1st ODI: India vs South Africa at Jaipur, Feb 21, 2010
India won by 1 run
India 298/9 (50)
South Africa 297/10 (50)
RR: 5.94
Last 12 Balls: 1 6 1 2 6 . | 1 W 1 1 3 1wd 1
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Current Partnership: 2 runs, 0.4 overs, RR: 3 (Sreesanth, Ashish Nehra )
The Man of the Match award has gone to Ravindra Jadeja. Yes a superb bowling show from the youngster, 10-2-29-2. He got the big scalps of Gibbs and AB de Villiers. Interesting that the dew didn't cause much of a concern and the likes of Jadeja and Pathan could bowl in a few quiet overs. The second match of this series is on the 24th at Gwalior.
South Africa well slipped into a bad position at 142 for 5. Only Kallis was staying there and the match was sealed off I thought and the rest of the overs only a formality. But the twist came in from Parnell and Steyn, a few lusty blows from them and SA were no longer reducing the margin of victory. They were infact into a great position to cause an upset and break hearts! Perhaps the lack of pace from Praveen Kumar saved them in the end!
First things first, I never expected India to come up with a near 300-total. They just lost too many wickets and none of the batsmen really kicked in to score the 80s or 100s. The highest score was just 58 coming in from Raina.
So tight finish at Jaipur, India just managing to hold on to a 1-run win. Got to tell that it was just too tight for comfort, the crowd would have been really angry had India lost the match, that's for sure. Infact the match was almost a tie but for Sreesanth and Dhoni keeping their cool.
India win by 1 run to lead the 3-ODI Series 1-0.
Over 49.6: Run Out at the Striker's end! P Kumar to Wayne Parnell, pitched up delivery, makes room and slashes it to thirdman, they get a single and try for the desperate second. Sreesanth releases a wide throw on the bounce to Dhoni who has enough time to move in and disturb the stumps. Parnell is way short of his crease!
