobe	24.0	3	98	1	4.08
PL Harris	30.0	5	88	2	2.93
JH Kallis	13.0	3	56	1	4.31

Fall of wickets

1-137 (V Sehwag, 29.3)·2-170 (G Gambhir, 39.2)·3-214 (I Sharma, 54.4)·4-242 (R Dravid, 64.5)·5-256 (VVS Laxman, 72.5)·6-277 (SK Raina, 77.5)·7-449 (MS Dhoni, 118.2)·8-450 (Harbhajan Singh, 119.1)·9-456 (S Sreesanth, 125.5)·10-459 (JD Unadkat, 128.1)