Dravid helps India to draw series
India captain Rahul Dravid inspired his team to a five-wicket victory over South Africa in the fifth and final one-day international on Monday to square the series.
Dravid was named man of the match after hitting 10 boundaries in his 106-ball 78 not out to steer the hosts to 224 for five with 15 deliveries to spare.
Jacques Kallis’s 91 had earlier lifted South Africa to 221 for six in the day-night match in Mumbai that saw the series end 2-2 with one international abandoned.
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MADRAS, India -- India were dismissed for a lowly 167 before the series opener against Sri Lanka in Madras petered out into a tame draw on Tuesday.
Left-arm paceman Chaminda Vaas claimed four for 20 as the India made their lowest total in Tests against Sri Lanka.
The visitors reached 168 for four by the end of a match that heavily disrupted by rain.
India, resuming overnight on 79 for two, lost their last eight wickets for 77 runs to fall 13 runs short of their previous worst score - 180 at Galle in 2001.
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India, set 392 to win, reached the close on 298 for four, with captain Rahil Dravid at 68 not out and Yuvraj Singh on 8. All three Tests so far have been drawn.
West Indies declared its second innings at 172-6 a half-hour into the final morning, leaving opener Daren Ganga on unbeaten on 66 following a century in the first innings.
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Indian selectors named an unchanged squad for the final Test against England.
India won the rain-interrupted second Test in Mohali by nine wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series after the first Test in Nagpur ended in a draw.The third Test begins in Mumbai on Saturday.
Rahul Dravid (c), Virender Sehwag, Wasim Jaffer, Sachin Tendulkar, Vangipurappu Laxman, Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Irfan Pathan, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Rudra Pratap Singh, Munaf Patel, Piyush Chawla.
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