India's chance of winning the third and final cricket Test against South Africa will depend on how well the bowlers perform in the third innings, according to Sourav Ganguly who rated his sparkling effort of 87 as one of his top Test knocks.Ganguly said it was imperative for the Indian bowlers to restrict the South African total in the second innings which would give the batsmen a realistic chance of levelling the three-match series, which the visitors lead 1-0."We are 23 runs ahead at the moment. We have to increase the lead a little bit more. If we bowl well in the third innings, we have a chance (of winning)," Ganguly said after the second day's play which saw the home team finishing on 288 for nine in response to South Africa's first innings total of 265.The Indians were at a jittery 123 for four at one stage but a brilliant counter-attack by Ganguly, who missed what could have been his 16th Test ton, helped the team overhaul South Africa's total.The former captain was understandably disappointed to miss out on a century but said it was one of his top Test knocks, considering the conditions of the track."I am very disappointed to miss a century, but it is one of the best knocks I have played. It gave me a lot of satisfaction because it was achieved under such difficult conditions", he said.Asked whether India failed to take control of the game by not taking a substantial first innings lead, Ganguly said, "On this surface you never know what can happen. The positive thing is that our batsmen played Paul Harris well."On how he had planned to play on such a track, Ganguly said it was important not to worry too much about the uneven bounce on the track and play each ball on merit."It is no doubt a difficult pitch, but it is better not to worry about it. The South African seamers are quick and some balls explode. If you are lucky, you will survive. It is going through the top, so scoring runs will become difficult," he explained."I decided to be positive with my game. That was the only way to take the pressure off by attacking the bowlers." he said.Asked what was the target they would be comfortable with in the fourth innings, he said, "the least, the better"."We just have to hope that S Sreesanth and Ishant Sharma can do a bit of magic with the bat tomorrow. We should try for a lead of 50 or so and knock down a few wickets by the time they reach that score. That will be good."Ganguly also felt that his team did well to score 288 on this surface and did not agree with a questioner that some of the batsmen threw away their wickets.Asked to rate Mahendra Singh Dhoni as a Test captain, Ganguly said, "I don't rate anybody's captaincy. We just hope we can win the match."
