| South Africa in India Test Series - 1st Test India v South Africa |
2007/08 season |
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Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, on 26,27,28,29,30 March 2008 (5-day match) |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| GC Smith | c Laxman b Kumble | 73 | 157 | 97 | 13 | 0 | 75.25 | ||
| ND McKenzie | c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 94 | 230 | 156 | 18 | 0 | 60.25 | ||
| HM Amla | run out (Sreesanth/ |
159 | 406 | 262 | 20 | 0 | 60.68 | ||
| JH Kallis | c Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh | 13 | 57 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 30.95 | ||
| AG Prince | c & b Kumble | 23 | 68 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 38.33 | ||
| AB de Villiers | c |
44 | 66 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 75.86 | ||
| MV Boucher | c Dravid b Sehwag | 70 | 216 | 146 | 9 | 0 | 47.94 | ||
| M Morkel | c & b Harbhajan Singh | 35 | 91 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 64.81 | ||
| PL Harris | c |
5 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 31.25 | ||
| DW Steyn | c Singh b Harbhajan Singh | 15 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 71.42 | ||
| M Ntini | not out | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 1) | 8 | |||||||
| Total | (all out; 152.5 overs; 680 mins) | 540 | (3.53 runs per over) | ||||||
| Bowling | O |
M | R | W | Econ | ||
| RP Singh | 23 |
1 | 111 | 0 | 4.82 | ||
| S Sreesanth | 26 |
5 | 104 | 1 | 4.00 | (1nb, 1w) | |
| A Kumble | 45 |
11 | 106 | 2 | 2.35 | ||
| Harbhajan Singh | 44.5 | 4 | 164 | 5 | 3.65 | ||
| V Sehwag | 11 |
1 | 37 | 1 | 3.36 | ||
| SC Ganguly | 3 |
0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 |
| India 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
| W Jaffer | not out | 25 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 38.46 | |||
| V Sehwag | not out | 52 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 85.24 | |||
| Extras | (lb 5) | 5 | |||||||
| Total | (0 wickets; 21 overs) | 82 | (3.90 runs per over) | ||||||
| To bat R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly, VVS Laxman, |
| Bowling | O |
M | R | W | Econ | ||
| DW Steyn | 6 |
1 | 27 | 0 | 4.50 | ||
| M Ntini | 7 |
1 | 26 | 0 | 3.71 | ||
| M Morkel | 5 |
1 | 15 | 0 | 3.00 | ||
| PL Harris | 3 |
1 | 9 | 0 | 3.00 |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first Player of the match tba Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and AL Hill (New Zealand) Close of play |

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