Second Test Between India and South Africa!
India Lost the Match by an Inning and 90 Runs!
Live Score: India Second Innings 328 All Out (94.2 Overs) Pathan 43*, Sreesanth 17, RP Singh 8, Harbhajan 4, Kumble 5, Dhoni 52, Ganguly 87, Jaffer 19, Laxman 35, Dravid 17, Sehwag 17
South Africa declared 494/7 (141.2 Overs) De Villiers 217*, Harris 9*, Morkel 1, Boucher 21, Kallis 132, Prince 2, Amla 16, McKenzie 42, Smith 34
India 76 All Out (20.0 Overs) Pathan 21*, Sreesanth 0, RP Singh 0, Harbhajan 1, Kumble 0, Dhoni 14, Dravid 3, Ganguly 0, Laxman 3, Sehwag 6, Jaffer 9
Third Day Play:
And finally Sreesanth too departs and India lost the match by an innings and 90 runs.
Harbhajan departs. Steyn took his wicket.
Kumble too departs. Bad time for Team India.
Dhoni departs and India is six down now.
Ganguly gone at 87. India is now five down.
It is the tea time at 2:40 PM and India any how managed to keep alive the hopes. Team is still trailing by 227 runs.
First Ntini took the wicket of Sehwag and then Morkel took the wicket of Dravid.
South Africa declared the inning at the overnight score and India started the second inning.
Second Day Play:
South Africa has a lead of 418 runs at the end of the day two of the second test between India and South Africa.
At tea of the day two South Africa are batting at 413 for the loss of five wickets.
Sreesanth strikes and India got the first wicket of the day. SA is now five down.
Century by De Villiers. Superb knock.
300 runs for South Africa. Kallis and De Villiers are looking to score centuries.
First Day Play:
At the end of the first day of play South Africa has a lead of 147 runs while they have six wickets safe in the hand. First day completely belonged to South Africa, they out performed Indian team in every department of the game.
Bhajji again took the wicket of Prince.
Amla departs just after tea. Bhajji took his wicket.
Harbhajan strikes and India got the second African wicket in the form of McKenzie. And now it is the team time for the first day of play. South Africa is two down for 100 runs.
Sreesanth strikes and Smith departs. SA is one down now.
This is the lunch of the first day and South Africa is batting at 1 for no loss. India has a lead of 75 runs now.
Indian team is all out for a score of 76 only. Steyn took five wickets. What a surprise! The Indian team got all out within a single session. Credit should be given to the South African bowlers Ntini, Steyn and Morkel. Ntini initiated the break through and took 3 wickets, Steyn took 5 wickets, and Morkel took 2 wickets.
India is now 9 wicket down.
Three boundaries by Pathan, one in the over of Morkel and two in the over of Steyn.
Steyn dismissed Bhajji this time and India is now 8 wicket down.
Kumble has also gone now. India is seven wicket down. Score is too bad 55 for the loss of seven wickets.
Morkel this time and Team India is now six wicket down.
India is now five wicket down, thanks to Ntini and Steyn.
Team India won the toss and elected to bat first. In place of Sachin Irfan Pathan has been recalled in the team.
Post Match Preview:
With the dull beginning of the first test match between India and South Africa, which ends with a draw, both the team are now looking for the second test match scheduled to begin on 3rd of April at Ahmadabad.
As the first match was a nightmare for the bowlers of both the team, the only good performance was from Indian Turbunator Bhajji. The eight wicket haul has given him much wanted confidence. Indian team might came up with 5 bowlers in tomorrow’s match.
Batsman of both the teams have gained much confidence from the first test, especially Sehwag, Dravid from Indian side and McKenzie and Amla from African side. The match is scheduled to begin at 9:30 AM IST.
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