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Venue : Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Toss : South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : SJ Davis (Australia) and IJ Gould (England)
Match Result : South Africa won by an innings and 6 runs to lead the 2-Test Series 1-0
Man of the Match : Hashim Amla
South Africa 1st Innings
Graeme Smith (C) b Zaheer Khan 6 (26)
Ashwell Prince c Dhoni b Zaheer Khan 0 (10)
Hashim Amla not out 253 (473) 22 ‘4s’
Jacques Kallis c Vijay b Harbhajan Singh 173 (351) 15 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
AB de Villiers c Badrinath b Sehwag 53 (83) 5 ‘4s’
JP Duminy lbw b Harbhajan Singh 9 (35) 1 ‘4s’
Mark Boucher (WK) c Mishra b Zaheer Khan 39 (75) 3 ‘4s’
Dale Steyn not out 0 (7)
Paul Harris
Morne Morkel
Wayne Parnell
Extras : 25 (Byes 8, Leg Byes 8, No Balls 9)
Total : 558/6 declared (176.0 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-5 (Prince, 4.3 ov), 2-6 (Smith, 6.3 ov), 3-346 (Kallis, 113.2 ov), 4-454 (de Villiers, 141.1 ov), 5-476 (Duminy, 151.5 ov), 6-554 (Boucher, 174.2 ov)
India Bowling
Zaheer Khan 31-7-96-3 (4nb)
Ishant Sharma 28-4-85-0
Harbhajan Singh 46-1-166-2
Amit Mishra 53-5-140-0 (5nb)
Virender Sehwag 18-1-55-1
India 1st Innings
Gautam Gambhir c Boucher b Morkel 12 (15) 2 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag c Duminy b Parnell 109 (139) 15 ‘4s’
Murali Vijay b Steyn 4 (13) 1 ‘4s’
Sachin Tendulkar c Boucher b Steyn 7 (16) 1 ‘4s’
S Badrinath c Prince b Steyn 56 (139) 7 ‘4s’
MS Dhoni (C&WK) c Kallis b Harris 6 (29) 1 ‘4s’
Wriddhiman Saha b Steyn 0 (3)
Harbhajan Singh lbw b Steyn 8 (16) 1 ‘4s’
Zaheer Khan b Steyn 2 (8)
Amit Mishra b Steyn 0 (9)
Ishant Sharma not out 0 (5)
Extras : 29 (Byes 14, Leg Byes 6, Wides 5, No Balls 4)
Total : 233 all out (64.4 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-31 (Gambhir, 5.1 ov), 2-40 (Vijay, 8.6 ov), 3-56 (Tendulkar, 14.1 ov), 4-192 (Sehwag, 46.4 ov), 5-221 (Dhoni, 57.4 ov), 6-221 (Badrinath, 58.1 ov), 7-222 (Saha, 58.4 ov), 8-226 (Zaheer Khan, 60.3 ov), 9-228 (Mishra, 62.2 ov), 10-233 (Harbhajan Singh, 64.4 ov)
South Africa Bowling
Dale Steyn 16.4-6-51-7
Morne Morkel 15-4-58-1 (4nb)
Paul Harris 17-2-39-1
Wayne Parnell 7-1-31-1 (1w)
Jacques Kallis 6-0-14-0
JP Duminy 3-0-20-0
India 2nd Innings (Following on)
Gautam Gambhir b Morkel 1 (3)
Virender Sehwag c Smith b Steyn 16 (19) 4 ‘4s’
Murali Vijay c Morkel b Harris 32 (90) 4 ‘4s’
Sachin Tendulkar b Harris 100 (179) 13 ‘4s’
S Badrinath c Boucher b Parnell 6 (31) 1 ‘4s’
MS Dhoni (C&WK) c de Villiers b Harris 25 (112) 3 ‘4s’
Wriddhiman Saha lbw b Steyn 36 (101) 4 ‘4s’
Harbhajan Singh lbw b Parnell 39 (39) 6 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Zaheer Khan c Harris b Kallis 33 (57) 4 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Amit Mishra b Steyn 0 (3)
Ishant Sharma not out 0 (11)
Extras : 31 (Byes 15, Leg Byes 8, Wides 6, No Balls 2)
Total : 319 all out (107.1 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-1 (Gambhir, 1.2 ov), 2-24 (Sehwag, 4.4 ov), 3-96 (Vijay, 31.2 ov), 4-122 (Badrinath, 41.3 ov), 5-192 (Tendulkar, 67.2 ov), 6-209 (Dhoni, 75.6 ov), 7-259 (Harbhajan Singh, 87.5 ov), 8-318 (Zaheer Khan, 104.4 ov), 9-318 (Saha, 105.1 ov), 10-319 (Mishra, 107.1 ov)
South Africa Bowling
Dale Steyn 18.1-1-57-3
Morne Morkel 21-6-65-1 (1nb, 2w)
Wayne Parnell 13-2-58-2
Paul Harris 38-17-76-3
Jacques Kallis 12-3-19-1
JP Duminy 5-0-21-0 (1nb)
Match Notes :
- Test Debut for S Badrinath and Wriddhiman Saha (both for India)
- Lunch on Day 1 : SA 90/2 in 29.0 overs (Amla 24*, Kallis 55*)
- Tea on Day 1 : SA 193/2 in 62.0 overs (Amla 60*, Kallis 120*)
- Second New Ball taken by India after 84.4 Overs with SA at 270/2
- Stumps on Day 1 : SA 291/2 in 91.0 overs (Amla 115*, Kallis 159*)
- Lunch on Day 2 : SA 379/3 in 123.0 overs (Amla 170*, de Villiers 17*)
- Tea on Day 2 : SA 477/5 in 153.0 overs (Amla 215*, Boucher 0*)
- Stumps on Day 2 : India 25/0 in 4.0 overs (Gambhir 12*, Sehwag 9*)
- Lunch on Day 3 : India 119/3 in 31.0 overs (Sehwag 63*, Badrinath 21*)
- Tea on Day 3 : India 221/4 in 57.0 overs (Badrinath 56*, Dhoni 6*)
- AB de Villiers kept wickets in place of Boucher after Tea on Day 3
- Stumps on Day 3 : India 2nd Inngs 66/2 in 23.0 overs (Vijay 27*, Tendulkar 8*)
- Lunch on Day 4 : India 2nd Inngs 162/4 in 49.0 overs (Tendulkar 77*, Dhoni 9*)
- Tea on Day 4 : India 2nd Inngs 223/6 in 79.0 overs (Saha 4*, Harbhajan 11*)
- Second new ball taken by SA after 82.1 overs with India at 238/6
- Match finished on the fourth day