India v South Africa
2nd Test · Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad · 3 Apr 2008 – 5 Apr 2008
South Africa won by an innings and 90 runs
India 1st innings7620 overs
South Africa 1st innings494/7d141.2 overs
India 2nd innings32894.2 overs
India 1st innings 76 (20 ov)
Fall of wickets: 16-1 (W Jaffer, 3.3 ov), 24-2 (V Sehwag, 4.4 ov), 30-3 (VVS Laxman, 7.1 ov), 30-4 (SC Ganguly, 7.3 ov), 53-5 (R Dravid, 13.1 ov), 55-6 (MS Dhoni, 14.2 ov), 55-7 (A Kumble, 14.4 ov), 56-8 (Harbhajan Singh, 15.4 ov), 76-9 (RP Singh, 19.3 ov), 76-10 (S Sreesanth, 19.6 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 16 | 21 | W Jaffer 9, V Sehwag 2 |
| 2 | 8 | 7 | V Sehwag 4, R Dravid 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 15 | R Dravid 1, VVS Laxman 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | R Dravid 0, SC Ganguly 0 |
| 5 | 23 | 34 | R Dravid 2, MS Dhoni 14 |
| 6 | 2 | 7 | MS Dhoni 0, IK Pathan 2 |
| 7 | 0 | 2 | IK Pathan 0, A Kumble 0 |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | IK Pathan 0, Harbhajan Singh 1 |
| 9 | 20 | 23 | IK Pathan 19, RP Singh 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 3 | IK Pathan 0, S Sreesanth 0 |
South Africa 1st innings 494/7d (141.2 ov)
Did not bat: M Ntini, DW Steyn
Fall of wickets: 78-1 (GC Smith, 15.3 ov), 100-2 (ND McKenzie, 23.4 ov), 101-3 (HM Amla, 25.4 ov), 117-4 (AG Prince, 29.5 ov), 373-5 (JH Kallis, 109.4 ov), 439-6 (MV Boucher, 128.4 ov), 452-7 (M Morkel, 133.2 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 78 | 93 | GC Smith 34, ND McKenzie 36 |
| 2 | 22 | 49 | ND McKenzie 6, HM Amla 15 |
| 3 | 1 | 12 | HM Amla 1, JH Kallis 0 |
| 4 | 16 | 25 | JH Kallis 13, AG Prince 2 |
| 5 | 256 | 479 | JH Kallis 119, AB de Villiers 133 |
| 6 | 66 | 114 | AB de Villiers 40, MV Boucher 21 |
| 7 | 13 | 28 | AB de Villiers 12, M Morkel 1 |
| Unbroken | 42 | 48 | AB de Villiers 32, PL Harris 9 |
India 2nd innings 328 (94.2 ov)
Fall of wickets: 31-1 (V Sehwag, 7.2 ov), 64-2 (R Dravid, 18.1 ov), 70-3 (W Jaffer, 19.6 ov), 125-4 (VVS Laxman, 33.4 ov), 235-5 (SC Ganguly, 69.3 ov), 268-6 (MS Dhoni, 77.5 ov), 273-7 (A Kumble, 80.5 ov), 292-8 (Harbhajan Singh, 86.1 ov), 306-9 (RP Singh, 90.4 ov), 328-10 (S Sreesanth, 94.2 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 31 | 44 | V Sehwag 17, W Jaffer 9 |
| 2 | 33 | 65 | W Jaffer 10, R Dravid 17 |
| 3 | 6 | 11 | W Jaffer 0, VVS Laxman 6 |
| 4 | 55 | 82 | VVS Laxman 29, SC Ganguly 23 |
| 5 | 110 | 215 | SC Ganguly 64, MS Dhoni 42 |
| 6 | 33 | 50 | MS Dhoni 10, IK Pathan 23 |
| 7 | 5 | 18 | IK Pathan 0, A Kumble 5 |
| 8 | 19 | 32 | IK Pathan 9, Harbhajan Singh 4 |
| 9 | 14 | 27 | IK Pathan 6, RP Singh 8 |
| 10 | 22 | 22 | IK Pathan 5, S Sreesanth 17 |
Match details
- Toss
- India, chose to bat
- Season
- 2007/08
- Umpires
- BR Doctrove, AL Hill
- Match referee
- RS Mahanama