India forced its way back into contention in the series against South Africa as it bowled the Proteas out for 131 for an unlikely first-innings lead on day two of the second test at Kingsmead.

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Published: Mon 27 Dec 2010, 7:10 PM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 2:25 AM

India rebounded from its 205 all out as off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and fit-again fast bowler Zaheer Khan shared seven wickets on Monday to rip through South Africa’s lineup and leave the home team trailing by 74 runs.

Harbhajan led with 4-10 and Zaheer had 3-36 as South Africa lost six wickets for 57 runs in a 21-over collapse after lunch. It was its second-lowest first-innings score at Kingsmead, with Hashim Amla the Proteas’ top-scorer with 33.

South Africa leads the three-match series 1-0.

SECOND TEST SCOREBOARD

India first innings 205 (V. Laxman 38, M. Dhoni 35; D. Steyn six for 50).

South Africa first innings A. Petersen b Zaheer 24 G. Smith c Dhoni b Zaheer 9 H. Amla lbw b Harbhajan 33 J. Kallis run out 10 A. de Villiers c Dhoni b Sreesanth 0 A. Prince b Zaheer 13 M. Boucher not out 16 D. Steyn c Dravid b Harbhajan 1 P. Harris c Pujara b Harbhajan 0 M. Morkel c Harbhajan b Ishant 10 L. Tsotsobe c Vijay b Harbhajan 0 Extras (lb-2, w-1, nb-12) 15 Total (all out, 37.2 overs) 131

Fall of wickets: 1-23 2-46 3-67 4-74 5-96 6-100 7-103 8-103 9-127 10-131.

Bowling: Zaheer 13-2-36-3, Sreesanth 8-0-41-1 (5-nb, 1-w), Ishant 9-2-42-1 (7-nb), Harbhajan 7.2-2-10-4.

India second innings V. Sehwag c Boucher b Tsotsobe 32 M. Vijay c Amla b Morkel 9 R. Dravid c Boucher b Tsotsobe 2 S. Tendulkar c De Villiers b Steyn 6 V. Laxman not out 23 C. Pujara not out 10 Extras (b-2, lb-4, w-4) 10 Total (four wickets, 30.5 overs) 92

Fall of wickets: 1-42 2-44 3-48 4-56.

To bat: M. Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, S. Sreesanth.

Bowling (to date): Steyn 7-1-27-1 (1-w), Morkel 7-1-17-1 (1-w), Tsotsobe 6.5-2-16-2 (1-w), Kallis 6-1-18-0 (1-w), Harris 4-1-8-0.