S Africa beat India by 90 runs in Final ODI Match

In Ahmedabad on Saturday, chasing huge target of 366 to win, India were all out for 275 and lose by 90 runs the inconsequential third and final One-Day International against South Africa.

Earlier, Jacques Kallis(104) and AB de Villiers(102) struck belligerent unbeaten centuries to power South Africa to an imposing score of 365 for two.

Ravindra Jadeja was the pick of the bowlers once again with figures of 1 for 53 while Pathan (1/66) was expensive.

South Africa, playing for pride in the third ODI after having conceded a 2-0 lead to India, were given a rock-solid start by openers Loots Bosman (68 off 103) and Hashim Amla (87 off 46) who put on 113 runs after electing to bat first.

India won matches at Gwalior and Jaipur.

MOM:AB de Villiers

MOS:Sachin Tendulkar

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South Africa 266 for nine on the opening day of second test

It was a stunning collapse for the South Africa, who were at one stage cruising along courtesy fluent centuries by debutant Alviro Petersen (100) and Hashim Amla (114).

But Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh combined to rip through South Africa's middle order as India staged a dramatic late comeback to reduce the visitors to 266 for nine on the opening day of their second and final cricket Test in Kolkata on Sunday.

At stumps, Wayne Parnell (2) and Morne Morkel (3) were at the crease for South Africa when play was called off early due to bad light.

The South Africans went into tea break at 228 for two but in a stunning reversal of fortunes, the so-far-off-colour Harbhajan picked up three wickets in the space of two overs to wreck the the visiting line-up.

The off-spinner ended the day with figures of 23-2-63-3.

Pace speahead Zaheer also picked up three wickets conceding 77 runs in his 21 overs.

Earlier, 20-year-old Petersen became the first South African in 18 years to slam a hundred on debut, while last match's double centurion Amla continued from where he had left off, scoring his ninth Test ton.

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South Africa beat India by innings and 6 runs

The miracle that India needed to save the match against South Africa in the first cricket Test in Nagpur on Tuesday did not happen and even though Tendulkar (100) starred in two brief partnerships and the tail wagged for a while too, it was not enough to avert what was Mahendra Singh Dhoni's first Test defeat as captain that came with full one day to spare.

Following on, the home side that resumed on 66 for two Tuesday morning, folded for 319 in their second essay to allow South Africa to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

Down the order, Wriddhiman Saha (36), Harbhajan Singh (39) and Zaheer Khan (33) showed the kind of grit that was missing in most of their frontline batting colleagues.

India will now have to win the next match in Kolkata, starting on Sunday, failing which they would surrender the number one Test team's tag to the South Africans.

Tendulkar's 46th Test century, his fourth against the South Africans and first at home against the Proteas, was the lone significant knock in the entire Indian innings.

For South Africa, Dale Steyn returned a match-haul of 10 for 108.

Meanwhile, Wriddhiman Saha got the axe while the trio of S Sreesanth, Dinesh Karthik and Suresh Raina were named in the 15-member Indian squad for the second cricket Test against South Africa starting on Sunday in Kolkata.

Pace duo of Sudeep Tyagi and Abhimanyu Mithun, who were part of the 15-member squad for the first Test but could not make it to the playing XI, were also axed.

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