India win by 96 runs. Excellent result for the visitors who were hungry for a win after being demoralised in the one-day series against South Africa. Even if the bowlers have done well, the Indian top order batting continues to be shaky and that will be their greatest worry going into the Tests.

48.5

Sehwag to Morkel, OUT, That's the game! Morkel tries to hit the big one over midwicket and gets a thick top edge. Dhoni gets under it and makes no mistake.

M Morkel c †Dhoni b Sehwag 26 (39m 33b 5x4 0x6) SR: 78.78

48.4

Sehwag to Morkel, FOUR, Morkel goes over the the top and the fielder at deepish mid on had no chance of cutting it off.

48.3

Sehwag to Morkel, no run, Morkel goes for the big heave, misses it though to the keeper.

48.2

Sehwag to Hayward, 1 run, slightly short. Hayward pulls it away to deep midwicket for a single

48.1

Sehwag to Morkel, 1 run, Driven to long off.

END OF OVER:
48 | (wicket maiden) | 218/9

Nantie Hayward0 (2b)
Morne Morkel21 (29b)

Harbhajan Singh12-3-39-3

Sehwag to continue

47.6

Harbhajan Singh to Hayward, no run, Shout for a catch at leg-slip, but that came of the pads only.

India tour of South Africa 2006-07 News

India 1, South Africa 0
A look back to India's first Test win in South Africa, when Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth beat the home side at their own game
Indian board not convinced about Munaf
Munaf Patel has far more serious concerns than a sore ankle with the BCCI openly questioning his integrity
'I can smell blood' - Nel to Sreesanth
Sreesanth revealed the story behind the famous impromptu dance after he had hit Andre Nel for a six during the first Test in Johannesburg
The duke of hazard
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When the tide turned
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan looks at eight turning points in India's tour of South Africa

Rest of SA INNINGS		R	B
JA Rudolph	bowled	0	1
AN Petersen	lbw	22	68
JP Duminy	bowled	20	28
VB van Jaarsveld	run out	66	70
MN van Wyk	bowled	0	1
JM Kemp	caught wk	53	62
AC Thomas	caught	15	27
PR Adams	caught	0	3
M Morkel	caught wk	26	33
F de Wet	lbw	0	1
M Hayward	not out	1	3
EXTRAS	(b 11, lb 5, w 1, nb 4)
TOTAL	224 (all out; 48.5 ovs)

Indians BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	12.0	5	36	3	3.00
S Sreesanth	10.0	2	46	0	4.60
VRV Singh	8.0	0	41	2	5.12	(2nb)
IK Pathan	4.0	0	31	0	7.75	(1nb, 1w)
Harbhajan Singh	12.0	4	39	3	3.25	(1nb)
V Sehwag	2.5	0	15	1	5.29

Rest of SA 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	JA Rudolph	AN Petersen
2nd	36	AN Petersen	JP Duminy
3rd	39	AN Petersen	VB van Jaarsveld
4th	0	MN van Wyk	VB van Jaarsveld
5th	100	JM Kemp	VB van Jaarsveld
6th	8	JM Kemp	AC Thomas
7th	0	PR Adams	AC Thomas
8th	35	AC Thomas	M Morkel
9th	0	F de Wet	M Morkel
10th	6	M Hayward	M Morkel

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INDIANS 316/7d(85 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

REST OF SOUTH AFRICA 138(31.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

INDIANS 142(53.4 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

REST OF SOUTH AFRICA 224(48.5 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:48 | (wicket maiden) | 218/9

India 1, South Africa 0

Indian board not convinced about Munaf

'I can smell blood' - Nel to Sreesanth

The duke of hazard

When the tide turned

INDIANS 316/7d(85 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

REST OF SOUTH AFRICA 138(31.4 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

INDIANS 142(53.4 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

REST OF SOUTH AFRICA 224(48.5 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
48 | (wicket maiden) | 218/9