India vs South Africa 24th Match at Colombo, 02 Oct, 2012

Toss: South Africa, who choose to field first
India 152/6 (20)
South Africa 151/10 (19.5)
India won by 1 run
Man of the Match: Yuvraj Singh
  • Dale Steyn 0 * (0)

Over 0.2 Z Khanto HM Amla, Caught!

Gone for a duck is Amla! Good catch diving to his left from Sehwag! Another away swinger luring Amla into the false drive and Sehwag holds onto the fast low flying edge!

Over 3.3 IK Pathanto JH Kallis, Caught!

Shuffles across for a forcing drive and gets a thick inside edge which is caught by Rohit at short mid wicket! Pathan is doing really well with his late inswingers!

Over 6.1 Yuvraj Singhto AB de Villiers, Bowled Him!

AB is just clueless whether to come forward or go back, whether to block or nudge it away or even cut it away, and in the end the ball darts back to take an inside edge and roll back onto the stumps!!

Over 12.4 Yuvraj Singhto Faf du Plessis, Caught!

Wicket finally for India but just another 26 runs left to defend! Flighted delivery and Faf skipped down the track and lofted it right off the bottom to hole out to the long off fielder. Superb knock from du Plessis, he has really crushed India's hopes on his own!

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.

Over 15.4 R Ashwinto RJ Peterson, no runs

Lol, he is bowled him as he drags a reverse sweep onto the leg stump! But it was the freehit!

Over 15.4 R Ashwin to RJ Peterson, NB+0
Switch hit and Peterson is caught by Balaji at short thirdman! Well it is a noball from Ashwin, would you believe it?

Over 17.2 Z Khanto Farhaan Behardien, Caught!

Lofts that length ball straight into the hands of long on who takes it well inside the ropes.

Over 17.3 Z Khanto RJ Peterson, Clean Bowled!

Peterson makes lots of room and gets his off stump cleaned up by a speedy yorker from Zaheer who will now be on a hat-trick.

Over 18.5 R Ashwinto J Botha, Caught!

Steps out and lofts it flat towards long off where Raina moves to his left to take a running catch.

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

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.