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 India crash to an embarrassing defeat at Motera
5th Apr 2008 20:00 IST
Agencies
India succumbed to an innings defeat at home for the first time in eight years when they were humiliated by South Africa in the second Test which lasted barely three days at the Sardar Patel Stadium at Motera in Ahmedabad today.
After being blown away for a mere 76 on the first morning of the match, the Indians were never in the game and were bundled out for 328 in their second innings to give the visitors victory by an innings and 90 runs and a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Weighed down by South Africa's first innings lead of 418 runs, the hosts had to play out of their skin to save the match but that did not materialse as the Proteas pacers rattled them for the second time in the lop-sided match.
Only Sourav Ganguly (87) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (52) were the bright spots in the Indian second innings as they added 110 for the fifth wicket.
For the South Africans, Makhaya Ntini (3/44) Dale Steyn (3/91) and Morne Morkel (2/87) shared the spoils on a sporting track, on which the Indian bowlers hardly got any assistance.
Graeme Smith declared at his team's overnight score of 494/7 and even though a damp outfield after overnight rain resulted in a 30-minute delay, the Indians were in trouble soon enough.
Virender Sehwag started by hitting Steyn for two sixes in the first over, but the party did not last long.
Ntini started the slide by getting the triple centurion lbw for 17.
Wasim Jaffer (19) and Rahul Dravid (17) took the total to 64 before both were out in quick succession to slip catches by A B de Villiers.
Dravid was the first to go, courtesy Morkel before Jacques Kallis claimed Jaffer to leave India at 70/3.
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