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INDIA 298/9 (50 OVERS)
- Suresh Raina58 (63)
- Virender Sehwag46 (37)
- Jacques Kallis3/29 (7)
- Charl Langeveldt1/48 (10)
SOUTH AFRICA 297 (50 OVERS)
- Jacques Kallis89 (97)
- Wayne Parnell49 (47)
- Praveen Kumar2/46 (8)
- Ravindra Jadeja2/29 (10)
END OF OVER:50 | 8 Runs 2 Wkts | SA: 297/10 (2 runs required, RR: 5.94)
- Charl Langeveldt4 (2b)
- Praveen Kumar8-0-46-2
- Ashish Nehra10-0-67-1
Chaps I've got to catch my breath here! So near and yet so far for South Africa! You have to applaud Parnell and Steyn for not giving up. Really, India relaxed after the third Powerplay and weren't prepared for this shock. SA feasted on the part-timers and the regular bowlers, except Praveen, couldn't soak up the pressure.
But South Africa will look back and wish at least one of them offered solid support to their captain. Time to bring back Amla. Kallis had too much on his plate.
Go back to the penultimate ball of the match, when Sachin tries to stop that boundary. Replays and camera angles weren't conclusive. We may never know if that really was a boundary but India got the benefit of the doubt. Terrific effort from Sachin all the same to keep his nerve under pressure.
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Kallis: "The guys down the order played unbelievably well. It came on a lot better at night but we lost wickets at the wrong time. It looked like India would get over 300 but our guys did well to keep them under that."
Dhoni: "It was a team effort, overall quite happy with the batting but we need to be fractionally better with the bowler. Jadeja made the difference for us. We were left with just one part-timer, Raina, after Sehwag went off the field."
Jadeja is the Man of the Match "I wanted to bowl stump to stump and not give easy runs to them. I was concentrating on the upcoming games (after being suspended from the IPL)."
Thank you all for joining us for this cracker of a game. Wasn't expected to finish this way though. I'll retire for the night. On behalf of Siddharth Ravindran, this is Kanishkaa signing off. Cheers guys!
WD Parnell run out 49 (47b 4x4 1x6) SR: 104.25
So a boundary needed! Parnell will have to do the honours, Good Lord what a finish! Amla comes out with a glove for Parnell, Praveen waits patiently, you can hardly see anyone in the circle
Praveen tries to remain calm, deep point in place, Parnell gathers himself
9 to get off 4 balls, what can Langeveldt do?
DW Steyn b Kumar 35 (19b 1x4 3x6) SR: 184.21
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