India snatched the Test crown from South Africa. This is the first time India have defeated South Africa by an innings in a Test match. Hashim Amla declared Man of the Match as well as Man of the Series.

The Indians hang on to their No.1 ranking in Tests with this win. The series has been nothing but eventful with fortunes swinging from one side to the other with the series being settled at 1-1. The Indians ended the resistance of Parnell after tea only to be frustrated by Harris. A catch dropped by Badri off Harris didn't help either but fortunately for India he fell soon after when Karthik snapped him up at 3rd slip.

Amla, as he has done throughout the series did what he does best, playing almost flawlessly and with immense concentration to almost save the game for SA. In the end the credit has to go to the Indians for patiently probing away on a wicket that didn't resemble a day 5 track. Harbhajan, who has come in for a lot of criticism from all quarters prior to this match has silenced everyone with his match winning spell.

In the absence of Zaheer Khan the responsibility of supporting Bhajji was taken over by Amit Mishra who bowled superbly, bringing all his variations into play, picking up 3 wickets, none more important than Kallis's wicket last evening. Just when it looked like Morkel and Amla would steer them home Harbhajan produced a beauty to trap Morne Morkel plumb in front to win the match for India. Never before have we seen a test match of this sorts in India since the 2001 series against Australia.