First one-day international, Jaipur:
India 298-9 (50 overs) beat South Africa 297 (50 overs) by one run
Steyn's superb 35 from 18 deliveries paved the way for a thrilling finish
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 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Steyn, in particular, punished a profligate Sreesanth, who finished
with figures of 2-74 from nine overs, smashing three sixes, 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.
"Full credit to Wayne and Dale for taking us so close, but finally it did not happen. It's frustrating, yet we now need to regroup for
the next match," said captain Jacques Kallis
The result ensures that India, fresh from
their dramatic innings and 58-run Test
victory in Calcutta (Kolkata) earlier in the
week are on course to stay above
South Africa in the one-day rankings.
However, the tourists can still leapfrog
their opponents into second place if
they win the next two matches in
Gwalior and Ahmedabad.
Despite the absence of key players Harbhajan and Yuvraj Singh,
Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan, India confirmed their abundant
depth of talent just a year out from the World Cup on home soil.
There were recalls for all-rounder Yusuf Pathan and batsman
Dinesh Karthik along with Kumar, while South Africa brought i
n big-hitting opener Loots Bosman for injured captain Graeme Smith,
absent because of a fractured finger.
Kallis won the toss and inserted India into bat - and was immediately
rewarded with the key wicket of Sachin Tendulkar, run out in the
second over for four.
Karthik and Virender Sehwag instigated the recovery with a
second-wicket partnership of 79, with Sehwag in particular in brutal form.
The dynamic opener smashed six boundaries and two sixes
from just 37 deliveries before he was run out for 46 backing
up when Charl Langaveldt's right hand brushed a Karthik
straight drive into the stumps at the non-striker's end.
Karthik (44) departed soon after, while Mahendra Singh
Dhoni's promising innings was cut short at 26 when he drove
a caught to Albie Morkel at mid-off to leave the hosts 138-4.
However, Raina, alongside Virat Kohli (31), injected impetus back into India's innings with a 66-run, fifth-wicket stand, while cameos
from Jadeja (22) and Pathan (18) pushed the hosts to 298-9
from their 50 overs.
Kallis was the pick of South Africa's bowlers, finishing with
3-29 from seven overs.
An aggressive opening stand 58 from just 52 deliveries between
the muscular Loots Bosman and Herschelle Gibbs gave the
hosts the perfect start as new-ball pair Ashish Nehra and
Kumar struggled to contain the free-flowing duo.
Bosman's innings was curtailed when he bowled backing t
o the leg-side attempting an overambitious cut shot to Kumar.
Gibbs (27) departed soon after, leaving the imperious Kallis
and AB de Villiers to maintain the tempo of the innings.
De Villiers showed glimpses of genius in his 23-ball innings
of 25 before he was comprehensively bowled attempting to
cut a delivery too close to his stumps.
And India regained momentum when Alviro Petersen (9)
failed to ground his bat taking on Sreesanth's arm, with
Morkel falling two overs later, lbw to Nehra.
A rash slog from Kallis saw him fall 11 runs short of a century,
but his departure paved the way for an awesome display
of late-order pyrotechnics from Parnell and Steyn, setting
the most thrilling one-day finish this year.
"When there are so many runs needed and when the
number nine and 10 batsman are at the crease, you don't
really expect your best bowlers to get hit the way they did,"
Dhoni commented.
"Credit must go to the batsmen, but I'm sure we
would do better in the next game if the conditions are
the same. We expect a close contest in this series because
both sides are excellent sides."
One Day International Series: India v South Africa
21-02-2010 at Jaipur India beat South Africa by 1 run South Africa won the toss and decided to field
India Innings 298 for 9 (50.0 overs) |
South Africa Innings 297 all out (50.0 overs) |
| | 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) |
Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Steyn | 10.0 | 1 | 46 | 0 |
| Parnell | 9.0 | 0 | 69 | 1 |
| Langeveldt | 10.0 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
| A Morkel | 8.0 | 0 | 59 | 1 |
| J Botha | 6.0 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Kallis | 7.0 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
|
|
Fall of wicket | |
| 10 | Tendulkar |
| 89 | Sehwag |
| 116 | Karthik |
| 138 | Dhoni |
| 204 | Kohli |
| 231 | Y Pathan |
| 260 | Raina |
| 274 | Jadeja |
| 292 | Kumar |
|
South Africa Innings - All out
| | 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) |
Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Kumar | 8.0 | 0 | 46 | 2 |
| Nehra | 10.0 | 0 | 67 | 1 |
| Sreesanth | 9.0 | 1 | 74 | 2 |
| Jadeja | 10.0 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
| Y Pathan | 10.0 | 0 | 51 | 1 |
| Raina | 3.0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
|
|
Fall of wicket | |
| 58 | Bosman |
| 64 | Gibbs |
| 109 | de Villiers |
| 134 | Petersen |
| 142 | A Morkel |
| 161 | Boucher |
| 180 | J Botha |
| 225 | Kallis |
| 290 | Steyn |
| 297 | Parnell |
|
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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