It’SA win for Sehwag-led India

It was India’s first Twenty20 International (T20I).

Only one South African – Tyron Henderson – made his debut in this match.

On winning the toss, Graeme Smith, South Africa’s skipper, chose to bat.

Loots Bosman had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a run. Three overS(ach)into the match, he was caught by Tendulkar, who never played T20Is again. Zaheer Khan broke the 19-run stand.

Herschelle Gibbs, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored seven. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Suresh Raina. Ajit Agarkar broke the 12-run stand.

Smith, whose 21-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 16. Eleven balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Khan, who broke the three-run stand.

A B de Villiers, who faced balls, scored half-a-dozen. His runs came by way of a six. An over later, he was caught by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Needless to say, Agarkar was in seventh heaven.

South Africa scored 50 off 9.2 overs (60 balls). India had conceded nine extras at that point.

Kemp, whose 25-ball (Just)innings included three boundaries, scored 22. Twenty-three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Tendulkar, who broke the run-a-ball stand.

South Africa scored 100 off 15.2 overs (96 balls). India had conceded 11 extras at that point.

Albie Morkel, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 27. Twenty-three balls later, he was caught by Dinesh Mongia. Sreesanth broke the 38-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 19. Robin Peterson, who faced a dozen balls, scored eight. Nineteen balls later, Dinesh Karthik, the player of the match, and Harbhajan Singh ran him out.

The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Johan van der Wath, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 21. The next ball, he was caught by Raina off the bowling of Singh.

The (Dho)ninth-wicket pair put on three. Henderson, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Four balls later, the man from Ranchi and Raina ran him out.

Roger Telemachus, who faced three balls, scored five. He was unbeaten, as was Charl Langeveldt, who faced a ball, failing to open his account.

India eventually conceded 13 extras. South Africa scored 126 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs. Irfan Pathan, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 30.

Tendulkar, who bowled 15 balls, conceded a dozen. He picked up a wicket. Singh, who bowled three overs, conceded 22. He picked up a wicket. Sressanth, who bowled four overs, conceded 33. He picked up a wicket.

Agarkar, who bowled 2.3 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 10, picking up a couple of wickets. Khan, who bowled four overs, conceded 15. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Tendulkar, whose 12-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. Twenty-three balls into the chase, Langeveldt broke the 17-run stand.

India scored 50 off 7.3 overs (48 balls). South Africa had conceded eight extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 43. Virender Sehwag, India’s skipper, scored 34. His 29-ball innings included five boundaries and a six. Thirty-four balls later, Langeveldt and the substitute, Ashwell Prince, ran him out.

Dhoni, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Ten balls later, Langeveldt broke the 11-run stand.

India scored 100 off 16.1 overs (101 balls). South Africa had conceded 10 extras at that point.

Mongia, whose 45-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 38. Thirty-eight balls after Dhoni’s dismissal, he was caught by Langeveldt. Peterson broke the 37-run stand.

Karthik, whose 28-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 31. He was unbeaten, as was Raina, who faced four balls, scoring three.

South Africa eventually conceded 11 extras. India, who scored 127 for the loss of four wickets off 19.5 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with a ball to spare.

Morkel, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded a dozen. Henderson, Telemachus and van der Wath bowled four wicketless overs apiece. They conceded 31, 28 and 18, respectively.

Peterson, who bowled 11 balls, conceded as many. He picked up a wicket. Langeveldt, who bowled four overs, conceded 20. He picked up two scalps.

India won the one-off match.