India won the last Super Eight Game by 1 run, and closed the door on themselves. The loss meant South Africa failed to win any of the three Super Eight matches. India needed to restrict South Africa to 121 to qualify to semifinals, but Dhoni’s another set of questionable tactics forced India to take the flight home.
T20 World Cup 2012: Schedule and Results
On a turnning pitch, Harbhajan or even Chawla was not included. Even Ashwin the key bowler and Balaji the star of the match against Pakistan was given the ball only in 9th and 12th over, even behind Rohit Sharma who was never given an over in the last four matches of the tournament.
Match Facts
- India leads Australia 5-2 in T20.
1-run win is India’s first such win in T20.
Yuvraj Singh was declared Player of the Match.
India innings (20 overs maximum)
- Gambhir b Morne Morkel 8 runs 12 balls 1 four
Sehwag b Peterson 17 runs 14 balls 1 four 1 six
Kohli c de Villiers b Kallis 2 runs 6 balls
Rohit Sharma lbw b Peterson 25 runs 27 balls 2 4s
Yuvraj Singh b Morne Morkel 21 runs 15 balls 1 four 2 6s
Raina run out 45 runs 34 balls 5 4s
Dhoni not out 23 runs 13 balls 3 4s
Extras (lb 10, nb 1) 11
Total (20 overs) 152/6
Fall of wickets
- 1-23 (Gambhir, 3.3 ov), 2-30 (Kohli, 4.5 ov), 3-36 (Sehwag, 5.3 ov), 4-68 (Yuvraj Singh, 9.6 ov), 5-112 (Sharma, 15.6 ov), 6-152 (Raina, 19.6 ov)
Bowling
- Steyn 4 ov 1 maiden 26/0
Morne Morkel 4 ov 28/2
Kallis 3 ov 24/1
Peterson 4 ov 25/2
Botha 3 ov 30/0
du Plessis 1 ov 3/0
Duminy 1 ov 6/0
South Africa innings (target: 153 runs from 20 overs)
- Amla c Sehwag b Khan 0
Kallis c Sharma b Pathan 6 runs 8 balls 1 four
AB de Villiers b Yuvraj Singh 13 runs 13 balls 2 4s
F du Plessis c Raina b Yuvraj Singh 65 runs 38 balls 6 4s 2 6s
Duminy c Gambhir b Balaji 16 runs 23 balls
Behardien c Raina b Khan 13 runs 12 balls 1 four
Peterson b Khan 10 runs 10 balls 1 four
Albie Morkel b Balaji 10 runs 6 balls 1 six
Botha c Raina b Ashwin 8 runs 5 balls 1 six
Steyn not out 0
Morne Morkel b Balaji 6 runs 3 balls 1 six
Extras (lb 3, nb 1) 4
Total (19.5 overs) 151
Fall of wickets
- 1-0 (Amla, 0.2 ov), 2-16 (Kallis, 3.3 ov), 3-46 (de Villiers, 6.1 ov), 4-95 (du Plessis, 12.4 ov), 5-107 (Duminy, 14.6 ov), 6-127 (Behardien, 17.2 ov), 7-127 (Peterson, 17.3 ov), 8-138 (Botha, 18.5 ov), 9-145 (JA Morkel, 19.2 ov), 10-151 (M Morkel, 19.5 ov)
Bowling
- Zaheer Khan 4 ov 22/3
Irfan Pathan 3 ov 26/1
Yuvraj Singh 4 ov 23/2
Rohit Sharma 1 ov 13/0
Ashwin 4 ov 27/1
Balaji 3.5 ov 37/3
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