WC 2011 Match Facts and Scorecard: South Africa and India

The much-awaited match provided the tough competition everyone awaited and South Africa continued their winning streak over India in WC matches.

Match Facts

Match 29
Captains: Smith (SA), Dhoni (Ind)
Toss: India
Result: SA def Ind by 3 wickets
MOM: Steyn
3wkts or more: 5/50 Steyn, 3/53 Harbhajan
100: 111 Tendulkar
50s: 5 (Ind 3, SA 2)
6s: 9 (Ind 4, SA 5)
100 plus partnerships:
142 1st wkt Sehwag and Tendulkar (Ind)
125 2nd wkt Tendulkar and Gambhir (Ind)
50 plus partnerships:
86 2nd wkt Amla and Kallis (SA)
50 4th wkt AB de Villiers and Duminy (SA)

Records

South Africa registered 3rd win in 3 matches against India in WC.
Sachin scored his 48th ODI century and 6th WC century.
Steyn recorded his first 5-wkt haul in ODI.

India innings (50 overs maximum)

Sehwag b Plessis 73 runs 12 4s
Tendulkar c Duminy b Morkel 111 runs 8 4s 3 6s
Gambhir c Kallis b Steyn 69 runs 7 4s
Pathan c Smith b Steyn 0
Yuvraj Singh c Botha b Kallis 12 runs 1 six
Dhoni not out 12
Kohli c & b Peterson 1
Harbhajan Singh b Steyn 3
Zaheer Khan c Morkel b Peterson 0
Nehra c Smith b Steyn 0
Munaf Patel b Steyn 0
Extras (lb 2, w 12, nb 1) 15
Total (48.4 overs) 296

Fall of wickets

1-142 (Sehwag, 17.4 ov), 2-267 (Tendulkar, 39.4 ov), 3-268 (Gambhir, 40.1 ov), 4-268 (Pathan, 40.3 ov), 5-283 (Yuvraj Singh, 42.6 ov), 6-286 (Kohli, 43.6 ov), 7-293 (Harbhajan Singh, 46.5 ov), 8-294 (Khan, 47.4 ov), 9-296 (Nehra, 48.3 ov), 10-296 (Patel, 48.4 ov)

Bowling

Steyn 9.4 ov 50/5
Morkel 7 ov 59/1
Kallis 8 ov 43/1
Peterson 9 ov 52/2
Duminy 3 ov 29/0
Botha 9 ov 39/0
Plessis 3 ov 22/1

South Africa innings (target: 297 runs from 50 overs)

Amla c Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 61 runs 5 4s
Smith c Tendulkar b Khan 16 runs 2 4s
Kallis run out 69 runs 4 4s
AB de Villiers c Kohli b Harbhajan Singh 52 runs 6 4s 1 six
Duminy st Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 23 runs 2 4s 1 six
Plessis not out 25 runs 1 six
van Wyk lbw b Patel 5 runs 1 four
Botha c Raina b Patel 23 runs 2 4s 1 six
Peterson not out 18 runs 2 4s 1 six
Extras (lb 7, w 1) 8
Total (49.4 overs) 300/7

Fall of wickets

1-41 (Smith, 8.3 ov), 2-127 (Amla, 27.2 ov), 3-173 (Kallis, 35.4 ov), 4-223 (de Villiers, 40.3 ov), 5-238 (Duminy, 42.3 ov), 6-247 (van Wyk, 43.6 ov), 7-279 (Botha, 47.5 ov)

Bowling

Zaheer Khan 10 ov 43/1
Nehra 8.4 ov 65/0
Munaf Patel 10 ov 65/2
Pathan 4 ov 20/0
Yuvraj Singh 8 ov 47/0
Harbhajan Singh 9 ov 53/3