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India spin to series win

AFP, Kolkata
Harbhajan Singh starred in a resounding eight-wicket victory over South Africa that helped India win the two-Test series here on Thursday.
The off-spinner grabbed 7-87 to block all escape routes for the visiting side, who managed to draw the first match in Kanpur last week.
It was only the second Test series win for India over South Africa after the 1996-97 series at home which India won2-l.
Harbhajan bowled an immaculate spell on the final day as South Africa were dismissed for222 in their second innings to leave India with an easy target of 117 to get in well over two sessions.
India made it home comfortably as Rahul Dravid (47 not out) and Sachin Tendulkar (32 not out) got the runs with a full session to go.
South Africa, who had conceded a 106-nin first innings lead, lost their remaining five wickets this morning for just 50 runs with Harbhajan picking three and leg-spinner Anil Kumble taking two.
South Africa's hopes of fighting it out after finishing the fourth day on 172-5 evaporated early when Harbhajan dismissed Jacques Kallis (55) after the first-innings centurion had added just three to his overnight score.
Kallis was surprised by the bounce on a flighted delivery and gave an easy return catch to Harbhajan.
"That was the most satisfying dismissal as it was the most important wicket for us," said Harbhajan, who finished with nine wickets in the match to earn the man of the match award.
"Eden Gardens has always been
special for me," said the off-spinner, who got aTest hattrick against Australia hcrcin2001. "Itfcclsgreattogetwickets when the team wants them."
Shaun Pollock, who became only the fifth player in Test history to get a« double of3,000 runs and 300 wickets when he scored six runs, fell to a bad decision
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Umpire Daryl Harper declared the batsman caught at short leg but replays showed the ball neither hit the bat nor was the catch taken cleanly by Gambhir.
The remaining batsmen could do little and South Africa were all out in just 72 minutes of play in the morning-
Kumble, who dismissed Thami Tsolekile and Makhaya Ntini, equalled all-rounder Kapil Dev's Indian Test record of 434 Test wickets.
South Africa missed the services of an experienced spinner on a pitch on which the ball turned a lot and also kept low on several occasions.
But they did manage to remove Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.
Sehwag (10) was caught by captain Graeme Smith at first slip off paceman Ntini, while Gambhir (26) was trapped lbw by pan-time legspinner Jacques Rudolph.
But Dravid and Tendulkar were not troubled by either pacers or spinners as they added 60 runs for the unbroken third-wicket stand.
South Africa, who won both Tests on their last tour here in 2000‘, had won three of their six previous Tests on Indian soil, lost two and drawn the firstTest of this series.
India started firm favourites in this series because of the lack of experience in the South African side.
TWo of their main players, opener Herschelle Gibbs and spinner Nicky Boje withdrew from the tour fearing detention by police over a matchfixing case being investigated for
fouryears.
Others like Gary Kirsten, Allan Donald and Jonty Rhodes retired over the last year while wicketkeeper Mark Boucher and all-rounder Lance Musener were not picked for the tour.
SCOREBOARD
Complete scoreboard of the second and final Test between India and South Africa at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata onThursday.
SOUTH AFRICA: First innings 305 (Kallis 121, Rudolph 61; Zaheer 3-64, Pathan 3-72)
INDIA: First innings 411 (Sehwag 88, Dravid 80, Karthik 46, Ganguly 40, Laxman 38; Ntini 4-112)
SOUTH AFRICA: Second innings (overnight 172-5)
Smith c Laxman b Harbhajan 71 Halle Karthik b Harbhajan 21 Rudolph lbwb Harbhajan 3 KalliscandbHarbhajan 55 Amlac Laxman b Harbhajan 2 DippenaarcSehwagb Kumble 2 De Bruyn not out 32 Pollock c Gambhir b Harbhajan 6 Ontongc Karthik b Harbhajan 0 Tsolekileb Kumble 1 Ntini c Dravid b Kumble 12 Extras: (b-12,lb-2,nb-3) 17 Total: (AU out in 74.4 overs) 222 Fall of wickets: 1-77, 2-81,3-126, 4-138, 5-147, 6-183, 7-193, 8-193, 9-194
Bowler O M R W Pathan 5 1 17 0 Zaheer 5 0 22 0 Kumble 34.4 7 82 3 Harbhajan 30 3 87 7 INDIA: Second innings
Sehwag cSmi th b Ntini 10 Gambhir lbw b Rudolph 26 Dravid not out 47 Tendulkar not out 32 Extras: (lb-l,nb-4) 5 Total: (For2wkts in 39.4 overs) 120 Fall of wickets: 1-15,2-60
Bowler O M R W Pollock 7 1 22 0 Ntini 4 0 11 1 Ontong 10.4 1 44 0 Rudolph 8 1 24 1 Smith 7 1 16 0 Hall 3 2 2 0 Result: India won by eight wickets and win the series 1-0.
Man-of-the-match: Harbhajan Singh.
Man-of-the-series: Virender Sehwag.