Although the city
in Telangana H(yderab)ad hosted One-day Internationals in the past, this was
the first time the city’s new stadium was hosting an ODI. India made just one
change to their playing eleven – Murali Kartik made way for Gautam Gambhir.
However, the former was a member of India’s playing twelve.
South Africa made seven changes to the (N)eleven that last played the Indians – Herschelle Gibbs, Boeta Dippenaar, Neil McKenzie, Jacques Rudolph, Andrew Hall, Paul Adams and Alan Dawson made way for A B de Villiers, the Justins (Ontong and Kemp), Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince, One-day International debutant Johan Botha and Andre.
On winning the toss, Graeme Smith, South Africa’s skipper, inserted the hosts. Virender Sehwag, who faced four balls, scored a run. Seven balls into the match, he was caught by Prince. Makhaya Ntini broke the run-a-ball stand.
Mohammad Kaif, who faced three balls, scored a run. Shaun Pollock had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the three-run stand. Sachin Tendulkar, who faced nine balls, scored a couple. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Mark Boucher. Pollock broke the one-run stand.
Rahul Dravid, India’s skipper, scored eight. His 24-ball innings included a boundary. Thirty-eight balls later, Nel broke the 29-run stand. Sixty-three balls into the match, Gambhir replaced Kartik under the SuperSub rule. The southpaw, who faced four balls, scored a run. Four balls later, he was caught by Boucher. Ntini broke the one-run stand.
Irfan Pathan, whose 63-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 46. A hundred and fourteen balls later, Botha broke the 75-run partnership. The seventh-wicket pair put on 49. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. Forty-nine balls later, Nel and Boucher ran him out.
Ajit Agarkar, whose 27-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. Forty-eight balls later, he was caught by Kemp. Nel broke the 39-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair put on 29. Yuvraj Singh, the player of the match, scored 103. His 122-ball innings included 10 boundaries and three sixes. Ten balls later, Kallis and Ontong ran him out.
Harbhajan Singh, whose 17-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 37. He was unbeaten, as was R P Singh, who faced a couple of balls, scoring a run. South Africa conceded 11 extras. India scored 249 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs.
Kallis, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 36. He was wicketless, as was Charl Langeveldt, who bowled eight overs, conceded 34. Botha, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 31. He picked up a wicket.
Ntini and Pollock bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 62, the latter conceded 37. Nel bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 45, picking up a couple of scalps.
At the beginning of South Africa’s innings, Langeveldt made way for Ontong under the SuperSub rule. Although his innings included a boundary, de Villiers, who faced 16 balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 32 balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Agarkar, who broke the run-a-ball stand.
Ontong, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Thirty-four balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Agarkar broke the 44-run stand. The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Smith, whose 36-ball innings included nine boundaries, scored 48. The next ball, he was dismissed by R P.
Kallis, whose 97-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 68. He was unbeaten. Prince, whose 74-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 46. A hundred and twenty-nine balls later, he was caught by Sehwag. Harbhajan broke the 89-run partnership.
Boucher, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Five balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Tendulkar broke the four-run stand. Kemp, whose 49-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 46. He was unbeaten.
India conceded 24 extras. South Africa, who scored 252 for the loss of five wickets off 48.5 overs, won by five wickets with seven balls to spare. Sehwag, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 18. Yuvraj, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 27. Pathan, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 51.
R P bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 18, picking up a wicket. Tendulkar, who bowled eight overs, conceded 43. He picked up a wicket. Harbhajan, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 35. He picked up a wicket. Agarkar bowled 9.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 55, picking up a couple of scalps.
The South Africans led the five-match series 1-0.
South Africa made seven changes to the (N)eleven that last played the Indians – Herschelle Gibbs, Boeta Dippenaar, Neil McKenzie, Jacques Rudolph, Andrew Hall, Paul Adams and Alan Dawson made way for A B de Villiers, the Justins (Ontong and Kemp), Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince, One-day International debutant Johan Botha and Andre.
On winning the toss, Graeme Smith, South Africa’s skipper, inserted the hosts. Virender Sehwag, who faced four balls, scored a run. Seven balls into the match, he was caught by Prince. Makhaya Ntini broke the run-a-ball stand.
Mohammad Kaif, who faced three balls, scored a run. Shaun Pollock had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the three-run stand. Sachin Tendulkar, who faced nine balls, scored a couple. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Mark Boucher. Pollock broke the one-run stand.
Rahul Dravid, India’s skipper, scored eight. His 24-ball innings included a boundary. Thirty-eight balls later, Nel broke the 29-run stand. Sixty-three balls into the match, Gambhir replaced Kartik under the SuperSub rule. The southpaw, who faced four balls, scored a run. Four balls later, he was caught by Boucher. Ntini broke the one-run stand.
Irfan Pathan, whose 63-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 46. A hundred and fourteen balls later, Botha broke the 75-run partnership. The seventh-wicket pair put on 49. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. Forty-nine balls later, Nel and Boucher ran him out.
Ajit Agarkar, whose 27-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. Forty-eight balls later, he was caught by Kemp. Nel broke the 39-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair put on 29. Yuvraj Singh, the player of the match, scored 103. His 122-ball innings included 10 boundaries and three sixes. Ten balls later, Kallis and Ontong ran him out.
Harbhajan Singh, whose 17-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 37. He was unbeaten, as was R P Singh, who faced a couple of balls, scoring a run. South Africa conceded 11 extras. India scored 249 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs.
Kallis, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 36. He was wicketless, as was Charl Langeveldt, who bowled eight overs, conceded 34. Botha, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 31. He picked up a wicket.
Ntini and Pollock bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 62, the latter conceded 37. Nel bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 45, picking up a couple of scalps.
At the beginning of South Africa’s innings, Langeveldt made way for Ontong under the SuperSub rule. Although his innings included a boundary, de Villiers, who faced 16 balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 32 balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Agarkar, who broke the run-a-ball stand.
Ontong, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Thirty-four balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Agarkar broke the 44-run stand. The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Smith, whose 36-ball innings included nine boundaries, scored 48. The next ball, he was dismissed by R P.
Kallis, whose 97-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 68. He was unbeaten. Prince, whose 74-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 46. A hundred and twenty-nine balls later, he was caught by Sehwag. Harbhajan broke the 89-run partnership.
Boucher, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Five balls later, he was caught by Dravid. Tendulkar broke the four-run stand. Kemp, whose 49-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 46. He was unbeaten.
India conceded 24 extras. South Africa, who scored 252 for the loss of five wickets off 48.5 overs, won by five wickets with seven balls to spare. Sehwag, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 18. Yuvraj, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 27. Pathan, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 51.
R P bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 18, picking up a wicket. Tendulkar, who bowled eight overs, conceded 43. He picked up a wicket. Harbhajan, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 35. He picked up a wicket. Agarkar bowled 9.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 55, picking up a couple of scalps.
The South Africans led the five-match series 1-0.
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