http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 make a spectacular comeback as Zaheer Khan strikes
The Indian’s were made to struggle by the aggressive bowling attack of the South African’s however it was expected that the South African batsmen would find it relatively easier to face the conditions. All the critics were proven wrong as India have staged
a remarkable comeback and are now back in the contest following a good bowling performance by Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh.
Sreesanth was a little on the expensive side although he too managed to take the important wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887. The first Proteas batsman to fall was the captain Graeme Smith who attempted to play a defensive shot, however, the ball nicked the outside
edge of his bat and went straight in to the gloves of keeper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028.
Petersen was very unlucky as the ball clipped the pad flap and went on to hit the leg stump. Perhaps the most unfortunate was Jacques Kallis who had come out of his crease, when Hashim Amla hit a shot straight down the track. Sharma tried to bend down and
stop it when the ball clipped his fingers and hit the non strikers stumps. Kallis could not get back in time and found himself battling with fate.
AB de Villiers was the next to depart, after Sreesanth bowled a near perfect delivery. The ball pitched a few inches short of the driving area and bounced more than the batsman expected. De Villiers moved forward attempting to play an aggressive shot, however,
that was a mistake. The movement of the ball took it away from the meat of the bat, clipping the glove on its way to Dhoni who took a another neat catch.
After lunch, Zaheer bowled beautifully and Prince found it a little unnerving to settle to his variety and deviation. In the end, he managed to get the better of Prince who tentatively moved forward to play a shot with little foot movement. The ball clipped
the inside edge and went on to hit the stumps.
Steyn departed soon after, getting a straighter delivery from Harbhajan, that held its line. Steyn was helpless as the ball took a very thin inside edge to Dravid who took his 200th catch in Tests. Only four deliveries later, another one bit the
dust as Pujara took a spectacular catch to dismiss Paul Harris. Boucher, is now the only hope for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 as they aim to close in on the lead in a thriller of a Test.
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