http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 bounce back against India – ICC World Cup 2011 news
South Africa bounced back strongly and restricted India to 296 in 48.4 overs in their fourth group stage game of the ongoing ICC World Cup 2011 played at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vidarbha-c860 Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur.
The hosts, who were cruising at one stage when they were 267 for the loss of 1 wicket, lost their last nine wickets in a span of just 29 runs.
Indian captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429 and Sachin Tendulkar took full advantage of the good batting conditions and gave a solid opening stand of 142 runs to their team.
Sehwag was given a chance in the second over of the innings when he was on four. The flamboyant batsman made the most of the let-off by wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morne-van-Wyk-c2025 and scored a blistering 73 off just 66 balls. He struck 12 fours in his splendid innings.
The fall of wicket did not bother Tendulkar, as he carried onto smashing the bowlers to all parts of the park. The veteran batsman received good support from the left-handed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gautam-Gambhir-c58623, who paced his innings nicely.
Both Tendulkar and Gambhir amassed a 125-run partnership for the second wicket and took their team total to 267 in the 40th over. It seemed as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 would score at least 350 considering the batting depth they had.
However, the home team would never have thought of what was in store for them in the death overs. Tendulkar got out after scoring 111 runs off 101 balls. His innings included 8 fours and 3 massive sixes.
The fall of second wicket saw a collapse for the hosts, as they started losing wickets in almost every over. Gambhir chipped one ball in the air, which was held safely by Jacques Kallis at mid-off. He got out after scoring 69 runs from 75 balls with
the help of 7 fours.
Yusuf Pathan was promoted to number four in the batting order, but the move proved to be a failure for India, as Pathan got out without troubling the scorers. His dismissal was followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364, who threw his wicket away playing a rash shot.
The left-hander scored 12 runs off 9 balls in his short stay at the crease.
Dhoni could do nothing but to watch wickets tumbling from the other end, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 got out after adding 1 and 3 runs to the total respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashish-Nehra-c46293 and Munaf Patel were all out for a duck, and Dhoni remained unbeaten on 12 from 21 balls.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dale-c52110 Steyn proved to be devastating for the Indian team as he took a five-wicket haul. He received good support from Robin Peterson, who grabbed two wickets for his team.
South Africa would be hoping the wicket stays flat and they can chase the target set by India easily.
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