Wednesday, June 23, 2010

South Africa reverse fortunes as India miss Sachin Tendulkars exploits

Bystaff Published: 4:48PM GMT twenty-seven February 2010

South Africa retreat fortrunes as India miss Sachin Tendulkar Success: Dale Steyn celebrates for South Africa Photo: GETTY IMAGES

Commanding centuries from Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers helped South Africa steam to a 90-run feat over India in the last one-dayer in Ahmedabad.

Loots Bosman (68) and Hashim Amla (87) gave the Proteas a drifting begin with a 113-run mount for the opening wicket, whilst Kallis (104 not out) and De Villiers (102 not out) belligerent India"s conflict in to the dust as the visitors accomplished with a plain 365 for two.

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Virat Kohli (57), Rohit Sharma (48) and Suresh Raina (49) all got starts, but South Africa"s bowlers were as well great as the home side were bowled out for 275 inside 45 overs.

Bosman, at the back of at the tip of the sequence after being left out in Gwalior, blazed afar opposite India"s fresh attack, nonetheless the home side"s new-ball bowlers did themselves no favours with an haphazard display.

Bosman launched his conflict by hammering Sudeep Tyagi for 3 bounds in an over and, after being held off a no round on fourteen - Shantha Sreesanth overstepping on that arise - set India at the back of on their heels with a chanceless nonetheless mortal innings.

He brought up his second ODI half-century with a 6 off Yusuf Pathan"s initial delivery, wanting usually 37 deliveries to reach the mark, and lifted South Africa"s 100 with an additional soaring 6 off Ravindra Jadeja.

He in the future perished attempting the fifth 6 of his innings, miscuing Pathan to Jadeja at long-off.

Amla, far less belligerent, had by afterwards assembled an additional excellent hand, simply rotating the set upon and anticipating the bounds when breadth was offered.

He went on to reach his seventh ODI half-century and had total with Kallis to lift 79 for the second wicket when he was lured to his doom, top-edging a toil brush off Jadeja to debutant Murali Vijay at low block leg.

South Africa reached 200 in the 35th over and De Villiers helped the visitors change gears by attack Sreesanth for 3 bounds in 4 deliveries, whilst Kallis as well took off smoothly.

Kallis reached his century - his 17th in ODIs - with uninterrupted sixes off Sreesanth, whilst De Villiers lifted his sixth ODI ton and his second on the run by outstanding Rohit for a 4 and 6 off unbroken deliveries.

India leaked 122 runs in the last 10, together with 44 from the batting powerplay.

India"s follow began promisingly, but the home side were shortly struggling as Dale Steyn snared Dinesh Karthik (11) early and new-ball partner Lonwabo Tsotsobe private Vijay (25) early in the sixth over.

Rohit (48) and Kohli (57) afterwards regenerated the follow with a 95-run mount for the third wicket, but Tsotsobe returned to remove Rohit and Steyn broken India"s insurgency with the wickets of Kohli and dangerman Mahendra Singh Dhoni (nine) - both held at the back of by Boucher - in the same over.

The home side afterwards slipped serve to 179 for 6 with the passing of Pathan (five), but Raina (49) and Jadeja (36) gave the home side a spark of goal with a 54-run mount for the seventh wicket.

But the follow all but finished once Raina was prised out, Steyn and Tsotsobe finale with 3 wickets apiece.