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The situation for Indian team at Ahmadabad is really tough, India is playing the second test match of the future cup against South Africa at Ahmadabad. Today is the third day of play and India is on the verge of the inning defeat.

At the tea India is batting at 191 for the loss of 4 wickets and Ganguly is batting at 59 along with Dhoni who is batting at 28. India is still trailing by 227 runs and only 6 wickets are left.

Today early morning South Africa decided to declare their inning at their overnight score and they give India a target of 419 runs to save the match by an inning. Then Sehwag started brilliantly by hitting two sixes in the very first over of Steyn.

Within a very short time Sehwag became the victim of Ntini and India moved to 31 for the loss of one wicket. After that Dravid felt at 64 while he scored only 17 runs. Then Jaffer got out at 19 and India reached to 3 down for 70 only. After that Laxman and Ganguly played some good cricket but Laxman too fell cheaply at 35 while at that time India were 125 for the loss of 4 wickets.

From then Ganguly and Dhoni are playing and they have scored a partnership of 66 runs. For complete coverage please visit Cricket Updates.

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Today was the first day of play between India and South Africa at Ahmadabad. While first test match played at Chennai was a dull draw, while the second match became quite interesting because of the superb bowling display by the African team.

When Anil Kumble won the toss and elected to bat first at Motera, spectators were became too happy. They thought that they can be able to see the firing batting by the likes of Sehwag, Ganguly and Laxman. Also players like Dravid popularly known as the wall and Jaffer were there who can provide stability to the Indian inning.

All dream went away when Team India losth the early wicket of Jaffer and then the flow came off. Within 20 overs India became all out for a small score of 76.

Sachin was unfit for today’s match and in place of him Team India has choosen Irfan Pathan. With his inclusion Team India was equipped with five specialist bowlers in the team. Batting line up was not looking so bad.

Irfan Pathan became the highest run scorer in the Indian inning, he made 21 not out. While Dhoni became the second highest scorer after making 14.

From South Africa’s side Steyn took five wickets with Ntini dismissing three wickets and Morkel took two wickets. Watch the complete proceedings of the first day of Second test in Ahmadabad.

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Triple Century of blasting batsman Virendra Sehwag led India to beat the huge score of South Africa. Today on the fourth day of the first test match of Future cup Series, India scored a brilliant record of 627 runs, 87 points more than the rival team. Sehwag was dismissed by Ntini at a mammoth record of 319. he crossed his own score but unable to beat Lara’s record of 400 runs.

Dravid has achieved the milestone of 10,000 runs in test. Dravid also gave his century with 111 runs and was knocked out again by Ntini after lunch. He became the sixth player to tally 10,000 Test runs reaching the milestone in the first Test against South Africa. He is the third Indian player after Sachin and Sunil Gavaskar to achieve this target.

South Africa scored 540 runs in its first inning and India replied the rivals with 468 runs on second day at only one loss. South Africans seemed very helpless in front of the star batsman Sehwag. He gave the opponent team a hard nut to crack. Sehwag is the second player who achieved the milestone of making two triple centuries in test matches after Brain Lara.

Other players including Sachin Tendulkar, Ganguly and Dhoni couldn’t use their bats much. They all got dismissed one by one very soon. Dhoni gave only sixteen and Ganguly contributed 24. Sachin, Harbhajan and R P Singh were sent to pavilion without opening their account. Laxman gave 39 while the captain (Kumble) couldn’t achieve more than 3. Sreesanth was the last player with only 4 runs in hand.

In the second inning of South African team, the players have recorded 131 runs in 33 overs at the end of the day at one loss. Smith had made 35 runs and was knocked out soon. McKenzie and Amla are now the overnight players with 59 and 35 runs respectively.

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After scoring 304 runs at a lose of four wickets in the first test against India on March 26, opening batsman Neil McKenzie told that South Africa will be looking to add another 100-150 runs on Thursday to push for a possible win in the series.

McKenzie who contributed sparkling 94 runs was happy with the start of the team scoring huge inning score but conceded that a lot of cricket was left in the match. But he is confident of getting big score by the remaining quality batsmen of the team.

“Still a long way to go. We have no illusions. Once the wicket gets to wear down, it will be difficult to bat on. I think another 100 to 150 runs tomorrow will be a good total and anything above that will be a bonus,” McKenzie, who added 132 for the opening wicket with Captain Graeme Smith, said after the match.

“We have dependable batsmen in Mark Boucher and AB De Villiers. If one of them comes up with a good individual score, it should be enough to fight our way for a possible win.” He added.

McKenzie said that it was a challenge to face high class spinners like Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh but his previous experience of conditions in the sub-continent helped him to fight but was a little disappointed

“I had toured the sub-continent (before). It is all down to experience,” the opener said.

“Paul Harris is a quality spinner, maybe not to the standards of Kumble or Harbhajan. If the same level of bounce that was there this morning continued in the Indian innings, Nitini and Morkel can be penetrative and trouble Indian batsmen,” he said.

“RP Singh bowled well in Australia but the Indian seamers did not get assistance from the wicket here today, though they played well as a unit,” he added.

The docile nature of the pitch rendered India’s pace bowlers largely ineffective, McKenzie said.

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The first day of the first test of Future Cup test Series against India in MA Chidamabram Stadium today in Chennai is named to the guest team South Africa. South Africa elected to bat first after winning the toss scored 304 runs in 90 overs losing 4 wickets.

Amla and Ab De Villiers are still on ground after giving 85 and 10 runs respectively.

The opener Graeme Smith (Captain) and McKenzie have shared a 132-run play and significantly contributed to the success stories. Indian Captain sent Sreesanth, Harbhajan and R P singh to break the partnership but all in vain.After all Kumble is able to snatch Smith’s wicket after lunch and send him to pavilion.

Four wickets taken away belonged to Kumble and Bhajji, two each.

After smith, H M Amla is there to support McKenzie very effectively. McKenzie was finally dismissed at Bhajji’s ball after giving 94 runs to the team. Harbhajan’s next prey was Kallis.

Indian team step in with four bowlers in the team at the ground. Yuvraj, Irfan Pathan and leg spinner Piyush Chawla were put off from the team.

Same way, Robin Petterson, Mondi jondeki and Jeen Palu couldn’t get space in the South African team.

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