India v South Africa Cricket World Cup full Highlights Video, Match Report, Scorecard

ICC World Cup 2011, 29th Match, Group B: India v South Africa Played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur 12th March 2011 (D/N) full Highlights Video, Match Report and Scorecard.

Tail-ender Robin Peterson broke Indian hearts as he blasted 16 runs off the final over to hand South Africa a thrilling three-wicket win over the co-hosts in the World Cup on Saturday.

India v South Africa Cricket WC Match Report
Chasing 297 and needing 13 off the last six balls, Peterson (18 not out) blasted a six and two fours to edge the Proteas to victory with two balls left - silencing a passionate home crowd.

Sachin Tendulkar had set up an enthralling Group B encounter with a sparkling 111, his 99th international century.

India's manhattan, India v South Africa.

That, along with 73 from Virender Sehwag, left India in great shape at 1 for 267, but its remaining nine wickets crashed for 29 runs to leave it 296 all out.

In response, South Africa was always adrift of the required run rate although Jacques Kallis (69), Hashim Amla (61) and AB de Villiers (52) kept it in with a chance until Peterson's late cameo.

"I'm extremely ecstatic at the moment. To have a great game with so many great innings was such a good advert for the World Cup," said a jubilant Peterson.

His captain Graeme Smith heaped praise on his match winner.

"Robbie always tries to be the calmest in the team but I think his heart was pounding a little bit there," said Smith.

"I haven't seen him hit the ball that sweet in a long time and it was a good day for it to show up."

While Peterson's late fireworks had his team mates leaping out of their seats and exchanging high-fives in the South African dressing room, India was left to rue its missed chances as it could have sealed its place in the last eight with victory on Saturday.

The hosts not only paid the price for losing their wickets in a heap but Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's gamble to throw the ball to pace bowler Ashish Nehra for the final over spectacularly backfired.

"Ashish was the only choice (for the last over). He was bowling well and I thought it's better to go with the seamer," said Dhoni, who could have asked Harbhajan Singh to bowl it as the South Africans had had more problems reading the spinner.

"You can say I was wrong maybe but I thought that the seamer could do the job for us."

His judgement call meant Tendulkar and Sehwag's brilliant knock turned out to be in vain.

Faf du Plessis and Robin Peterson celebrate win.

The duo had stitched together a 142-run opening stand but the Little Master's exit in the 40th over triggered a collapse and India, who looked set to go past 350 at one stage, were all out in 48.4 overs.

India completely lost its way as wickets fell like nine pins to a stunned silence at the VCA Stadium, with speedster Dale Steyn, who went for 24 off his first three overs, causing the most damage to end with a five-wicket haul for 50 runs.

Tendulkar and Sehwag added 87 in the mandatory powerplay of 10 overs - the tournament's best so far - and India was 128 for no loss at the end of 15 overs before South Africa had even realised what hit them.

After Sehwag (73) departed in the 18th over, Tendulkar (111) continued to his record sixth World Cup century and made batting look ridiculously easy with an almost chanceless innings, consisting of eight fours and three sixes.

