Time to take revenge, but Anil kumble is out of the team. 3rd test match was ready to start in Kanpur. A pitch which really supports spinners. And the man who troubled Oz was back 'Ishant Sharma'.
Winning the toss S.Africa decided to bat. But only Smith and Amla bared the spin attack from the india side. I,Sharma was shinning by taking 3 stunning wickets. However S.Africa managed to score 265. S.Africans were more satisfied when thier front line fast bowlers broke the indian batting order; only till Ganguly and Laxman landed india on a safer side. Ganguly's valuable 87 made india to showcase 325 on the board. The match was well balanced; but. it was totally changed and moving in favour of india when Harbajan and sehwag wrapped up S.Africa within 121 runs. The track cracked out and the ball was spinning a lot more than the bowlers expected as well did the batsman. None of the S.African players had an idea how to play against 'baji' and 'viru'. A small target of 67 was placed in front of indian players to level the series. It made more easy and the match was really moving fast till sehwag was on crease. He fired on the S.African bowlers for sixes and fours. At last Dravid and Ganguly took india home by winning the match. It took just 3 days to finish this test match.
Perfect revenge was showcased by the indians; by leveling the series and beating S.Africa in the same manner they did ti India in the second match. It was more interesting to see winning the match as Dhoni was playing his first match as a captain.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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