India made just one change to their playing eleven – Yuvraj Singh made way for Dinesh Karthik.
South Africa made five changes to their playing (Mork)eleven
– Loots Bosman, Robin Peterson, Tyron Henderson, Roger Telemachus and Charl
Langeveldt made way for Mark Boucher, Shaun Pollock, Vernon Philander, Morne
and Makhaya Ntini.
On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s
skipper, chose to bat.
At the end of the restricted overs (i.e., the first six
overs), India had scored 34 for the loss of three wickets. While Robin Uthappa hadn’t
opened his account, Rohit, the player of the (Shar)match, had scored a run.
Gautam Gambhir, whose run-a-ball innings included three
boundaries, scored 19. Twenty-eight balls into the match, he was caught by
Graeme, South Africa’s skipper. Pollock broke the (Smi)thirty-two-run stand.
Karthik, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. A
couple of balls later, he was caught by Albie Morkel. Pollock broke the 0ne-run
stand.
The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Virender
Sehwag, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. The next ball,
he was caught by Boucher off the bowling of Ntini.
India scored 50 off 9.5 overs (61 balls). South Africa
had conceded three extras at that point.
Uthappa, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary and
a six, eventually scored 15. Thirty-two balls later, he was caught by Smith. Morne
broke the 28-run stand.
India scored 100 off 15.4 overs (98 balls). South
Africa had conceded 10 extras at that point.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 39 balls. While Rohit’s
contribution to the partnership was 19, Dhoni’s contribution to it was 23.
Extras’ contribution to the partnership was eight.
The fifth-wicket pair eventually put on 85. Dhoni,
whose 33-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually scored 45.
Fifty-five balls after Uthappa’s dismissal, Philander ran him out.
Rohit’s half-century – which included seven boundaries
and a couple of sixes – came off 40 balls. He was unbeaten, as Irfan Pathan,
who faced a ball, failing to get off the mark.
South Africa eventually conceded 13 extras. India
scored 150 off 20 overs (125 balls). In fact, they scored 153 for the loss of
five wickets. Philander and Albie bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece.
While the former conceded 14, the latter conceded 13. Johan van der Wath, who
bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 43.
Morne and Ntini bowled four overs each, picking up a couple
of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 32, the latter conceded 30.
Pollock, who bowled four overs, conceded 17. He picked up a couple of scalps.
At the end of the restricted overs (i.e., the first six
overs), South Africa had scored 31 for the loss of five wickets. While Boucher had
scored seven, Albie hadn’t opened his account.
Herschelle Gibbs, who faced three balls, scored a run.
Seven balls into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Rudra Pratap Singh,
who broke the 11-run stand.
Smith, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. His
runs came by way of a boundary. Three balls later, he was caught by Karthik.
Rudra Pratap broke the one-run stand.
Eleven balls into the chase, Karthik kept wicket (after
Smith was caught).
The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. A B de
Villiers, who faced four balls, scored a run. Five dot balls later, he was
trapped leg before wicket by Sreesanth.
The fourth-wicket pair put on 18. Kemp, whose 12-ball
(Just)innings included a boundary, scored five. Nineteen balls later, Rohit ran
him out.
The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Pollock,
who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was dismissed by
Rudra Pratap.
South Africa scored 50 off 10.2 overs (71 balls).
India had conceded 19 extras at that point.
The sixth-wicket pair put on 50 off 48 balls. While Boucher’s
contribution to the partnership was 22, Albie’s contribution to it was 21.
Extras’ contribution to the partnership was seven.
South Africa scored 100 off 16.3 overs (110 balls).
India had conceded 22 extras at that point.
Boucher, whose 41-ball innings included four
boundaries, eventually scored 36. Sixty-five balls after Pollock’s dismissal, Sreesanth
broke the 69-run partnership.
Philander, who faced five balls, scored a couple.
Half-a-dozen balls later, he was stumped by Karthik. Harbhajan Singh broke the
three-run stand.
Albie, whose 37-ball innings included a couple of boundaries
and a six, eventually scored 36. Half-a-dozen balls later, Rudra Pratap broke
the run-a-ball stand.
Van der Watch, whose half-a-dozen balls, scored a
couple. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was stumped by Karthik. Harbhajan broke
the two-run stand.
Morne, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was
unbeaten, as was Ntini, who faced a couple of balls, scoring four. His runs came
by way of a boundary.
India eventually conceded 24 extras. South Africa, who
scored 116 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by 37 runs.
Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.
Joginder Sharma and Pathan were wicketless. While the former conceded 24, the
latter conceded 16. Harbhajan and Sreesanth picked up a couple of scalps
apiece. While the former conceded 31, the latter conceded 23. Rudra Pratap, who
conceded 13, picked up four scalps.
While South Africa was knocked out of the tournament, India
advanced to the semi-finals.
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