India v South Africa Cricket WC Scores

South Africa won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

	India innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	V Sehwag	b du Plessis	73	87	66	12	0	110.60
	17.4 83.5 kph, gone! Finally the partnership is broken. It was speared in fast and flat once again, Sehwag stepped away to make room for the cut but the ball didn't turn as much as he might have expected and he was cramped for room. Playing close to the body, he got a thin edge that smashed into the leg stump, flicking both bails into the air. Finally some relief for South Africa! 142/1
	SR Tendulkar	c Duminy b Morkel	111	184	101	8	3	109.90
	39.4 139.4 kph, caught at point! Tendulkar tried to clear his front leg and smash the ball down the ground, but he didn't make proper contact, slicing it high in the air towards point, where Duminy took a few steps back and held the catch. 267/2
	G Gambhir	c Kallis b Steyn	69	98	75	7	0	92.00
	40.1 113.6 kph, caught at mid-off! Are India slipping again? Gambhir backs away to a slower ball, and is foxed by the change of pace. He ends up chipping it in the air towards Kallis, who takes a sharp catch diving forward 268/3
	YK Pathan	c Smith b Steyn	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
	40.3 130.9 kph, South Africa on fire as Yusuf is caught at cover. Yusuf stood in his crease and just threw his bat at a length delivery, he sliced it in the air towards cover, where Smith took the catch over his head on the edge of the circle 268/4
	Yuvraj Singh	c Botha b Kallis	12	15	9	0	1	133.33
	42.6 128.8 kph, Yuvraj holes out to long-on off a full toss, would you believe it. South Africa are thrilled. It was a friendly full toss and Yuvraj wanted to clear the boundary, he got plenty of height on it but no distance. It falls into Botha's hands on the boundary. Epic fightback by South Africa. 283/5
	MS Dhoni*†	not out	12	37	21	0	0	57.14
	V Kohli	c & b Peterson	1	2	3	0	0	33.33
	43.6 82.1 kph, bizarre batting, Virat pushes the ball gently back to Peterson, a easy caught and bowled. South Africa are right back in this. Peterson flings the ball in celebration and they are pumped. 286/6
	Harbhajan Singh	b Steyn	3	8	9	0	0	33.33
	46.5 143.1 kph, bowled him! India continue to crash and burn. Harbhajan backs away and swings aimlessly. Steyn had bowled a dead straight yorker. Middle stump takes a hit. 320 is par on this pitch, will India get that much? 293/7
	Z Khan	c Morkel b Peterson	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
	47.4 82.3 kph, the implosion continues! Morne Morkel you beauty. He runs across to his right, covering lots of ground, slides and takes a superbly-judged catch. Zaheer had come forward and tried to clear the wide long-on boundary 294/8
	A Nehra	c Smith b Steyn	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
	48.3 140.8 kph, another one falls! Nehra drives a full ball straight at Smith at cover. There is a sense of bewilderment in Nagpur. India were 267 for 1 ... they are 296 for 9 now. 296/9
	MM Patel	b Steyn	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	48.4 149.7 kph, bowled him! Steyn takes five as India have imploded in the most spectacular fashion. A full and fast delivery does for Munaf. The stumps take another hit. 296/10
	Extras	(lb 2, w 12, nb 1)	15
	Total	(all out; 48.4 overs; 229 mins)	296	(6.08 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-142 (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	O	M	R	W	Econ
	DW Steyn	9.4	0	50	5	5.17	(2w)
	40.1 to Gambhir, 113.6 kph, caught at mid-off! Are India slipping again? Gambhir backs away to a slower ball, and is foxed by the change of pace. He ends up chipping it in the air towards Kallis, who takes a sharp catch diving forward 268/3 40.3 to Pathan, 130.9 kph, South Africa on fire as Yusuf is caught at cover. Yusuf stood in his crease and just threw his bat at a length delivery, he sliced it in the air towards cover, where Smith took the catch over his head on the edge of the circle 268/4 46.5 to Harbhajan Singh, 143.1 kph, bowled him! India continue to crash and burn. Harbhajan backs away and swings aimlessly. Steyn had bowled a dead straight yorker. Middle stump takes a hit. 320 is par on this pitch, will India get that much? 293/7 48.3 to Nehra, 140.8 kph, another one falls! Nehra drives a full ball straight at Smith at cover. There is a sense of bewilderment in Nagpur. India were 267 for 1 ... they are 296 for 9 now. 296/9 48.4 to Patel, 149.7 kph, bowled him! Steyn takes five as India have imploded in the most spectacular fashion. A full and fast delivery does for Munaf. The stumps take another hit. 296/10
	M Morkel	7	0	59	1	8.42	(1nb)
	39.4 to Tendulkar, 139.4 kph, caught at point! Tendulkar tried to clear his front leg and smash the ball down the ground, but he didn't make proper contact, slicing it high in the air towards point, where Duminy took a few steps back and held the catch. 267/2
	JH Kallis	8	0	43	1	5.37	(1w)
	42.6 to Yuvraj Singh, 128.8 kph, Yuvraj holes out to long-on off a full toss, would you believe it. South Africa are thrilled. It was a friendly full toss and Yuvraj wanted to clear the boundary, he got plenty of height on it but no distance. It falls into Botha's hands on the boundary. Epic fightback by South Africa. 283/5
	RJ Peterson	9	0	52	2	5.77	(2w)
	43.6 to Kohli, 82.1 kph, bizarre batting, Virat pushes the ball gently back to Peterson, a easy caught and bowled. South Africa are right back in this. Peterson flings the ball in celebration and they are pumped. 286/6 47.4 to Khan, 82.3 kph, the implosion continues! Morne Morkel you beauty. He runs across to his right, covering lots of ground, slides and takes a superbly-judged catch. Zaheer had come forward and tried to clear the wide long-on boundary 294/8
	JP Duminy	3	0	29	0	9.66
	J Botha	9	0	39	0	4.33	(2w)
	F du Plessis	3	0	22	1	7.33	(1w)
	17.4 to Sehwag, 83.5 kph, gone! Finally the partnership is broken. It was speared in fast and flat once again, Sehwag stepped away to make room for the cut but the ball didn't turn as much as he might have expected and he was cramped for room. Playing close to the body, he got a thin edge that smashed into the leg stump, flicking both bails into the air. Finally some relief for South Africa! 142/1

