Over 11.1 L Balajito JP Duminy, 1 run Punches the full delivery through straight mid off for one.
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Over 11.2 L Balajito Faf du Plessis, no runs Drives the length ball on the up to mid off.
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Over 11.3 L Balajito Faf du Plessis, 1 run Goes back and punches the slower one to long off for one.
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Over 11.4 L Balajito JP Duminy, 1 run Pulls down the rising delivery to square fine leg for one. Just another 39 runs to defend for India!
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Over 11.5 L Balajito Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Moves back and plays a rash pull shot flat through mid wicket for a boundary.
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Over 11.6 L Balajito Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Gets onto the frontfoot and whacks the length ball in the air towards deep wide mid wicket for a one bounce boundary.
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Over 14.1 L Balajito Farhaan Behardien, 1 run Goes back and cuts the wide and low delivery to deep cover point for one.
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Over 14.2 L Balajito JP Duminy, 1 run Pulls down the rising delivery to square fine leg for one.
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Over 14.3 L Balajito Farhaan Behardien, no runs Drags his cut down off a slower rising delivery to extra covers.
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Over 14.4 L Balajito Farhaan Behardien, 1 run Pulls the slower rising delivery flat towards deep squareleg for one.
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Over 14.5 L Balajito JP Duminy, no runs Makes room going back and drags the slower one back to the bowler.
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Over 14.6 L Balajito JP Duminy, Caught!
Balaji gets a spinner's wicket and he is thrilled with that! Not sure what was so special with his effort here! Just a length ball, perhaps a slower one and Duminy heaved at that flat in the air but straight into the hands of Gambhir's hands at deep squareleg.
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Over 16.1 L Balajito RJ Peterson, Boundary! Pulls down the short and rising delivery through mid wicket for a boundary.
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Over 16.2 L Balajito RJ Peterson, 1 lb Gets hit on the pad in a backfoot flick and picks up a leg bye from point.
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Over 16.3 L Balajito Farhaan Behardien, 2 runs Drags his pull off a slower rising delivery through deep mid wicket and steals a second run.
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Over 16.4 L Balajito Farhaan Behardien, 1 lb This looked close for an lbw but the Umpire isn't interested. Farhaan tried to whack it across, got hit on the pad and ended up taking a leg bye from point.
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Over 16.5 L Balajito RJ Peterson, 1 run Goes back and pulls it behind squareleg for one. So SA get past 121 and that means India are out and Pakistan have entered the Semis!
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Over 16.6 L Balajito Farhaan Behardien, Boundary! Makes room and lofts the length ball inside out over mid off for a one bounce boundary.
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Over 19.1 L Balajito JA Morkel, Six!! Makes room and heaves the slower length ball flat over deep wide mid wicket for a six! 8 from 5
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Over 19.2 L Balajito JA Morkel, Bowled Him! Makes room and drags the near yorker off an inside edge onto the stumps! BalaLee strikes for India with his fiery pace! 8 from 4
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Over 19.3 L Balajito M Morkel, beaten, no runs Goes back for a pull and misses a slower one outside off. 8 from 3
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Over 19.4 L Balajito M Morkel, Six!! And India's fiery fast bowler bangs the pitch with a half tracker and Morne Morkel pulls that all the way over deep mid wicket for a six! 2 from 2
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Over 19.5 L Balajito M Morkel, Bowled Him! India has shocked South Africa by 1 run! Balaji has cleaned up Morkel!! Amazing finish in the end! All the interest seemed to have ended once SA got past 121 but we had a match to finish after all!
For the record, Morne Morkel made room to carve it over covers but it was full from Balaji which got underneath the bat to clean up the off stump. |
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India defeat South Africa by 1 run. Both the teams are out of the competition though. |
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So the Semi Final line up is: SL Vs Pak and Aus Vs WI |
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Presentation Ceremony
Yuvraj Singh is the Man of the Match for scoring 21 and taking 2 for 23, well here is what he says: "Some people suggested that I should not have been in the playing XI. Nice to pick up a few wickets, I did not do too well with the bat. I feel that I need to spend more time in the middle, hopefully I will get those in the ODI form of the game. I have practised a lot on my bowling, unfortunately we did not qualify, nice to finish off with a win. I am getting better with every day, hopefully I will get back to ny previous best."
India's Skipper M S Dhoni says: "I am disappointed, buyt not at our quality of cricket. I think the rain intervention did not help us, there was little our bowlers could have done after it rained. I am very happy with the way we played otherwise. Today's start was not good, to lose three wickets quickly did not help. We rely heavily on getting a good start, we have the hitters down to take advantage. I felt that there was no point in using all our trumpcards right at the top and it was swinging around early. We have not really peaked as a team, all the three departments have not clicked together, but against top sides, we need to get out act together. We had one off-day, I blame the rain for that. Else, I am happy with our show."
South Africa's Captain AB de Villiers says: "Disappointed is not even the right word, we have had a poor tournament. Sorry to all the people back home, we have let them down very badly. We will look to do better. Our preparations were good, we felt that we had the right players in the squad. We will go back home for the Champions Trophy and the tour of Australia. Faf du Plessis was outstanding today, he showed his class." |
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