World Cup 2011: South Africa sink India by 3 wickets

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World Cup 2011: South Africa sink India by 3 wickets

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South Africa demolished India by 3 wickets on Saturday in a crucial game at Nagpur stadium.

12 March,2011 01:48 pm

Triple fifties of Amla (61), Kallis (69) and de Villiers (52) provided a good momentum in the 297-run chase. Then, three 20s of Duminy (23), Plessis (25) and Botha (23) took the match to the end. Peterson was the real hero of the match who smashed 18 on 7 balls to sink India by 3 wickets. Harbhajan picked 3 wickets and Patel took 2 wickets.Earlier, India won the toss and elected to bat at a good batting pitch. Sehwag and Tendulkar gave a wonderful start with 142 runs opening partnership. Sehwag fell at 142 but Tendulkar (111) and Gambhir (69) developed another big partnership which lasted at 267 in 39.4 overs. But all the remaining wickets fell in just 29 scores and India bowled out at 296 in 48.4 overs. Steyn demolished Indian tail with a 5-wicket haul.