	South Africa innings (target: 297 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	HM Amla	c †Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	61	114	72	5	0	84.72
	27.2 77.0 kph, caught behind! There was some extra bounce on that and a bit of turn into Amla, who shaped to cut and was cramped for room. The ball got big on him and the edge was taken sharply. Dhoni flings the ball high in the air in celebration 127/2
	GC Smith*	c Tendulkar b Khan	16	39	29	2	0	55.17
	8.3 120.3 kph, gone! Pitched up, Smith's eyes light up and he launches into a drive but hits it straight to Tendulkar at mid-off. Khan gets Smith once again, he's well and truly won this battle. An early breakthrough - just what India wanted! 41/1
	JH Kallis	run out (†Dhoni/Harbhajan Singh)	69	120	88	4	0	78.40
	35.4 from Khan, a great bouncer from Khan, Kallis whips it away from in front of his nose and out into the deep ... they come back for the second but the throw is good and the bails are whipped off in a flash ... he's gone! What terrific work from Dhoni, he took the ball in front of the stumps from Harbhajan's throw and swivelled round in mid-air to catch Kallis short. Pressure on South Africa's middle order! 173/3
	AB de Villiers	c Kohli b Harbhajan Singh	52	67	39	6	1	133.33
	40.3 86.6 kph, but he's gone now! It was the orthodox slog sweep this time, he cracked it right out of the middle but didn't get much height in the shot. Kohli dived forward at square to hold the catch above the turf, and Harbhajan waves AB back to the pavilion. India back in the game 223/4
	JP Duminy	st †Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	23	40	20	2	1	115.00
	42.4 94.0 kph, Duminy falls ... eventually! He charged out again, was beaten as the ball was speared down the leg side. Dhoni fumbled the take, and Duminy, who was several metres down, started back for the crease. Dhoni quickly recovered, picking the ball up and whipping the bails off with the batsman short 238/5
	F du Plessis	not out	25	52	23	0	1	108.69
	MN van Wyk†	lbw b Patel	5	7	5	1	0	100.00
	43.6 134.8 kph, There's a review, but van Wyk looked stone dead here. He tried to reverse sweep a very full delivery, and was hit on the front pad ... the finger goes up for the second time, he's gone! Replays suggest it would've clipped leg - it was left to the on-field call. If he'd been given not out that decision would have stood too, but that wasn't the case so he's got to go 247/6
	J Botha	c sub (SK Raina) b Patel	23	15	15	2	1	153.33
	47.5 and then a wicket! Botha had just hit two boundaries and he wanted a third, swinging really hard but the ball swirled up off the top edge over the covers ... Suresh Raina, the substitute fielder, runs across and holds a great catch, the ball coming from behind him. Another one goes, and the match continues to hang in the balance! 279/7
	RJ Peterson	not out	18	15	7	2	1	257.14
	Extras	(lb 7, w 1)	8
	Total	(7 wickets; 49.4 overs; 236 mins)	300	(6.04 runs per over)

Did not bat M Morkel, DW Steyn

Fall of wickets1-41 (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	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Z Khan	10	0	43	1	4.30
	8.3 to Smith, 120.3 kph, gone! Pitched up, Smith's eyes light up and he launches into a drive but hits it straight to Tendulkar at mid-off. Khan gets Smith once again, he's well and truly won this battle. An early breakthrough - just what India wanted! 41/1
	A Nehra	8.4	0	65	0	7.50
	MM Patel	10	0	65	2	6.50
	43.6 to van Wyk, 134.8 kph, There's a review, but van Wyk looked stone dead here. He tried to reverse sweep a very full delivery, and was hit on the front pad ... the finger goes up for the second time, he's gone! Replays suggest it would've clipped leg - it was left to the on-field call. If he'd been given not out that decision would have stood too, but that wasn't the case so he's got to go 247/6 47.5 to Botha, and then a wicket! Botha had just hit two boundaries and he wanted a third, swinging really hard but the ball swirled up off the top edge over the covers ... Suresh Raina, the substitute fielder, runs across and holds a great catch, the ball coming from behind him. Another one goes, and the match continues to hang in the balance! 279/7
	YK Pathan	4	0	20	0	5.00
	Yuvraj Singh	8	0	47	0	5.87
	Harbhajan Singh	9	0	53	3	5.88	(1w)
	27.2 to Amla, 77.0 kph, caught behind! There was some extra bounce on that and a bit of turn into Amla, who shaped to cut and was cramped for room. The ball got big on him and the edge was taken sharply. Dhoni flings the ball high in the air in celebration 127/2 40.3 to de Villiers, 86.6 kph, but he's gone now! It was the orthodox slog sweep this time, he cracked it right out of the middle but didn't get much height in the shot. Kohli dived forward at square to hold the catch above the turf, and Harbhajan waves AB back to the pavilion. India back in the game 223/4 42.4 to Duminy, 94.0 kph, Duminy falls ... eventually! He charged out again, was beaten as the ball was speared down the leg side. Dhoni fumbled the take, and Duminy, who was several metres down, started back for the crease. Dhoni quickly recovered, picking the ball up and whipping the bails off with the batsman short 238/5

Toss India, who chose to bat
Points South Africa 2, India 0
Player of the match DW Steyn (South Africa)


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