A gutsy 87 on a difficult pitch from Saurav Ganguly keeps India alive against South Africa
Bakhe Lal
Apr. 12, 2008

Struggling at 123-4, India looked at the former captain Saurav to create some miracle to tame the pitch. Saurav looked at the pitch with his experienced eyes and tames it with the mastery of cricket that commends applaud.

A gutsy 87 on a difficult pitch from Saurav Ganguly keeps India alive against South Africa.

Ganguly counter-attacked brilliantly on a track of uneven bounce, smashing a six off left-arm spinner Paul Harris and nine fours during his 119-ball knock to pull his team out of trouble.

He put on 65 for the fifth wicket with Yuvraj Singh (32) and 60 for the next with stand-in captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (32). (AP Photo)

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