South Africa win by innings and 90 runs

South Africa had declared their first innings closed at 494 for seven before play began after accumulating a lead of 418 runs.

India, shot out for 76 in 20 overs in their first innings, were dismissed for 328.

South Africa8217;s pace attack grabbed three early wickets in bowler-friendly conditions in the morning before Ganguly put the brakes on them forging partnerships with VVS Laxman 35 and Dhoni.

Ganguly added 55 runs with Laxman for the fourth wicket and 110 with Dhoni for the next before falling to spearhead Dale Steyn in the final session.

Former captain Ganguly was caught behind poking outside the off stump, his exit setting off a collapse as the hosts lost their last five wickets for the addition of 93 runs.

Ganguly and Dhoni, who scored his first half-century in 12 innings, denied the visitors success for almost 36 overs after India had lost their first four wickets for 125.

Steyn turned on the heat in the afternoon, bowling at searing pace and testing Dhoni with a series of short-pitched deliveries and even striking the batsman on the body once.

But Dhoni survived that phase, although he was lucky to be let off by Makhaya Ntini at the fine leg fence when he miscued a hook while on 18.

Ntini had the final say when he had the batsman edge to skipper Graeme Smith at first slip.

All rounder Irfan Pathan, who replaced injured batting great Sachin Tendulkar, remained 43 not out.

Morne Morkel took the big wickets of Rahul Dravid and Laxman.

Virender Sehwag who scored the fastest recorded triple century in the high-scoring drawn first Test in Chennai last week, fell cheaply for a second time in the match.

The aggressive opener struck Steyn for two sixes in the very first over and then flicked Ntini to the fence.

But Ntini, whose three-wicket burst ripped through India8217;s top order in the first innings, trapped Sehwag lbw playing a half-hearted forward push.

Rahul Dravid, who reached 10,000 Test runs in the opening match, and opener Wasim Jaffer 19 batted cautiously for nearly 11 overs before both fell in the space of six runs.

This was India8217;s first innings defeat at home in eight years, the last being at the hands on this very opponent at Bangalore in 1999-00.

The third and final Test of the series begins in Kanpur on April 11.