Over 17.2: He is Caught! Harbhajan to A Petersen, flighted delivery, gets forward in defence and the turning and jumping ball forces the bat pad edge which flies to short leg who takes the catch in the second attempt. Badri was the man jumping up and keeping his eyes on the ball all the time.
Over 61.4: He is Caught! Harbhajan to A Prince, flighted delivery, looks to work it against the turn to the onside and the result is a dreadful leading edge that lobs up straight to Ishant at mid off!
Over 73.6: Out LBW! Harbhajan to J Duminy, flighted delivery, goes back after being deceived in the air to a drifter that skidded back into the left hander to strike the backpad just infront of the off stump. JP was simply a dead duck to that, should have played that on the frontfoot.
Over 77.6: Out LBW! Harbhajan to D Steyn, flighted delivery, changes to round the sticks and angles his off break away and gets it to turn in to hit the pad infront of middle. That just a bit straightened so was bang on to hit the sticks.
Over 131.3: Out LBW! Harbhajan to M Morkel, flatter trajectory delivery, gets a fizzing drifter that skids through and hits the pad infront of middle. The desperate lbw appeal is accepted by the Umpire and India have won with that! India win by an innings and 58 runs.
Well tremendous scenes at the Eden Gardens. I can't remember when was the last time India won a match just in the nick of time. Remember Harbhajan got Morkel's wicket with just about 15 minutes left!
And this much needed victory has helped India retain the No.1 position in Test Rankings! And boy they had to play out of their skins really to win this Test. Dramatic collapse from SA on Day 1, I was thinking that they were on course to pile up 500-550 but they struggled to even get to 300! India cashed in big time after that with the bat.
Its actually a proud thing for Indians as this victory came on a good batting pitch. I am sure the South Africans or anyone from the ICC will have no complaints about this. India often get their much needed wins on square turners but this match was very refreshing. They really raised their performance levels to beat SA.
South Africa in the first Test got an innings victory and that was returned back in style by India. It would have been great had India got Hashim Amla as the last wicket but anyway they would take this victory. The 2-Test Series has been drawn 1-1.