Durban: Riding on the scintillating century scored by Jacques Kallis in his farewell Test, followed by some devastating bowling by Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander, South Africa thrashed India by 10 wickets in the second Test of the two-match series here on Monday.
Having a daunting task of batting for the entire fifth day to save the Test match, India surrendered meekly as the Proteas won the match and series 1-0.
The Indians had the worst possible start by losing Virat Kohli in the very first ball and never really recovered from the jolt to be bundled out for 223. Ajinkya Rahane was the only man standing who fought bravely with a gutsy 96.
Left-arm spinner Robin Peterson (4/74) was pick of the bowler for South Africa while pacemen Dale Steyn (3/47) and Vernon Philander (3/43) took three batsmen each.
South Africa then chased down the small 58-run target in 11.4 overs overs as skipper Graeme Smith (27) hit a six and a four off Rohit Sharma to record their first win at Kingsmead. Alviro Petersen remained unbeaten on 31.
