Gambhir evens game after Kallis' brilliance

Jan 03, 2011

South Africa began brightly before Sreesanth produced a peach to remove Ashwell Prince with the second new ball•Getty Images

Zaheer Khan did his bit, removing Dale Steyn with a snorter, as India seemed set to end the innings quickly ...•AFP

The last two wickets added 79, as Kallis went past 150•AFP

Dale Steyn removed an edgy Virender Sehwag for the seventh time in Tests•Getty Images

... while Sachin Tendulkar offered compact support from the other end•AFP

Sreesanth was unstoppable after that, removing Mark Boucher and Morne Morkel cheaply•AFP

... but they hadn't accounted for Jacques Kallis, who calmly drew level with Ricky Ponting, on 39 hundreds•AFP

He found ways to pierce a packed leg-side field, often pulling through the gaps for boundaries•Associated Press

Rahul Dravid looked out of sorts before he was run out off a dropped chance for Gautam Gambhir in the slips•AFP

He farmed the strike and shepherded the tail and scored some crucial runs as India wilted•AFP

His heroics took the spotlight away from Sreesanth's five-for•Associated Press

Gambhir made the chance count, scoring a cautious half-century to lift India ...•AFP