Live Score Card of 1st Test between India and South Africa!
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| India Vs South Africa ! |
| South Africa won the toss and elected to bat! ! |
| South Africa 540 (1st Innings) :~ M Ntini 1*, D Steyn 15, P Harris 5, M Morkel 35, M Boucher 70, A de villiers 44, Amla 159, Prince 23,Kallis 13, N McKenzie 94, G Smith 73, H singh 5/164 |
| India 627 (1st Innings) :~ S Sreesanth 4*, VVS Laxman 39, R.P Singh 0, H Singh 0, A Kumble 3, MS Dhoni 16, R Dravid 111, S Ganguly 24, S Tendulkar 0, V Sehwag 319, W Jaffer 73 |
| South Africa 331/5 (2nd Innings) :~Boucher 11*, ND McKenzie 155*, A de villiers 11, AG Prince 5, J Kallis 18, HM Amla 81, G Smith 35 |
Fourth Day of Play:~Stumps :~ Day 4
South Africa completed 100 for One loss, McKenzie being there at 41 and Amla giving him company at 22.
Finally Harris took the wicket of VVS Laxman and India is now all out at 627.Team India have a lead of 87 runs now, Sreesanth remain unbeaten at 4 . Dravid has once again proved his utility by making century.Dravid has scored his 25th century and we congratulate him for this. Now South Africa has to decide whether they want to go for a victory or for a draw?
Consecutive wicket to Steyn.
India’s captain goes for 3.
Team India completed 600 for six loss, Laxman being there at 28 and Kumble giving him company at 2.
And Dhoni falls. Thats a big wicket for Steyn. India is now at 598 for 6. He scored 16 out of 33 balls. Anil Kumble’s the new batsman.
Dravid is on 99 now and India are at 547 for the loss of 4. Laxman is giving the company to Dravid at 6.
One boundary from Dravid and India are now at 504 for 3. Dravid is at 78. He needs 2 more runs to reach 10k club.
First boundary from S Ganguly and India are at 500 for the loss of 3 wickets now.
A boundary from Dravid and India is now at 487 for the loss of three wickets. Dravid is now batting at 72 and Dada is at 2.
India lost two quick wickets of Sehwag and S Tendulkar , they are now at 481 for the loss of 3 wickets. Dravid is playing at 68 and S Tendulkar got out at duck.
Ntini took the wicket of Sehwag, Team India is now at 481 for 2. Tendulkar has came to join Dravid.
Sehwag completely his 14th test century with two consecutive boundary in Kallis balls. If Sehwag maintains this (89) strike day for some more time it wood be easier for India to take lead.
India stands on 152/0 with the openers, Sehwag on 92 and in the 3rd day. It is an imminent reply for Amla’s 159 to lead South Africa to 540 before Harbhajan bagged a 5 wicket haul. clear sky makes it worse for the bowlers
First Day of Play:
Hence the first day of play belonged to South Africa batsman, especially N McKenzie who missed his century . G Smith’s quick fires has removed the pressure from the South Africa team in dressing room. At the end of the day South Africa is at 304 for the loss of 4 wickets. Finally Amla is not out at 85 along with A de villiers at 10, G Smith scored 73 while Kallis scored 13.
Both the team Team India and South Africa are willing to destroy any team of the world cricket. South Africa are on a high specially after defeating Pakistan, West Indies and then Bangladesh on a row.
Team India is also on a roll especially after defeating Australia in Australia in CB series finals. But they have lost the test series against them. Also South Africa’s performance against India in India is much better than any other team.
Team India has the full strength with Ganguly, Dravid and Laxman with Anil Kumble back in the side. South Africa will have to face the spin attack of Bhajji and Kumble.