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India v South Africa @ Modi Stadium, Kanpur
11, 12, 13, 14, 15 April 2008 (five-day match)
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: Asad Rauf, B Doctrove
Third Umpire: GA Pratapkumar
Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama
Match Result: India won by 8 wickets
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Neil McKenzie | st MS Dhoni b Piyush Chawla | 36 | 57 | 93 | 5 | - |
| *2. Graeme Smith | c Wasim Jaffer b Yuvraj Singh | 69 | 134 | 194 | 8 | 2 |
| 3. Hashim Amla | b Ishant Sharma | 51 | 101 | 114 | 6 | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | b Harbhajan Singh | 1 | 7 | 22 | - | - |
| 5. Ashwell Prince | lbw b Virender Sehwag | 16 | 71 | 105 | - | - |
| 6. AB de Villiers | c Sourav Ganguly b Piyush Chawla | 25 | 45 | 55 | 3 | - |
| +7. Mark Boucher | b Ishant Sharma | 29 | 59 | 90 | 3 | - |
| 8. Morne Morkel | c Rahul Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 17 | 17 | 19 | 3 | - |
| 9. Paul Harris | b Ishant Sharma | 12 | 31 | 44 | 2 | - |
| 10. Dale Steyn | c sub b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 5 | 8 | - | - |
| 11. Makhaya Ntini | not out | 0 | 2 | 15 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-61 (Neil McKenzie), 2-152 (Graeme Smith), 3-160 (Hashim Amla), 4-161 (Jacques Kallis), 5-199 (AB de Villiers), 6-215 (Ashwell Prince), 7-241 (Morne Morkel), 8-264 (Mark Boucher), 9-265 (Dale Steyn), 265 (Paul Harris). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 2w, 4nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 87.3 ovs, 379 mins) 265 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sreesanth | 11 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Ishant Sharma | 12.3 | 1 | 55 | 3 | (1w,2nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 31 | 9 | 52 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Piyush Chawla | 16 | 3 | 66 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Yuvraj Singh | 11 | 1 | 39 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Virender Sehwag | 6 | 2 | 18 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Wasim Jaffer | lbw b Morne Morkel | 15 | 34 | 50 | 3 | - |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | lbw b Dale Steyn | 8 | 14 | 21 | 2 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c AB de Villiers b Morne Morkel | 29 | 106 | 151 | 4 | - |
| 4. VVS Laxman | b Morne Morkel | 50 | 103 | 138 | 7 | - |
| 5. Sourav Ganguly | c Hashim Amla b Dale Steyn | 87 | 119 | 219 | 9 | 1 |
| 6. Yuvraj Singh | c AB de Villiers b Paul Harris | 32 | 57 | 75 | 6 | - |
| *+7. MS Dhoni | st Mark Boucher b Paul Harris | 32 | 54 | 74 | 5 | - |
| 8. Harbhajan Singh | lbw b Dale Steyn | 6 | 21 | 32 | - | - |
| 9. Piyush Chawla | c Graeme Smith b Makhaya Ntini | 4 | 12 | 17 | 1 | - |
| 10. Sreesanth | c Ashwell Prince b Paul Harris | 29 | 44 | 64 | 5 | - |
| 11. Ishant Sharma | not out | 14 | 38 | 62 | 2 | - |
| FOW | 1-18 (Virender Sehwag), 2-35 (Wasim Jaffer), 3-113 (Rahul Dravid), 4-123 (VVS Laxman), 5-188 (Yuvraj Singh), 6-248 (MS Dhoni), 7-268 (Harbhajan Singh), 8-279 (Piyush Chawla), 9-279 (Sourav Ganguly), 325 (Sreesanth). |
| Extras | 8b, 6lb, 1w, 4nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 99.4 ovs, 456 mins) 325 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 20 | 1 | 71 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 21 | 7 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 15 | 2 | 63 | 3 | (0w,3nb) |
| Paul Harris | 32.4 | 8 | 101 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 9 | 1 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hashim Amla | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Neil McKenzie | lbw b Sreesanth | 14 | 45 | 50 | 1 | - |
| *2. Graeme Smith | b Virender Sehwag | 35 | 90 | 157 | 3 | - |
| 3. Hashim Amla | c Wasim Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | c Wasim Jaffer b Virender Sehwag | 15 | 45 | 83 | 1 | - |
| 5. Ashwell Prince | not out | 22 | 87 | 117 | 1 | - |
| 6. AB de Villiers | c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh | 7 | 21 | 22 | - | - |
| +7. Mark Boucher | c MS Dhoni b Ishant Sharma | 5 | 11 | 23 | - | - |
| 8. Morne Morkel | b Ishant Sharma | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Paul Harris | c Rahul Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 7 | 5 | - | - |
| 10. Dale Steyn | b Harbhajan Singh | 7 | 10 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 11. Makhaya Ntini | c Sourav Ganguly b Virender Sehwag | 0 | 12 | 22 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-26 (Neil McKenzie), 2-27 (Hashim Amla), 3-65 (Jacques Kallis), 4-72 (Graeme Smith), 5-90 (AB de Villiers), 6-101 (Mark Boucher), 7-101 (Morne Morkel), 8-102 (Paul Harris), 9-114 (Dale Steyn), 121 (Makhaya Ntini). |
| Extras | 12b, 1lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 55.5 ovs, 259 mins) 121 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Harbhajan Singh | 23 | 7 | 44 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ishant Sharma | 10 | 2 | 18 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sreesanth | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Piyush Chawla | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Virender Sehwag | 8.5 | 2 | 12 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Yuvraj Singh | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Wasim Jaffer | lbw b Morne Morkel | 10 | 11 | 20 | 2 | - |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | c Ashwell Prince b Paul Harris | 22 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 2 |
| 3. Sourav Ganguly | not out | 13 | 28 | 41 | 2 | - |
| 4. Rahul Dravid | not out | 18 | 29 | 36 | 4 | - |
| 5. VVS Laxman | ||||||
| 6. Yuvraj Singh | ||||||
| *+7. MS Dhoni | ||||||
| 8. Harbhajan Singh | ||||||
| 9. Piyush Chawla | ||||||
| 10. Sreesanth | ||||||
| 11. Ishant Sharma |
| FOW | 1-32 (Virender Sehwag), 2-32 (Wasim Jaffer). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 1 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 13.1 ovs, 57 mins) 64 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dale Steyn | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Harris | 5.1 | 0 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Morne Morkel | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
Squads
India:
Wasim Jaffer, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma