India Vs South Africa, 2nd Test: VVS Laxman Stretch the Lead Towards 300

        VVS Laxman pushed India into a position of strength on the third day. He played the two biggest partnerships of the match, first with MS Dhoni (21) and then with Zaheer Khan (27), to stretch the lead towards 300. This was the fourth time that VVS Laxman has fallen in the nineties in Tests. The previous occasion came against New Zealand atAhmedabad in November 2010 when he was out for 9.VVS Laxman once again helped the troublesome India with his valiant 96, having taken the lead past 300 on the third day of the second test match against South Africa at Kingsmead, Durban. The way Laxman played under pressure on the 3rd day, it was one of his best innings under pressure.Earlier in the day, India started the day on 92 runs with 6 wickets in their hand. VVS Laxman and CA Pujara were on the crease. South African bowlers claimed Pujara too early in the first over of the day itself. Thereafter, Lonwabo Tsotsobe once again produced the breakthrough picking Dhoni. Harbhajan Singh fell three overs later at a Morkel delivery.Thereafter, Zaheer and Laxman tilted the game towards India with an unbroken 70-run stand. Laxman was much more in control in the second half of the session.Both M Morkel and LL Tsotsobe claimed 3 wickets each in the 2nd Innings while Steyn claimed 2 wickets. Kallis and Harris claimed 1 wicket each. Now South Africa need 303 runs to win the Second test against India with 2 more days to go!!

Match Summary:

India 2nd Innings: Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Sehwag, 9.1 ov), 2-44 (Vijay, 10.3 ov), 3-48 (Dravid, 11.2 ov), 4-56 (Tendulkar, 14.1 ov), 5-93 (Pujara, 31.5 ov), 6-141 (Dhoni, 41.6 ov), 7-148 (Harbhajan Singh, 44.1 ov), 8-218 (Khan, 63.4 ov), 9-223 (Sharma, 68.5 ov), 10-228 (Laxman, 70.5 ov)