India snatch victory in a humdinger, retain No. 1 spot

By Rahul Bajaj
for Cricketain.com

Published: February 18, 2010

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Kolkata: India completed a dramatic win over South Africa in the second and final test of the series at the Eden Gardens to square the series 1-1 and retain their No. 1 position in the ICC test rankings.

South Africa’s Hashim Amla almost denied India the victory, batting for close to eight and a half hours and scoring his third consecutive century in the series, but the Indian spinners found a way around him and he was left stranded at one end while the wickets kept falling from the other. Harbhajan Singh completed another five-wicket haul at the Eden when he took the final wicket to fall, that of Morne Morkel with only 13 minutes of play remaining, and the crowd erupted into deafening noise.

Amla remained unbeaten on 127, batting wonderfully with the tail as the last three wickets batted out 53.3 overs to almost deny India the victory. The tourists were finally bowled out for 289 making India victorious by an innings and 58 runs.

Match Summary:

India 643 for 6 dec (Sehwag 165, Laxman 143*, Dhoni 132*, Tendulkar 106) beat South Africa 296 (Amla 114, Petersen 100, Zaheer 4-90, Harbhajan 3-64) and 289 (Amla 127*, Harbhajan 5-59, Mishra 3-78) by an innings and 58 runs

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