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India v South Africa @ Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 April 2008 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: B Doctrove, AL Hill
Third Umpire: Suresh Shastri
Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama
Match Result: South Africa won by an innings and 90 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Wasim Jaffer | c Graeme Smith b Makhaya Ntini | 9 | 14 | 17 | 2 | - |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | b Dale Steyn | 6 | 12 | 23 | 1 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | b Dale Steyn | 3 | 26 | 51 | - | - |
| 4. VVS Laxman | b Makhaya Ntini | 3 | 7 | 13 | - | - |
| 5. Sourav Ganguly | b Makhaya Ntini | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| +6. MS Dhoni | c Mark Boucher b Morne Morkel | 14 | 22 | 33 | 3 | - |
| 7. Irfan Pathan | not out | 21 | 17 | 39 | 3 | - |
| *8. Anil Kumble | b Morne Morkel | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 9. Harbhajan Singh | lbw b Dale Steyn | 1 | 6 | 5 | - | - |
| 10. Rudra Singh | c Graeme Smith b Dale Steyn | 0 | 11 | 19 | - | - |
| 11. Sreesanth | b Dale Steyn | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-16 (Wasim Jaffer), 2-24 (Virender Sehwag), 3-30 (VVS Laxman), 4-30 (Sourav Ganguly), 5-53 (Rahul Dravid), 6-55 (MS Dhoni), 7-55 (Anil Kumble), 8-56 (Harbhajan Singh), 76 (Sreesanth). |
| Extras | 4b, 11lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 20 ovs, 109 mins) 76 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 8 | 2 | 23 | 5 | (2w,1nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 6 | 1 | 18 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 6 | 1 | 20 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graeme Smith | lbw b Sreesanth | 34 | 42 | 80 | 6 | - |
| 2. Neil McKenzie | c Rahul Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 42 | 73 | 122 | 8 | - |
| 3. Hashim Amla | c Wasim Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh | 16 | 34 | 48 | 2 | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | b Sreesanth | 132 | 275 | 359 | 14 | 1 |
| 5. Ashwell Prince | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 2 | 9 | 14 | - | - |
| 6. AB de Villiers | not out | 217 | 333 | 480 | 17 | 2 |
| +7. Mark Boucher | lbw b Anil Kumble | 21 | 48 | 82 | 1 | - |
| 8. Morne Morkel | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 1 | 12 | 19 | - | - |
| 9. Paul Harris | not out | 9 | 22 | 38 | 1 | - |
| 10. Dale Steyn | ||||||
| 11. Makhaya Ntini |
| FOW | 1-78 (Graeme Smith), 2-100 (Neil McKenzie), 3-101 (Hashim Amla), 4-117 (Ashwell Prince), 5-373 (Jacques Kallis), 6-439 (Mark Boucher), 7-452 (Morne Morkel). |
| Extras | 2b, 14lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 141.2 ovs, 625 mins) 494 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sreesanth | 23 | 4 | 87 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Rudra Singh | 21 | 2 | 81 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Irfan Pathan | 21.2 | 3 | 85 | 0 | (3w,0nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 40 | 5 | 135 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 33 | 2 | 78 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Virender Sehwag | lbw b Makhaya Ntini | 17 | 20 | 32 | 1 | 2 |
| 2. Wasim Jaffer | c AB de Villiers b Jacques Kallis | 19 | 53 | 97 | 2 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c AB de Villiers b Morne Morkel | 17 | 41 | 55 | 2 | - |
| 4. VVS Laxman | c Mark Boucher b Morne Morkel | 35 | 45 | 77 | 6 | - |
| 5. Sourav Ganguly | c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn | 87 | 149 | 229 | 8 | - |
| +6. MS Dhoni | c Graeme Smith b Makhaya Ntini | 52 | 132 | 200 | 5 | - |
| 7. Irfan Pathan | not out | 43 | 77 | 120 | 4 | 1 |
| *8. Anil Kumble | b Paul Harris | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - |
| 9. Harbhajan Singh | lbw b Dale Steyn | 4 | 18 | 23 | - | - |
| 10. Rudra Singh | c Jacques Kallis b Dale Steyn | 8 | 11 | 23 | 2 | - |
| 11. Sreesanth | b Makhaya Ntini | 17 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| FOW | 1-31 (Virender Sehwag), 2-64 (Rahul Dravid), 3-70 (Wasim Jaffer), 4-125 (VVS Laxman), 5-235 (Sourav Ganguly), 6-268 (MS Dhoni), 7-273 (Anil Kumble), 8-292 (Harbhajan Singh), 328 (Sreesanth). |
| Extras | 5b, 7lb, 7w, 5nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 94.2 ovs, 448 mins) 328 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 23 | 1 | 91 | 3 | (2w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 16.2 | 3 | 44 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 20 | 0 | 87 | 2 | (1w,5nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 10 | 3 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Harris | 25 | 4 | 68 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Wasim Jaffer, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Rudra Singh, Sreesanth