South Africa v India, Durban

India 205/10 & 228/10

South Africa 131/10 & 215/10

India won by 87 runs

India v South Africa 2010 · 2nd Test Kingsmead, Durban 26–29 Dec 2010

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it far tougher than South Africa.

India

0.90× -10%

South Africa

1.16× +16%

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

VVS Laxman India

134 +242

MS Dhoni India

56 +80

V Sehwag India

57 +56

AG Prince South Africa

52 +55

AN Petersen South Africa

50 +46

Best bowling

Top match figures

DW Steyn6/50

Harbhajan Singh4/10

Z Khan3/36

LL Tsotsobe3/43

Top score

VVS Laxman · India

Biggest stand

8th wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–7

3 wkts for 7 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, field

ResultIndia won by 87 runs

Length4 days

India

205 /10 (65.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	25	32	4	0	78.12
M Vijay	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	19	42	2	0	45.24
R Dravid	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	25	68	3	0	36.76
Sachin Tendulkar	c JH Kallis b LL Tsotsobe	13	22	3	0	59.09
VVS Laxman	c LL Tsotsobe b DW Steyn	38	73	4	1	52.05
CA Pujara	c MV Boucher b LL Tsotsobe	19	45	3	0	42.22
MS Dhoni	c AN Petersen b DW Steyn	35	57	3	1	61.40
Harbhajan Singh	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	21	39	2	0	53.85
Z Khan	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	0	5	0	0	0.00
I Sharma*	not out	1	9	0	0	11.11
S Sreesanth	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 9 (b 1, lb 2, w 4, nb 2)

Total 205/10 (65.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	19.0	6	50	6	2.63
M Morkel	19.1	4	68	2	3.55
LL Tsotsobe	11.0	3	40	2	3.64
JH Kallis	8.0	2	18	0	2.25
PL Harris	8.0	1	26	0	3.25

Fall of wickets

1-43 (V Sehwag, 10.4)·2-48 (M Vijay, 12.5)·3-79 (Sachin Tendulkar, 19.5)·4-117 (R Dravid, 36.6)·5-130 (VVS Laxman, 40.6)·6-156 (CA Pujara, 49.4)·7-190 (Harbhajan Singh, 60.2)·8-193 (Z Khan, 61.6)·9-205 (MS Dhoni, 64.5)·10-205 (S Sreesanth, 65.1)

South Africa

131 /10 (37.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AN Petersen	b Z Khan	24	39	3	61.54
GC Smith	c MS Dhoni b Z Khan	9	11	2	81.82
HM Amla	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	33	46	5	71.74
JH Kallis	run out (I Sharma)	10	17	2	58.82
AB de Villiers	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	0	5	0	0.00
AG Prince	b Z Khan	13	46	2	28.26
MV Boucher*	not out	16	24	2	66.67
DW Steyn	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	1	11	0	9.09
PL Harris	c CA Pujara b Harbhajan Singh	0	5	0	0.00
M Morkel	c Harbhajan Singh b I Sharma	10	30	1	33.33
LL Tsotsobe	c M Vijay b Harbhajan Singh	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 15 (lb 2, w 1, nb 12)

Total 131/10 (37.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	13.0	2	36	3	2.77
S Sreesanth	8.0	0	41	1	5.12
I Sharma	9.0	2	42	1	4.67
Harbhajan Singh	7.2	3	10	4	1.36

Fall of wickets

1-23 (GC Smith, 4.6)·2-46 (AN Petersen, 10.3)·3-67 (JH Kallis, 15.2)·4-74 (AB de Villiers, 16.5)·5-96 (HM Amla, 25.1)·6-100 (AG Prince, 26.4)·7-103 (DW Steyn, 29.1)·8-103 (PL Harris, 29.6)·9-127 (M Morkel, 36.5)·10-131 (LL Tsotsobe, 37.2)

India

228 /10 (70.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
V Sehwag	c MV Boucher b LL Tsotsobe	32	31	6	103.23
M Vijay	c HM Amla b M Morkel	9	27	1	33.33
R Dravid	c MV Boucher b LL Tsotsobe	2	7	0	28.57
Sachin Tendulkar	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	6	10	1	60.00
VVS Laxman	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	96	171	12	56.14
CA Pujara	b M Morkel	10	56	1	17.86
MS Dhoni	c MV Boucher b LL Tsotsobe	21	35	4	60.00
Harbhajan Singh	c JH Kallis b M Morkel	4	7	0	57.14
Z Khan	c AB de Villiers b PL Harris	27	63	4	42.86
I Sharma	c HM Amla b JH Kallis	0	16	0	0.00
S Sreesanth*	not out	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 21 (b 8, lb 4, w 9)

Total 228/10 (70.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	15.5	2	60	2	3.79
M Morkel	15.0	1	47	3	3.13
LL Tsotsobe	13.0	3	43	3	3.31
JH Kallis	13.0	2	30	1	2.31
PL Harris	14.0	2	36	1	2.57

Fall of wickets

1-42 (V Sehwag, 9.2)·2-44 (M Vijay, 10.3)·3-48 (R Dravid, 11.2)·4-56 (Sachin Tendulkar, 14.1)·5-93 (CA Pujara, 31.6)·6-141 (MS Dhoni, 41.6)·7-148 (Harbhajan Singh, 44.1)·8-218 (Z Khan, 63.4)·9-223 (I Sharma, 68.5)·10-228 (VVS Laxman, 70.5)

South Africa

215 /10 (72.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	37	38	5	0	97.37
AN Petersen	c CA Pujara b Harbhajan Singh	26	45	4	0	57.78
HM Amla	c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth	16	16	3	0	100.00
JH Kallis	c V Sehwag b S Sreesanth	17	52	2	0	32.69
AB de Villiers	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	33	76	0	1	43.42
AG Prince*	not out	39	108	3	0	36.11
MV Boucher	lbw b Z Khan	1	6	0	0	16.67
DW Steyn	c CA Pujara b Z Khan	10	24	2	0	41.67
PL Harris	b Z Khan	7	28	0	0	25.00
M Morkel	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	20	47	3	0	42.55
LL Tsotsobe	run out (CA Pujara)	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 9 (lb 1, nb 8)

Total 215/10 (72.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	16.5	3	57	3	3.39
I Sharma	11.3	1	36	1	3.13
S Sreesanth	14.0	2	45	3	3.21
Harbhajan Singh	29.0	5	70	2	2.41
Sachin Tendulkar	1.0	0	6	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-63 (GC Smith, 12.1)·2-82 (AN Petersen, 15.4)·3-82 (HM Amla, 16.2)·4-123 (JH Kallis, 34.2)·5-136 (AB de Villiers, 39.6)·6-143 (MV Boucher, 42.4)·7-155 (DW Steyn, 48.5)·8-182 (PL Harris, 60.2)·9-215 (M Morkel, 72.1)·10-215 (LL Tsotsobe, 72.3)