Indians shamed at home !!

South Africa wrapped up the second Test against India within three days, claiming victory by an innings and 90 runs in Ahmedabad.

Following AB de Villiers' stunning unbeaten double century on Friday, the Proteas decided to declare on 494-7 at the start of the day - a lead of 418 runs.

They then worked their way through the India batting line-up to remove the hosts for 328 in their second outing and take a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series.

De Villiers had grabbed the headlines on the second day with his knock propelling South AfricaIndia's woeful opening total of 76 runs.

The 24-year-old was unbeaten on 217 when rain brought an early end to proceedings, but he was not given the chance to add to that as the Proteas declared on their overnight score.

South Africa then claimed three wickets before lunch to leave India facing a mammoth task to avoid an embarrassing defeat on home soil.

Openers Virender Sehwag and Wasim Jaffer had more success than in their opening innings, but Makhaya Ntini soon broke the partnership when Sehwag was the man to fall, trapped lbw for 17.

That brought Rahul Dravid to the crease and he added 33 runs in his stand with Jaffer, but came unstuck against a Morne Morkel delivery for 17, getting a thick outside edge which flew straight to De Villiers at third slip.

Jaffer (19) soon followed his team-mate back to the pavilion, De Villiers taking another catch in the slips this time off the bowling of Jacques Kallis.

That left India on 70-3 and facing the prospect of an embarrassing innings defeat on home soil.

Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman managed to steer the hosts though to 95-3 at lunch, but the latter departed in the middle session when he edged a Morkel delivery to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher for 35.

That was the only wicket to fall before tea with Ganguly and Mahendra Singh Dhoni providing some resistance to the South Africa attack.

Ganguly completed his 33rd Test half century off 86 balls and was let off soon after when he came down the track to Paul Harris but edged behind to Boucher, who failed to snaffle a simple catch.

The pair steered the hosts to 191-4 at tea, but that was as good as it got for India as the Proteas again gained control in the final session.

Highlights :

Ganguly was eventually removed by Dale Steyn on 87 with Boucher again providing the catch. well beyond

And although Dhoni also passed the 50-run mark, his ninth Test half century, the wicketkeeper-batsman was out two runs later when he edged Ntini to Graeme Smith at first slip.

That sparked the beginning of the end for India with Anil Kumble adding just five runs to the total before being bowled between bat and pads by Harris, while Harbhajan Singh (4) was trapped lbw by Steyn.

The South Africa paceman struck again four overs later with a delivery which RP Singh steered to Kallis at second slip.

And although Irfan Pathan (43 not out) and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (17) provided a late flurry of runs, Ntini wrapped up the win with a deceptive ball which hit Sreesanth's middle stump.

Ntini finished with 3-44 while Steyn added 3-91 to give South Africa a huge lift heading into the third and final Test at Kanpur next week.

Second Test, India v South Africa at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

India 1st Innings 76
South Africa 1st Innings
Smith lbw b Sreesanth 34
McKenzie c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 42
Amla c Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh 16
Kallis b Sreesanth 132
Prince lbw b Harbhajan Singh 2
De Villiers not out 217
Boucher lbw b Kumble 21
Morkel lbw b Harbhajan Singh 1
Harris not out 9
Extras 20 (2b, 14lb, 4w)
Total 494 (7 wickets dec; 141.2 overs)

FoW: 1-78 (Smith, 15.3 ov), 2-100 (McKenzie, 23.4 ov), 3-101 (Amla, 25.4 ov), 4-117 (Prince, 29.5 ov), 5-373 (Kallis, 109.4 ov), 6-439 (Boucher, 128.4 ov), 7-452 (Morkel, 133.2 ov)

Bowling
Sreesanth 23 - 4 - 87 – 2 (1w)
Singh 21 - 2 - 81 - 0
Pathan 21.2 - 3 - 85 – 0 (3w)
Harbhajan Singh 40 - 5 - 135 - 4
Kumble 33 - 2 - 78 – 1
Ganguly 3 - 0 - 12 - 0

India 2nd Innings
Sehwag lbw b Ntini 17
Jaffer c de Villiers b Kallis 19
Dravid c de Villiers b Morkel 17
Laxman c Boucher b Morkel 35
Ganguly c Boucher b Steyn 87
Dhoni c Smith b Ntini 52
Pathan not out 43
Kumble b Harris 5
H Singh lbw b Steyn 4
RP Singh c Kallis b Steyn 8
Sreesanth b Ntini 17
Extras 24 (5b, 7lb, 7w, 5nb)
Total 328 (all out, 94.2 overs)

FoW: 1-31 (Sehwag, 7.2 ov), 2-64 (Dravid, 18.1 ov), 3-70 (Jaffer, 19.6 ov), 4-125 (Laxman, 33.4 ov), 5-235 (Ganguly, 69.3 ov), 6-268 (Dhoni, 77.5 ov), 7-273 (Kumble, 80.5 ov), 8-292 (Harbhajan Singh, 86.1 ov), 9-306 (Singh, 90.4 ov), 10-328 (Sreesanth, 94.2 ov)

Bowling
Steyn 23 - 1 - 91 - 3 (2w)
Ntini 16.2 - 3 - 44 - 3
Morkel 20 - 0 - 87 - 2 (5nb, 1w)
Kallis 10 - 3 - 26 - 1
Harris 25 - 4 - 68 - 1