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INDIA 190 (47.2 OVERS)
- MS Dhoni38 (61)
- Yuvraj Singh53 (68)
- Morne Morkel2/32 (8)
- Lonwabo Tsotsobe4/22 (10)
SOUTH AFRICA 189 (43 OVERS)
- Graeme Smith77 (98)
- David Miller27 (28)
- Zaheer Khan2/37 (9)
- Munaf Patel4/29 (8)
END OF OVER:43 | 2 Runs 2 Wkts | SA: 189/10 (2 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 4.39, RRR: 0.28)
- Lonwabo Tsotsobe1 (2b)
- Munaf Patel8-0-29-4
- Zaheer Khan9-0-37-2
Mac: "SA had the game in the bag and they .... choked. There, I have said it."
Surya: "Oh my god India won the match.....I swtchd off my TV long back ..actually what happned there? Is it SA's usual collapse story or India's wonderful cricket? I am confused."
Munaf Patel, we hear, is the man of the match. Hang on for the quotes from the post-match ceremony.
Smith "Congrats MS and his team. We played some good cricket for 70 overs but our game in the back end wasn't good enough. We now have to regroup. I would have liked to be there a little longer. Couple of soft dismissals, bad decision making and ... The pitch was slow and stopped a bit .. shot making was difficult. Credit to India. Tsotsobe bowled incredibly well. Unfortunately we weren't good enough to get over the line."
Munaf Patel is the man of the match: "I was just thinking about slower ones in the end. Crowd from my village are here and I was under pressure! They will now come to my hotel after the game! (smiles). I have worked hard on my fitness with Ramji and have bowled a lot in the nets here."
Dhoni: "It's a big win for us. We were short of 40-45 runs. We got a slow but a good start. Yuvraj got out just before we were about to take the powerplay. Then we had to postpone it. Then when we took it, Raina fell first ball. Harbhjan's role was crucial. When Bhaji came they decided not to take him on and lost a bit of momentum . Munaf has been bowling well for us in the last 10-20 games he has played. The part-timers also have bowled well. Yuvraj is our main batsman at no 4. He can dictate terms. Once he crosses 10-15 runs, you can see that he bats fantastically. Two gone, three more to go; we are expecting some tough cricket."
Here is the list of the smallest margin of victory (by runs). And that's it from us. On behalf of our scorer Sajan, this is Veera, signing off. Good bye and good luck.
In the absence of Jacques Kallis, South Africa are carrying a long tail and it has cost them today. The critics will bay for blood. They will scream that SA have choked again. India have bounced back yet again. It's 1-1. Phew. When Smith fell, after taking the batting Powerplay, it was 152 for 5. 189 all out.
WD Parnell c Yuvraj Singh b Patel 12 (50m 27b 1x4 0x6) SR: 44.44
Will he go for the tie first or will he go for the big hit?
M Morkel c sub (YK Pathan) b Patel 6 (16m 11b 1x4 0x6) SR: 54.54
Munaf to bowl
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