Zaheer spearheads Indian win
Zaheer Khan once again led the way with the ball as the Indians wrapped up a comprehensive 96-run victory over Rest of South Africa in the tour game at Sedgars Park in Potchefstroom
07/12Result
Tour Match, India tour of South Africa at Potchefstroom, Dec 7-9 2006
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![Indians]( "Indians")
316/7d & 142 -
![Rest of South Africa]( "Rest of South Africa")
138 & 224 (48.5 ov)
Player of the Match
07/12Result
Tour Match, India tour of South Africa at Potchefstroom, Dec 7-9 2006
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![Indians]( "Indians")
316/7d & 142 -
![Rest of South Africa]( "Rest of South Africa")
138 & 224 (48.5 ov)
Player of the Match
Day 3
Laxman heaps praise on bowlers
VVS Laxman was delighted with the efforts of his pace bowlers, who set up the 96-run victory over Rest of South Africa
Day 2
India need top-order answers
On a pitch that rewards accurate and intelligent pace bowling, the Indians should still go on and win this match. But success won't be able to deflect attention from the continued inability of the top-order batsmen to put decent scores on the board
Day 1
Ganguly and Pathan revive India
Sourav Ganguly and Irfan Pathan launched a superb counterattack in theafternoon after the highly-rated Morne Morkel cut a swathe through the Indian top order at Sedgars Park in Potchefstroom
India edge ahead on bowlers' day
The Indian batsmen suffered another collective meltdown that took thesheen off a superb bowling performance on the second day of the tour gameagainst Rest of South Africa at Sedgars Park in Potchefstroom
Harbhajan positive after fightback
On a day when Sourav Ganguly and Irfan Pathan saved Indian blushes, it was Harbhajan Singh - whose cavalier 47 in the final session exasperated the bowlers - that came to address the media
It was Ganguly at his best
For Ganguly, it was very much a fresh start, a new chapter inwhat is already a storied career
Others
Rest of South Africa v Indians, Potchefstroom
Match home for the tour match between Rest of South Africa and Indians at Potchefstroom
More questions than answers
The Indiansbowled out a fairly strong Rest of South Africa side for 138 and 224, butthe manner in which their own top order capitulated in both innings iscause for tremendous worry heading into the Test series.
Dravid disappointed at missing out
Rahul Dravid speaks to the media ahead of India's warm-up match at Potchefstroom
Exorcising the demons
Straight off the bat, this is not just about the runs he scored. This is about a man who came, saw and conquered - if only for the moment - the demons in his head, the ghosts in his past
India desperate for top order to fire
The Indians now have no option butto play the four-day game against Rest of South Africa with fullintensity, in the hope that their misfiring batsmen will finally get someruns on the board ahead of the first Test, which starts in Johannesburg onDecemb