World Cup 2015 – India Vs South Africa Match Updates

India Vs South Africa playing at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

A convincing win for India. This is their first ever WC victory over South Africa in WC competitions, coming in their fourth attempt. They now top Pool B with 4 points and have finished with their two big matches.

INDIA WON BY 130 RUNS

South Africa

177 – all out

Tahir lbw b Ravindra Jadeja 8(10) [4s-1]

176/9 in 40 overs

Parnell – 16         Tahir – 8

170/9 in 39 overs

Parnell – 15         Tahir – 4

162/9 in 38 overs

Parnell – 10          Tahir – 1

Imran Tahir, right handed bat, comes to the crease

161/9 in 37.2 overs

M Morkel b Ashwin 2(5)

158/8 in 36.2 overs

Steyn c Dhawan b Shami 1(7)

156/7 in 35.2 overs

Parnell -7        Steyn – 1

153/7 in 34 overs

Philander lbw b Ashwin 0(2)

D Miller run out (U Yadav/Dhoni) 22(23) [4s-2]

151/5 in 33 overs

Parnell – 4        Miller – 21

148/5 in 32 overs

Parnell – 1        Miller – 21

147/5 in 31.3 overs

Duminy c Raina b Ashwin 6(15)

147/4 in 31 overs

Miller – 21         Duminy – 6

142/4 in 30 overs

Miller – 20         Duminy – 2

134/4 in 29 overs

Miller – 14         Duminy – 0

Jean-Paul Duminy, left handed bat, comes to the crease

133/4 in 28.1 overs.

du Plessis c Dhawan b Mohit Sharma 55(71) [4s-5]

133/3 in 28 overs

du Plessis – 55      Miller – 14

131/3 in 27 overs

du Plessis – 54      Miller – 13

Du Plessis completes his 50

121/3 in 26 overs

Miller – 7               du Plessis – 50

115/3 in 25 overs

du Plessis – 48      Miller – 3

113/3 in 24 overs

du Plessis – 47      Miller – 2

David Miller, left handed bat, comes to the crease

108/3 in 22.5 overs

de Villiers run out (Mohit Sharma/Dhoni) 30(38) [4s-3]

107/2 in 22 overs

du Plessis – 44      de Villiers – 29

Ravichandran Ashwin, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

97/2 in 21 overs

du Plessis – 34      de Villiers – 29

92/2 in  20 overs

du Plessis – 32      de Villiers – 26

84/2 in 19 overs

du Plessis – 30      de Villiers – 20

79/2 in 18 overs

du Plessis – 26      de Villiers – 19

Drinks Break

63/2 in 16 overs

du Plessis – 15      de Villiers – 14

61/2 in 15 overs

du Plessis – 14      de Villiers – 13

52/2 in 14 overs

du Plessis – 13      de Villiers – 5

49/2 in 13 overs

du Plessis – 11      de Villiers – 4

47/2 in 12 overs

du Plessis – 10      de Villiers – 3

Time for Spin. Jadeja is into the attack..

43/2 in 11 overs

du Plessis – 8      de Villiers – 1

AB de Villiers, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Current run rate 3.87 Required run rate 6.76

40/2 in 10.2 overs

Amla c Shami b Mohit Sharma 22(28) [4s-2]

38/1 in 10 overs

Amla – 22          du Plessis – 5

30/1 in 9 overs

Amla – 16          du Plessis – 4

28/1 in 8 overs

Amla – 14          du Plessis – 4

26/1 in 7 overs

Amla – 13          du Plessis – 3

Mohit Sharma, right-arm medium, comes into the attack

19/1 in 6 overs

Amla – 7          du Plessis – 2

17/1 in 5 overs

Amla – 6          du Plessis – 1

12/1 in 4 overs

Amla – 2          du Plessis – 0

Faf du Plessis, right handed bat, comes to the crease

12/1 in 3.3 overs

de Kock c Kohli b Shami 7(15) [4s-1]

