Ind vs SA 2nd Test Photo Highlights - India vs South Africa second Test Pictures, Presentation Images

India won the 2nd test match by an inning and 58 runs against south Africa in a thriller and retained their no.1 test ranking at Eden Gardens Kolkata. Harbhajan Singh took 5 wickets while Hashim Aamla got man of the Match as well as Man o the Series award.

India won 2nd Test by an inning 58 runs, Retain No 1 Test Ranking, Serie drawn 1-1, Aamla Man of the Match and Series

After much drama on the fifth and final day of 2nd test match, India won by an inning and 58 runs just nefore the 2 overs left in the match to over and retained their no. 1 test ranking on Thursday, 18th February, 2010 at the famous Eden Gardens, Kolkata. 2 match series between India and South Africa drawn 1-1.

India needed 7 wickets on the final day and they took 3 wickets easily but Aamla, Indias's main rival in the series shown great resistance as he put 70 runs partnership in 24 overs with Parnell and then almost saved the match with 26 runs for the last wicket with Morkel in 20.4 overs.

Crowd gone mad when Harbhajan Singh took the last wicket of Morkel when only 2 overs left in the match and left Hashim Aamla out of partner at other end as he was unbeaten on 123 runs and played 394 balls.

Hashim Aamla got Man of the Match for centuries in both the inning and also got Man of the Series for 490 run at an average 490.00 with 3 centuries in 3 innings.

Match Summary:

South Africa 1st Inning - 296 all out in 85 overs (Amla 114, Petersen 100, Zaheer 4-90, Harbhajan 3-64)

India 1st Inning - 643/6 dec. in 153 overs (Sehwag 165, Laxman 143*, Dhoni 132*, Tendulkar 106)

South Africa 2nd Inning - 290 all out in 131.3 overs (Amla 127*, Harbhajan 5-59, Mishra 3-78)

Toss - South Africa who chose to bat first.

Man of the Match - Hashim Aamla (South Africa)

Man of the Series - Hashim Aamla (South Africa)

Result - India by an innings and 58 runs

Series - 2-match series drawn 1-1

Ind vs SA 2nd 3rd Day Test Live Scorecard - India vs South Africa Second Test Live Commentary, Kolkata

Ind vs SA 2nd Test Live Scorecard - India vs South Africa Second Test Live Commentary, Kolkata

Second test match between India and South Africa will start from Sunday, 14th Feb, 2010 at Eden Gardens Kolkata at 9.30 AM IST.

Watch and enjoy the live score card with ball by ball commentary of the 2nd test match between India and South Africa.

India vs South Africa 2nd Test 3rd Day Live Scorecard with ball by ball commentary:

India vs South Africa 2nd Test Preview, Teams at Kolkata - Laxman fit for Second Test at Eden Gardens

The real battle for the ICC top test ranking begins with the second test match between India and South Africa starting from Sunday, 14th February to Thursday, 18th February, 2010 at famous Edens Garden, Kolkata starting from 04:00 GMT, 09:30 IST as who will win this match will take the top spot. South Africa is leading the 2 match series 1-0.

India has to win this match to level the series and retain their test top ranking which is in danger after they lost the 1st test. India is struggling with the fitness of key players but good news is that Laxman will be fit while Sreesanth is also back in team.

South Africa is on high after inning win and now they are eying series win as well as top test ranking. Graem Smith got finger injury during practice but its seriousness is still not clear. Dale Steyn bowled deadly bowling in 1st test while Aama and Kallis done great in batting.

Indian Team, Squad for 2nd Test at Kolkata:

Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, S Badrinath, MS Dhoni (capt/wk), M Vijay/Suresh Raina, Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra/Pragyan Ojha.

South African Team, Squad for 2nd Test at Kolkata:

Graeme Smith (C), Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Mark Boucher (wk), Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Johan Botha, Paul Harris.

Watch and enjoy the live ball by ball commentary of the 2nd test match between India and South Africa Here!

India Team, Squad for 2nd Test against South Africa at Kolkata - Raina, Karthik, Sreesanth in

After poor performance in 1st test match at Nagpur against South Africa which India lost by an inning and 6 runs, selectors made 3 changes in the injury hit team.

Suresh Raina will likely his test debut as VVs Laxman failed to be fit in time, Sreesanth who is now fully fit after got injured in Chittagong test and Dinesh Karthik who hit 2 centuries in Duleep trophy final in place of Saha, Sudeep Taygi and Abhimanyu Mithun.

India has to win the second test match at Kolkata to level the series and stay at top of the test ranking.

Indian Test Squad for 2nd Test at Kolkata:

MS Dhoni (capt/wk)
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Murali Vijay
Sachin Tendulkar
S Badrinath
Harbhajan Singh
Amit Mishra
Zaheer Khan
Sreesanth
Ishant Sharma
Pragyan Ojha
Dinesh Kartik
Suresh Raina