Tuesday, January 29, 2019

The Indians’ loS(ach)ing StreAk continues

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Sujith Somasunder made way for debutant Pankaj Dharmani. South Africa made no changes to the eleven that last played the Indians. On winning the toss, Tendulkar, India’s skipper, (Sach)inserted the South Africans.

Andrew Hudson, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was trapped leg before wicket by Venkatesh Prasad, who broke the five-run stand. Gary Kirsten, whose 32-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 29. He was caught by Sunil Joshi. Anil Kumble broke the 50-run stand.

Hansie Cronje, the South African skipper, scored 58. His 73-ball innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Sunil Joshi, who broke the 113-run stand. Jonty Rhodes, who faced a dozen balls, scored four. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ajay Jadeja, who broke the 12-run stand.

Derek Crookes, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was trapped leg before wicket by Jadeja, who broke the 24-run stand. Daryll Cullinan, the player of the match, scored 106. His 130-ball innings included 10 boundaries. He was stumped by Nayan Mongia. Kumble broke the 28-run stand.

Brian McMillan, whose 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. He was unbeaten, as was David Richardson, who faced 10 balls, scoring eight. India conceded 10 extras. South Africa scored 249 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs.

Tendulkar, who bowled three overs, conceded 22. He was wicketless, as was Javagal Srinath, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 45. Prasad, who bowled nine overs, conceded 42. He picked up a wicket.

Joshi, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 41. He picked up a wicket. Jadeja, who bowled eight overs, conceded 47. He picked up two scalps, as did the (Kumb)leggie, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 49.

Tendulkar, whose 93-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 64. He was caught by Kirsten. McMillan broke the 126-run stand. The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Rahul Dravid, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Richardson off the bowling of McMillan.

Sourav Ganguly, whose 104-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 54. Allan Donald broke the 22-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 60-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 56. He was unbeaten. Javagal Srinath faced four balls, scoring as many. Pat Symcox broke the five-run stand.

Jadeja, who faced 18 balls, scored 10. McMillan broke the 38-run stand. Dharmani, who never represented India again, faced eight balls, scoring as many. Fanie de Villiers broke the 16-run stand. Kumble, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Donald broke the one-run stand. Mongia, who faced 10 balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

South Africa conceded 17 extras. India, who scored 222 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs, lost by 27 runs. Crookes, who bowled four overs, conceded 32. He was wicketless, as was Cronje, who bowled seven overs, conceding 35.

Symcox and de Villiers bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket each. While the former conceded 38, the latter, whose spell included two maidens, conceded 28. Donald, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 49. He picked up two wickets. McMillan bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32, picking up three scalps. 





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