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| Venue | Modi Stadium, Kanpur on 11th, 12th, 13th April 2008 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | India won by 8 wickets |
| Umpires | Asad Rauf (Pakistan), BR Doctrove (West Indies) |
| TV umpire | GA Pratapkumar |
| Referee | RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) |
| Reserve Umpire | S Dua |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africa (1) 265 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | India (1) 288/9 (Sreesanth 9*, Sharma 0*; 88 overs) |
| Player of the Match | SC Ganguly |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| ND McKenzie | st Dhoni b Chawla | 36 | 57 | 93 | 5 | - | 41 | |
| *GC Smith | c Jaffer b Yuvraj Singh | 69 | 134 | 194 | 8 | 2 | 103 | |
| HM Amla | b Sharma | 51 | 101 | 114 | 6 | - | 72 | |
| JH Kallis | b Harbhajan Singh | 1 | 7 | 22 | - | - | 6 | |
| AG Prince | lbw b Sehwag | 16 | 71 | 105 | - | - | 60 | |
| AB de Villiers | c Ganguly b Chawla | 25 | 45 | 55 | 3 | - | 31 | |
| +MV Boucher | b Sharma | 29 | 59 | 90 | 3 | - | 42 | |
| M Morkel | c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 17 | 17 | 19 | 3 | - | 11 | |
| PL Harris | b Sharma | 12 | 31 | 44 | 2 | - | 25 | |
| DW Steyn | c sub (M Kaif) b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 5 | 8 | - | - | 5 | |
| M Ntini | not out | 0 | 2 | 15 | - | - | 2 | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 4 nb, 2 w) | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 379 minutes, 87.3 overs) | 265 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-61 (McKenzie, 17.5 ov), 2-152 (Smith, 45.4 ov), 3-160 (Amla, 48.4 ov), 4-161 (Kallis, 49.6 ov), 5-199 (de Villiers, 62.2 ov), 6-215 (Prince, 73.2 ov), 7-241 (Morkel, 77.5 ov), 8-264 (Boucher, 85.2 ov), 9-265 (Steyn, 86.4 ov), 10-265 (Harris, 87.3 ov) | ||||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s |
| Sreesanth | 11 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 4 | - |
| Sharma | 12.3 | 1 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 9 | - |
| Harbhajan Singh | 31 | 9 | 52 | 3 | - | - | 147 | 2 | - |
| Chawla | 16 | 3 | 66 | 2 | - | - | 67 | 9 | 1 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 11 | 1 | 39 | 1 | - | - | 42 | 3 | 1 |
| Sehwag | 6 | 2 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 30 | 3 | - |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| W Jaffer | lbw b Morkel | 15 | 34 | 50 | 3 | - | 28 | |
| V Sehwag | lbw b Steyn | 8 | 14 | 21 | 2 | - | 12 | |
| RS Dravid | c de Villiers b Morkel | 29 | 106 | 151 | 4 | - | 90 | |
| VVS Laxman | b Morkel | 50 | 103 | 138 | 7 | - | 78 | |
| SC Ganguly | c Amla b Steyn | 87 | 119 | 219 | 9 | 1 | 74 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | c de Villiers b Harris | 32 | 57 | 75 | 6 | - | 43 | |
| *+MS Dhoni | st Boucher b Harris | 32 | 54 | 74 | 5 | - | 40 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | lbw b Steyn | 6 | 21 | 32 | - | - | 18 | |
| PP Chawla | c Smith b Ntini | 4 | 12 | 17 | 1 | - | 11 | |
| S Sreesanth | c Prince b Harris | 29 | 44 | 64 | 5 | - | 34 | |
| I Sharma | not out | 14 | 38 | 62 | 2 | - | 31 | |
| Extras | (8 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 19 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 456 minutes, 99.4 overs) | 325 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-18 (Sehwag, 4.6 ov), 2-35 (Jaffer, 10.4 ov), 3-113 (Dravid, 41.1 ov), 4-123 (Laxman, 43.5 ov), 5-188 (Yuvraj Singh, 60.6 ov), 6-248 (Dhoni, 76.1 ov), 7-268 (Harbhajan Singh, 82.5 ov), 8-279 (Chawla, 85.6 ov), 9-279 (Ganguly, 86.1 ov), 10-325 (Sreesanth, 99.4 ov) | ||||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s |
| Steyn | 20 | 1 | 71 | 3 | 1 | - | 87 | 9 | - |
| Ntini | 21 | 7 | 47 | 1 | - | - | 105 | 8 | - |
| Morkel | 15 | 2 | 63 | 3 | - | 3 | 64 | 9 | - |
| Harris | 32.4 | 8 | 101 | 3 | - | 1 | 152 | 15 | 1 |
| Kallis | 9 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | 40 | 2 | - |
| Amla | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 1 | - |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| ND McKenzie | lbw b Sreesanth | 14 | 45 | 50 | 1 | - | 37 | |
| *GC Smith | b Sehwag | 35 | 90 | 157 | 3 | - | 67 | |
| HM Amla | c Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 6 | 7 | - | - | 6 | |
| JH Kallis | c Jaffer b Sehwag | 15 | 45 | 83 | 1 | - | 35 | |
| AG Prince | not out | 22 | 87 | 117 | 1 | - | 74 | |
| AB de Villiers | c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh | 7 | 21 | 22 | - | - | 16 | |
| +MV Boucher | c Dhoni b Sharma | 5 | 11 | 23 | - | - | 6 | |
| M Morkel | b Sharma | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 3 | |
| PL Harris | c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 7 | 5 | - | - | 7 | |
| DW Steyn | b Harbhajan Singh | 7 | 10 | 22 | 1 | - | 6 | |
