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India win second Test by 87 runs, level series

By The Assam Tribune

DURBAN, Dec 29 (IANS) - India won the second cricket Test against South Africa by 87 runs to level the three-match series 1-1 here Wednesday.

Chasing a 303-run victory target, South Africa were all out for 215 on the fourth day. For India, Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth took three wickets each while Harbhajan Singh took two wickets in the second innnings.

India scored 205 in the first innings and 228 in the second and bowled out South Africa for 131 in the first

innings.

SCORECARD

India first innings: 205

South Africa first innings: 131

India second innings: 228

South Africa second innings: (overnight 111/3)

Graeme Smith c Dhoni b Sreesanth 37

Alviro Petersen c Pujara b Harbhajan Singh 26

Hashim Amla c Dhoni b Sreesanth 16

Jacques Kallis c Sehwag b Sreesanth 17

AB de Villiers lbw b Harbhajan Singh 33

Ashwell Prince not out 39

Mark Boucher lbw b Khan 1

Dale Steyn c Pujara b Khan 10

Paul Harris b Khan 7

Morne Morkel c Dhoni b Sharma 20

Lonwabo Tsotsobe run out (Pujara) 0

Extras: (lb-1, nb-8) 9

Total: (all out in 72.3 overs) 215

Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Smith, 12.1 overs), 2-82 (Petersen, 15.4), 3-82 (Amla, 16.2), 4-123 (Kallis, 34.2), 5-136 (de Villiers, 39.6), 6-143 (Boucher, 42.4), 7-155 (Steyn, 48.5), 8-182 (Harris, 60.2), 9-215 (Morkel, 72.1), 10-215 (Tsotsobe, 72.3)

Bowling:

Zaheer Khan 17 3 57 3

Ishant Sharma 11.3 0 36 1

S. Sreesanth 14 2 45 3

Harbhajan Singh 29 5 70 2

Sachin Tendulkar 1 0 6 0

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