Gambhir vigil earns India a series draw

Jan 06, 2011

Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag survived a testing new-ball spell from Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel•Associated Press

Virender Sehwag was out caught by Graeme Smith at first slip off the bowling of Morkel•Getty Images

Paul Harris started to get something out of the wicket ...•AFP

Steyn dismissed Gambhir after tea, getting him to edge one to Mark Boucher down the leg side•AFP

The players eventually decide to go off early and the series ended 1-1. •Associated Press

Gambhir was hit on the left arm once again•AFP

Rahul Dravid was in a defensive mood, using his pad repeatedly against the spinners•AFP

... and Dravid was lucky not to be given out lbw when he was struck in front of middle stump by Harris•Associated Press

Steyn and Morkel had one final spell each to try to test VVS Laxman and Tendulkar•AFP

Sachin Tendulkar walked off after what will probably be his last Test match in South Africa•AFP

Gambhir reached his second half-century of the match as India moved towards safety•AFP

But he fell soon after to Lonwabo Tsotsobe to give South Africa some hope•AFP

Smith could afford to have fielders all around the bat, but the match was petering out into a draw•Associated Press

The Indian team had earned a draw in a Test series in South Africa for the first time in their history•AFP