| M Ntini | c Ganguly b Sehwag | 0 | 12 | 22 | - | - | 12 | |
| Extras | (12 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 16 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 259 minutes, 55.5 overs) | 121 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-26 (McKenzie, 11.3 ov), 2-27 (Amla, 12.5 ov), 3-65 (Kallis, 29.1 ov), 4-72 (Smith, 33.1 ov), 5-90 (de Villiers, 39.5 ov), 6-101 (Boucher, 45.1 ov), 7-101 (Morkel, 45.4 ov), 8-102 (Harris, 46.5 ov), 9-114 (Steyn, 50.5 ov), 10-121 (Ntini, 55.5 ov) | ||||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s |
| Harbhajan Singh | 23 | 7 | 44 | 4 | - | - | 107 | 2 | - |
| Sharma | 10 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | - | 48 | 1 | - |
| Sreesanth | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | - | 2 | 50 | 1 | - |
| Chawla | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | 16 | 3 | - |
| Sehwag | 8.5 | 2 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 43 | - | - |
| Yuvraj Singh | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| W Jaffer | lbw b Morkel | 10 | 11 | 20 | 2 | - | 8 | |
| V Sehwag | c Prince b Harris | 22 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| SC Ganguly | not out | 13 | 28 | 41 | 2 | - | 23 | |
| RS Dravid | not out | 18 | 29 | 36 | 4 | - | 23 | |
| VVS Laxman | did not bat | |||||||
| Yuvraj Singh | did not bat | |||||||
| *+MS Dhoni | did not bat | |||||||
| Harbhajan Singh | did not bat | |||||||
| S Sreesanth | did not bat | |||||||
| I Sharma | did not bat | |||||||
| PP Chawla | did not bat | |||||||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 57 minutes, 13.1 overs) | 64 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-32 (Sehwag, 3.3 ov), 2-32 (Jaffer, 4.2 ov) | ||||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s |
| Steyn | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 2 | - |
| Ntini | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - |
| Harris | 5.1 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - | - | 22 | 5 | 2 |
| Morkel | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | 1 | 26 | 1 | - |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> Day 1 Lunch: South Africa (1) 80/1 (GC Smith 31*, HM Amla 11*; 25 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: South Africa (1) 175/4 (AG Prince 10*, AB de Villiers 3*; 55 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: India (1) 88/2 (Dravid 20*, Laxman 33*; 29 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: India (1) 165/4 (Ganguly 26*, Yuvraj Singh 21*; 56 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: South Africa (2) 27/2 (GC Smith 10*; 12.5 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: South Africa (2) 88/4 (AG Prince 8*, de Villiers 6*; 39 overs)
--> South Africa first innings: 50 in 14.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 100 in 29.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 150 in 45.3 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 200 in 62.3 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 250 in 82.1 overs
--> India first innings: 50 in 14.4 overs
--> India first innings: 100 in 36.5 overs
--> India first innings: 150 in 51.3 overs
--> India first innings: 200 in 64.2 overs
--> India first innings: 250 in 77.6 overs
--> India first innings: 300 in 91.6 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 50 in 24.3 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 100 in 44.1 overs
--> India second innings: 50 in 9.2 overs
--> W Jaffer made his last appearance in Test matches
--> GC Smith (1) 50 in 96 balls, 144 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> HM Amla (1) 50 in 91 balls, 109 minutes with 6 fours
--> W Jaffer (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> VVS Laxman (1) 50 in 98 balls, 132 minutes with 7 fours
--> SC Ganguly (1) 50 in 76 balls, 137 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> S Sreesanth reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed ND McKenzie, his 1st wicket in the South Africa second innings
--> V Sehwag achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the South Africa second innings (previous best was 3-33)
--> ND McKenzie (27) and GC Smith (22) added 50 in 85 balls for the South Africa 1st wicket in the first innings
--> GC Smith (27) and HM Amla (23) added 50 in 90 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> RS Dravid (14) and VVS Laxman (33) added 50 in 109 balls for the India 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> SC Ganguly (24) and Yuvraj Singh (27) added 50 in 83 balls for the India 5th wicket in the first innings
--> SC Ganguly (22) and MS Dhoni (28) added 50 in 78 balls for the India 6th wicket in the first innings
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