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InDepth headlines national business sports cricket regional entertainment technology world travel autos health | in-depth coverage > India-South Africa Test Series 2004 > Harbhajan spins India to victory in Kolkata 15.51 IST 02nd Dec 2004 By Manish Kumar 
Ace off-spinner Harbhajan Singh ran through the South African batting line-up taking seven wickets to set up an easy win for India on the fifth day of the second Test at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on December 2.The Turbanator’s 15th five-wicket haul restricted South Africa to 222 runs in their second innings and that left the Indians with a victory target of 117 runs. Harbhajan took first wicket of the day when he beat the well-set Jacques Kallis in the flight, who edged the ball straight back into the off-spinner’s hands. Kallis scored 55 runs. Another umpire error saw the end Shaun Pollock’s innings. A Harbhajan delivery hit Pollock’s pads and went to forward short leg where Gautam Gambhir dived forward but collected the ball on one bounce. Australian umpire Daryl Harper adjudged Pollock (6) out bat-pad. Harbhajan took his seventh wicket when Justin Ontong (0) tried to sweep, but instead lopped the ball up in the air for wicket keeper Dinesh Karthik to complete the catch Anil Kumble then clean bowled Thami Tsolekile (1) with a brilliant leg break to reduce South Africa to 194/9. Zaner de Bruyn prolonged the Australian second innings by adding 28 runs for the last wicket with Makhaya Ntini before Kumble had Ntini (12) caught at first slip by Rahul Dravid. With Ntini’s wicket, Kumble became the highest wicket taker for India in Test cricket along with the great Kapil Dev. de Bruyn remained not out on 32 as South Africa were bowled out 222 runs in their second innings leaving India a victory target of 117 runs. Harbhajan took 7/87, while Kumble took 3/82. Virender Sehwag scored 10 runs in the Indian second innings before he was caught at first slip by Graeme Smith off Ntini. Gautam Gambhir (26) was trapped plumb in front of the wicket by part-time leg-spinner Jacques Rudolph by a ball that kept so low that it hit the bottom edge of his pad. After that Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar ensured that India didn’t lose any more wickets and guided their team to an emphatic 8-wicket win. Dravid and Sachin remained not out on 47 and 32 runs respectively, as India also won the series 1-0. Harbhajan was adjudged the Man of the Match for taking 9 wickets, while Sehwag was chosen the Man of the Series. This is India’s only third win against South Africa in a Test. The Proteas can take solace from the fact that they drew the first Test at Kanpur and played for full five days here in the second Test even though they didn’t have any world class spinners in their ranks. And Pollock will remember this Test for he became only the fifth player in Test history to take 300 wickets and score 3,000 runs. The only other players to achieve the dual landmark are India's Kapil Dev, England's Ian Botham, New Zealander Richard Hadlee and Imran Khan of Pakistan. in-depth coverage > India-South Africa Test Series 2004 > |
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