South Africa vs India (Nagpur) (12th March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 12^th March

29^th Match – Group B     (50-over match)

Played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur,

South Africa won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining);

India won the toss and settled on batting first;

Scoreboard:

India            296/10    (48.4 over)

India Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
V Sehwag	b du Plessis	73	66	12	0	110.60
SR Tendulkar	c Duminy b Morkel	111	101	8	3	109.90
G Gambhir	c Kallis b Steyn	69	75	7	0	92.00
YK Pathan	c Smith b Steyn	0	2	0	0	0.00
Yuvraj Singh	c Botha b Kallis	12	9	0	1	133.33
MS Dhoni*†	not out	12	21	0	0	57.14
V Kohli	c & b Peterson	1	3	0	0	33.33
Harbhajan Singh	b Steyn	3	9	0	0	33.33
Z Khan	c Morkel b Peterson	0	3	0	0	0.00
A Nehra	c Smith b Steyn	0	3	0	0	0.00
MM Patel	b Steyn	0	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 2, w 12, nb 1)	15

Total (all out; 48.4 over) 296 (6.08 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-142 (Sehwag, 17.4 over), 2-267 (Tendulkar, 39.4 over), 3-268 (Gambhir, 40.1 over), 4-268 (Pathan, 40.3 over), 5-283 (Yuvraj Singh, 42.6 over), 6-286 (Kohli, 43.6 over), 7-293 (Harbhajan Singh, 46.5 over), 8-294 (Khan, 47.4 over), 9-296 (Nehra, 48.3 over), 10-296 (Patel, 48.4 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
DW Steyn	9.4	0	50	5	5.17	(2w)
M Morkel	7	0	59	1	8.42	(1nb)
JH Kallis	8	0	43	1	5.37	(1w)
RJ Peterson	9	0	52	2	5.77	(2w)
JP Duminy	3	0	29	0	9.66
J Botha	9	0	39	0	4.33	(2w)
F du Plessis	3	0	22	1	7.33	(1w)

South Africa            300/7    (49.4 over)    (won by 3 wickets)

South Africa Innings	(target: 297 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
HM Amla	c †Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	61	72	5	0	84.72
GC Smith*	c Tendulkar b Khan	16	29	2	0	55.17
JH Kallis	run out (†Dhoni/Harbhajan Singh)	69	88	4	0	78.40
AB de Villiers	c Kohli b Harbhajan Singh	52	39	6	1	133.33
JP Duminy	st †Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	23	20	2	1	115.00
F du Plessis	not out	25	23	0	1	108.69
MN van Wyk†	lbw b Patel	5	5	1	0	100.00
J Botha	c sub (SK Raina) b Patel	23	15	2	1	153.33
RJ Peterson	not out	18	7	2	1	257.14
Extras	(lb 7, w 1)	8

Total (7 wickets; 49.4 over) 300 (6.04 runs per over)

Did not bat:

M Morkel, DW Steyn

Fall of wickets:

1-41 (Smith, 8.3 over), 2-127 (Amla, 27.2 over), 3-173 (Kallis, 35.4 over), 4-223 (de Villiers, 40.3 over), 5-238 (Duminy, 42.3 over), 6-247 (van Wyk, 43.6 over), 7-279 (Botha, 47.5 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
Z Khan	10	0	43	1	4.30
A Nehra	8.4	0	65	0	7.50
MM Patel	10	0	65	2	6.50
YK Pathan	4	0	20	0	5.00
Yuvraj Singh	8	0	47	0	5.87
Harbhajan Singh	9	0	53	3	5.88	(1w)

Player of the match:    DW Steyn (South Africa)

Umpires:        IJ Gould (England) and SJA Taufel (Australia)

TV umpire:        BR Doctrove (West Indies)

South Africa clinched a fascinating victory by incredible chasing strategy in Nagpur. Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla made the basis, AB de Villiers accelerated it, JP Duminy and Johan Botha pushed to nearby, and tail-enders Faf du Plessis and Robin Petersen shared an excellent final bang to snatch 3 wickets triumph over India. In the last over, Proteas needed 13-runs to finish the task; Dhoni had two options to hand over ball to the bowler, Harbhajan's 10-over quota lacks 1 over but he preferred seamer and Ashish Nehra delivered the final nerve holding over, but Petersen blasted with good hitting and faced only 4 balls to accomplish the mark of 297. In post-match presentation, MS Dhoni had burly words about that collapse: "You don't play for the crowd, you play for the country".

Indian openers exploded with fiery shots and in 18^th over, they lost their first wicket of Sehwag when they were on 142, Tendulkar got another century of his career which was 48^th, Indian batting derailed after the loss of openers, they lost 9 wickets in just 29 runs while faced 54 deliveries, Dhoni was unbeaten on 12 in 21 balls. South Africa played outstandingly in their innings; they hold the nerves while chasing a good total verses India in Nagpur packed with crowd. Dale Steyn was titled with Player of Match who achieved with 5-wickets haul in just 16 deliveries.