SA vs Ind 2011 ODI series: Confident South Africa Choke Again

Johannesburg: India levelled the series in the second match when South Africa again saw the ghost of ‘Choker’ tag returned. Winning by the narrowest of the margin, just 1 run, India gave some fresh lease of life to their chances in the series.

Match Facts

Captains: Dhoni and Smith
Toss: Dhoni
Man of the Match: Munaf Patel
50s: Yuvraj and Smith
3 or more wickets: Tsotsobe and Munaf
6s: 2 by SA
50 plus partnerships:
83 runs for 4th wkt between Yuvraj and Dhoni
57 runs for 2nd wkt between Smith and Ingram
Most economic bowler: Tsotsobe 2.20 economy in 10 overs
Maiden overs: 3 (2 by SA and 1 by Ind)

India innings (50 overs maximum)

Vijay c Morkel b Tsotsobe 16 runs 3 four
Tendulkar b Botha 24 runs 2 four
Kohli run out (Miller) 22 runs 1 four
Yuvraj Singh c Steyn b Tsotsobe 53 runs 4 fours
Dhoni*† b Tsotsobe 38 runs 1 four
Raina lbw b Tsotsobe 11 runs 1 four
Rohit Sharma lbw b Morkel 9 runs 1 four
Harbhajan Singh c Miller b Morkel 3 runs
Zaheer c Tsotsobe b Steyn 0
Nehra c Botha b Steyn 1 run
Munaf Patel not out 6 runs 1 four
Extras (lb 4, w 3) 7
Total 190 (47.2 overs)

Fall of wickets
1-21 (Vijay, 7.6 ov), 2-63 (Kohli, 17.5 ov), 3-67 (Tendulkar, 18.5 ov), 4-150 (Yuvraj Singh, 36.4 ov), 5-169 (Raina, 41.1 ov), 6-172 (Dhoni, 43.1 ov), 7-177 (Harbhajan Singh, 44.5 ov), 8-179 (Khan, 45.4 ov), 9-184 (Sharma, 46.3 ov), 10-190 (Nehra, 47.2 ov)

Bowling

Steyn 9.2 overs 1 maiden 35/2
Tsotsobe 10 overs 2 maidens 22/4
Parnell 7 overs 43/0
M Morkel 8 overs 32/2
Botha 10 overs 35/1
Duminy 3 overs 19/0

South Africa innings (target: 191 runs from 50 overs)

Amla c †Dhoni b Patel 4 runs 1 four
Smith b Patel 77 runs 8 fours
Ingram lbw b Harbhajan Singh 25 runs 1 four 1 six
Duminy c Vijay b Sharma 13 runs 1 four
Botha lbw b Khan 4 runs
Parnell c Yuvraj Singh b Patel 12 runs 1 four
Steyn run out (Yuvraj Singh/Vijay) 6 runs
M Morkel c sub (YK Pathan) b Patel 6 runs 1 four
Tsotsobe not out 1 run
Extras (lb 5, w 1) 6
Total 189 (43 overs)

Fall of wickets
1-7 (Amla, 1.5 ov), 2-66 (Ingram, 12.1 ov), 3-77 (de Villiers, 15.1 ov), 4-120 (Duminy, 24.3 ov), 5-152 (Smith, 32.1 ov), 6-160 (Miller, 33.3 ov), 7-163 (Botha, 35.1 ov), 8-177 (Steyn, 38.6 ov), 9-188 (Morkel, 42.2 ov), 10-189 (Parnell, 42.6 ov)

Bowling

Zaheer Khan 9 overs 37/2 4.11
Munaf Patel 8 overs 29/4
Nehra 7 overs 1 maiden 44/1
Harbhajan Singh 10 overs 32/1
Raina 6 overs 27/0
Rohit Sharma 2 overs 12/1
Yuvraj Singh 1 over 3/0