Harbhajan Singh and Virender Sehwag triggered South Africa's collapse on an awkward pitch to help India square the series with an eight-wicket win in the third and final Test here on Sunday. Off-spinner Harbhajan bagged 4-44 and part-time spinner Sehwag 3-12 as South Africa was shot out for 121 in its second innings on a turning track of unpredictable bounce after conceding a 60-run lead on the third day. India raced to the 62-run target off just 13.1 overs, with Sehwag smashing two successive sixes off spinner Paul Harris in a 12-ball 22. Sourav Ganguly (13 not out) and Rahul Dravid (18 not out) then completed the win. India had lost the second Test by an innings and 90 runs in Ahmedabad and drawn the first in Chennai. It retained its number-two position in the ICC Test rankings after squaring the series. South Africa never found the going easy on a pitch where the ball sometimes kept low as well as jumped, creating doubts in the batsmen's minds. Only skipper Graeme Smith (35) and Ashwell Prince (22 not out) offered resistance. It was South Africa's third-lowest total against India in Tests and the second successive match of the series to be finished inside three days. As many as 13 wickets fell on the third day. “It was a team effort. There were a couple of players who were above par. Harbhajan bowled superbly in the entire series. The part-timers also bowled well in the match,” said stand-in India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. “We did not win the toss and that put us on the back foot. Sourav batted brilliantly. It was a tough series.” The visitors' hopes of posting a challenging total receded sharply when they lost the last six wickets for 31 runs, with Harbhajan taking three, paceman Ishant Sharma two and Sehwag one. Mark Boucher was caught behind off a nasty delivery from Sharma that rose from just short of a good length, with wicketkeeper Dhoni holding a simple catch. Dhoni sprang a surprise in the morning when he opened the attack with Harbhajan and then kept rotating his pacemen and spinners in a bid to keep non-stop pressure on the South African batsmen. Ganguly was named the man of the match and Harbhajan the man of the series. ScoreboardSouth Africa (1st innings) 265 India (1st innings) Jaffer lbw b Morkel 15 Sehwag lbw b Steyn 08 Dravid b De Villiers b Morkel 29 Laxman b Morkel 50 Ganguly c Amla b Steyn 87 Yuvraj c De Villiers b Harris 32 Dhoni st Boucher b Harris 32 Harbhajan lbw b Steyn 06 Chawla c Smith b Ntini 04 Sreesanth c Prince b Harris 29 Sharma not out 14 Extras (b8, lb6, nb4, w1) 19 Total (99.4 overs) 325 Falls: 1-18 (Sehwag), 2-35 (Jaffer), 3-113 (Dravid), 4-123 (Laxman), 5-188 (Y. Singh), 6-248 (Dhoni), 7-268 (H. Singh), 8-279 (Chawla), 9-279 (Ganguly). Bowling: Steyn 20-1-71-3 (w1), Ntini 21-7-47-1, Morkel 15-2-63-3 (nb3), Harris 32.4-8-101-3 (nb1), Kallis 9-1-23-0, Amla 2-0-6-0. South Africa (2nd innings) McKenzie lbw b Sreesanth 14 Smith b Sehwag 35 Amla c Jaffer b Harbhajan 00 Kallis c Jaffer b Sehwag 15 Prince not out 22 De Villiers c Laxman b Harbhajan 07 Boucher c Dhoni b Sharma 05 Morkel b Sharma 00 Harris c Dravid b Harbhajan 00 Steyn b Harbhajan 07 Ntini c Ganguly b Sehwag 00 Extras (b12, lb1, nb2, w1) 16 Total (55.5 overs) 121 Falls: 1-26 (McKenzie), 2-27 (Amla), 3-65 (Kallis), 4-72 (Smith), 5-90 (De Villiers), 6-101 (Boucher), 7-101 (Morkel), 8-102 (Harris), 9-114 (Steyn). Bowling: Harbhajan 23-7-44-4, Sharma 10-2-18-2 (w1), Sreesanth 9-4-9-1 (nb2), Chawla 4-0-18-0, Sehwag 8.5-2-12-3, Yuvraj 1-0-7-0. India (2nd innings) Jaffer lbw b Morkel 10 Sehwag c Prince b Harris 22 Ganguly not out 13 Dravid not out 18 Extras (nb1) 01 Total (for 2, 13.1 overs) 64 Falls: 1-32 (Sehwag), 2-32 (Jaffer). Bowling: Steyn 2-0-15-0, Ntini 1-0-5-0, Harris 5.1-0-36-1, Morkel 5-1-8-1 (nb1). Man of the match: S. Ganguly. __
