India made no changes to their playing eleven.
South
Africa made five changes to the (Mork)eleven that last played the Indians –
Jacques Kallis, Farhaan Behardien, Robin Peterson, Johan Botha and Morne made
way for Quinton de Kock, David Miller, Beuran Hendicks, Imran Tahir and Wayne
Parnell.
On winning
the toss, Faf du Plessis, South Africa’s skipper, chose to bat.
The first
Powerplay of South Africa’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was
between the first and the sixth over. They scored 44, and lost a couple of
wickets.
De Kock,
whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Four balls
later, he was caught by Mahendra Singh, India’s skipper. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
broke the (Dho)nine-run stand.
Hashim,
whose 16-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 22. Twenty-seven balls
(Am)later, Ravichandran Ashwin broke the 35-run stand.
South
Africa scored 50 off 7.2 overs (44 balls). India had conceded five extras at
that point.
The
third-wicket pair put on 50 off 43 balls. While du Plessis’ contribution to the
partnership was 37, Jean-Paul Duminy’s contribution to it was 10. Extras’
contribution to the partnership was three.
Du Plessis’
half-century – which included five boundaries and a six – came off 36 balls.
South
Africa scored 100 off 12.3 overs (76 balls). The number of extras they had
conceded at that point gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven.
Du Plessis,
whose 41-ball innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes,
eventually scored 58. Fifty-two balls later, Ashwin broke the 71-run
partnership.
A B de Villiers,
whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Ten balls after du
Plessis’ dismissal, he was caught by Rohit Sharma. Ashwin broke the 14-run
stand.
South
Africa scored 150 off 18.3 overs (112 balls). India had conceded eight extras
at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually
conceded.
Duminy,
whose 40-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, eventually conceded
45. He was unbeaten, as was Miller, who scored 23. His 12-ball innings included
a couple of boundaries and a six.
South
Africa scored 172 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs.
Ravindra
Jadeja, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded eight. Amit Mishra
and Mohit Sharma who bowled three wicketless overs apiece. While the former
conceded 36, the latter conceded 34. Suresh Raina, who bowled four wicketless
overs, conceded 35.
Kumar, who
bowled four overs, conceded 33. He picked up a wicket. Ashwin, who bowled four
overs, conceded 22. He picked up three scalps.
The first
Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between
the first and the sixth over. They scored 56, and lost a wicket.
Rohit
Sharma, whose 13-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 24.
Twenty-three balls into the chase, he was caught by du Plessis. Hendricks broke
the 39-run stand.
India
scored 50 off five overs (30 balls). South Africa had conceded four extras at
that point.
Ajinkya
Rahane, whose 30-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored
32. Thirty-four balls after Rohit’s dismissal, he was caught de Villiers.
Parnell broke the 38-run stand.
India
scored 100 off 12.3 overs (75 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at
that point gave South Africa no reason to be in seventh heaven.
Virat Kohli
was the player of the match. His half-century – which included a boundary and a
couple of sixes – came off 35 balls. He eventually scored 72 off 44 balls,
which included five boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of
sixes. He was unbeaten.
The
third-wicket pair put on 50 off 37 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the
partnership was 36, Yuvraj Singh’s contribution to it was 18. Extras’
contribution to the partnership was a run.
Yuvraj,
whose 17-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, didn’t add to the
aforementioned score. T(a)hirty-nine balls later, he was caught by de Villiers.
The leggie broke the 56-run partnership.
India
scored 150 off 16.5 overs (101 balls). South Africa had conceded eight extras
at that point.
Raina,
whose 10-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 21. Fifteen
balls after Yuvraj’s dismissal, he was caught by du Plessis. Hendricks broke
the 34-run stand.
Dhoni, who
faced a ball, failed to get off the mark. He was unbeaten.
South
Africa eventually conceded nine extras. India, who scored 176 for the loss of
four wickets off 19.1 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with five balls to
spare.
Albie
Morkel bowled two wicketless overs, conceding 17. Duminy bowled three
wicketless overs, conceding 29. Dale Steyn bowled 3.1 wicketless overs,
conceding 36.
Parnell
bowled three overs, conceded 33. He picked up a wicket, as did Tahir, who
bowled four overs, conceding 30. Hendricks bowled four overs, conceding 31. He
picked up two scalps.
India
advanced to the final.