12/0 in 3 overs

Amla – 2          de Kock – 7

9/0 in 2 overs

Amla – 2          de Kock – 5

6/0 in 1 over

Amla – 1          de Kock – 4

Amla and de Kock are at the crease. Amla is on strike. U Yadav will open the attack

Innings Break

South Africa need 308 runs to win this match

307/7 in 50 overs

Shami –  4          Ashwin – 5

Steyn will bowl last over

Mohammed Shami, right handed bat, comes to the crease

302/7 in 49 overs

Dhoni c de Kock b M Morkel 18(11) [4s-3]

Last 5 overs analysis 38 runs 4 wickets

297/6 in 48 overs

Dhoni – 17                Ashwin – 0

Ravichandran Ashwin, right handed bat, comes to the crease

286/6 in 47.2 overs.

Ravindra Jadeja run out (de Villiers) 2(4)

284/5 in 47 overs

Dhoni – 5                 Jadeja – 1

Ravindra Jadeja, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Rahane lbw b Steyn 79(60) [4s-7 6s-3]

278/5 in 46 overs

Rahane –  79    Dhoni – 1

271/4 in 45 overs

Rahane –  73        Dhoni – 0

M.S Dhoni is the new Batsman

269/4 in 44.5 overs

Raina c (sub)Rossouw b M Morkel 6(5) Similar shot to the one two balls ago, this one had more elevation and height

Raina,  dropped by Rossouw!

266/3 in 44 overs

Rahane –  70    Raina – 4

262/3 in 43.5 overs

Dhawan, out Caught by Amla!!

Dhawan goes on 137 (146 balls)

Ajinkya Rahane completes his half century takes india to 237 in 41 overs.

Balls –  40    Fours –  7       Sixes – 0

183/ 2 35        overs

Rahane –  29    Dhawan – 103

Shikhar dhawan completes his century takes india to good position.

Balls –  122    Fours –  14       Sixes – 0

154/2 in 31 overs

Rahane    10      Dhawan    93

Dhawan in 90’s nearing his 1st World Cup century

141/2 in 29 overs

Rahane – 2             Dhawan – 89

138/2 in 28 overs

Rahane – 46            Dhawan – 87

136/1 in 27 overs

Kohli – 46            Dhawan – 86

131/1 in 26 overs

Kohli – 41            Dhawan – 86

83/1 in 20 overs

Kohli – 26            Dhawan – 55

Dhawan dropped by Amla on 53. Will it make a difference

79/1 in 19 overs

Kohli – 25            Dhawan – 53

Shikhar Dhawan completed his 50

77/1 in 18 overs

Kohli – 24           Dhawan – 52

70/1 in 17 overs

Kohli – 23            Dhawan – 47

Drinks have been taken now

67/1 in 16 overs

Kohli – 22            Dhawan – 45

61/1 in 15 overs

Kohli – 21            Dhawan – 40

45/1 in 12 overs

Kohli – 15            Dhawan – 30

37/1 in 11 overs

Kohli – 9            Dhawan – 28

Tahir comes into attack

36/1 in 10 overs

Kohli – 8            Dhawan – 28

32/3 in 9 overs

Kohli – 8            Dhawan – 24

J.P Duminy comes into attack

29/1 in 8 overs

Kohli – 7            Dhawan – 22

19/1 in 7 overs

Kohli –  2           D21hawan – 17

14/1 in 6 overs

Kohli – 1            Dhawan – 13

10/1 in 5 overs

Kohli – 0            Dhawan – 10

9/1 in 4 overs

Kohli – 0            Dhawan – 9

9/1 in 3 overs

Kohli comes to bat

Rohit Run out. and the first wicket falls at 9

rohit run out de villiers

9/1 in 2.5 overs

Sharma – 0            Dhawan – 9

5/0 in 2 overs

Sharma – 0            Dhawan – 5

0/0 in 1 over

Sharma – 0            Dhawan – 0

Rohit and Dhawan are at the crease. Rohit is on strike. Steyn will open the attack

INDIA HAVE WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO BAT FIRST