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India reiterated that they are poor travellers no more by pulling off a series-levelling win in Durban, where they had suffered one of their worst Test defeats in 1996. The victory at Kingsmead, after a humiliating loss in Centurion, joined the other famous successes over the past decade at some of the worlds most fast-bowler friendly tracks - Headingley, Jamaica, Nottingham, Johannesburg and Perth. The match was even at the start of the fourth day, but Indias bowlers barely sent down a bad ball in the morning session to seize control of the Test. A Sreesanth snorter to Jacques Kallis started South Africas slide, before two lbws - one a marginal decision and the other a howler - that are sure to refuel the UDRS debate, hurt them further. Ashwell Prince tried to resist but India plugged away to remove the tail an hour into the second session and set up a decider in Cape Town next week. If the match has to-and-fro-ed, so has Sreesanths bowling form. The wayward, antic-loving Sreesanth was missing in the morning, as he sent down an accurate spell of sustained hostility. The highlight was in the seventh over of the day - an unplayable bouncer that reared up sharply and jagged in at Kallis, who had no way to avoid it. He jumped and arched his back in an attempt to get out of the way, but could only glove it to gully. It was the snorter needed to remove the kingpin of South Africas batting. There was no over-the-top Sreesanth celebration either, just a fist pump before getting
India win the match 

