Toss South Africa, who chose to field
Series India led the 3-match series 1-0
India won by 1 run
India survived a late batting onslaught from South Africa tail-enders Wayne Parnell and Dale Steyn to hold on for a tense one-run victory in Jaipur.
Chasing a target of 299, the duo hit 65 from 38 balls to leave the tourists needing 10 from the final over.
But Steyn (35) was bowled second ball by Praveen Kumar, while Wayne Parnell (49) was run out chasing three runs for victory off the final ball of the game.
Suresh Raina's 58 was the highlight of India's 298-9 from 50 overs.
The match looked destined to end in defeat for the tourists when stand-in captain Jacques Kallis was bowled for 89 in the 43rd over with the score at 225-8.
But a belligerent ninth-wicket partnership between fast bowlers Steyn and Parnell changed the complexion of the match in six brutal overs, plundering a series of heavy blows around the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Steyn in particular punished a profligate Sreesanth, who finished with figures of 2-74 from nine overs, smashing three sixes from just 18 deliveries, while partner Parnell batted with intelligence beyond his 20 years in his 47-ball knock.
With his options rapidly depleting, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni turned to Kumar in the final over. And the recently recalled seamer duly delivered as he removed Steyn with a well-disguised slower ball before Parnell was run out from the last ball of the match.
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)."
India v South Africa 1st ODI Scorecard
Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |||
| Sehwag | run out | 46 | 37 | 6 | 2 | |
| Tendulkar | run out | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Karthik | c Petersen | b Langeveldt | 44 | 56 | 5 | 1 |
| Dhoni | c A Morkel | b Kallis | 26 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| Kohli | c Gibbs | b A Morkel | 31 | 46 | 1 | 0 |
| Raina | c Boucher | b Kallis | 58 | 63 | 6 | 1 |
| Y Pathan | c Kallis | b Parnell | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| Jadeja | c Boucher | b Kallis | 22 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| Kumar | run out | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nehra | not out | 16 | 17 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sreesanth | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 13w 7lb | 20 | ||||
| Total | for 9 | 298 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |||
| Bosman | b Kumar | 29 | 23 | 4 | 0 | |
| Gibbs | c Kohli | b Jadeja | 27 | 40 | 3 | 1 |
| Kallis | b Sreesanth | 89 | 97 | 6 | 1 | |
| de Villiers | b Jadeja | 25 | 23 | 4 | 0 | |
| Petersen | run out | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| A Morkel | lbw | b Nehra | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Boucher | c Dhoni | b Sreesanth | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| J Botha | lbw | b Y Pathan | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Parnell | run out | 49 | 47 | 4 | 1 | |
| Steyn | b Kumar | 35 | 19 | 1 | 3 | |
| Langeveldt | not out | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 8w 1b 4lb | 13 | ||||
| Total | all out | 297 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: S K Tarapore, A M Saheba, A J Pycroft, S S Hazare
India: Sehwag, Tendulkar, Karthik, Kohli, Raina, Y Pathan, Dhoni (C/W), Jadeja, Kumar, Sreesanth, Nehra
South Africa: Gibbs, Bosman, Kallis (C), de Villiers, Petersen, A Morkel, Boucher (W), J Botha, Langeveldt, Steyn, Parnell
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