Related Link : South Africa’s Tour of India 2005/06
Venue : Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss : South Africa won the toss and elect to field
Umpires : Daryl Harper and AV Jayaprakash
Match Result : South Africa won by 10 wickets to lead the 5-ODIs Series 2-1
Man of the Match : Graeme Smith
India (50 Overs Maximum)
Gautam Gambhir c Smith b Shaun Pollock 11 (19) 2 ‘4s’
Irfan Pathan b Shaun Pollock 0 (2)
Sachin Tendulkar c Boucher b Shaun Pollock 2 (15)
Virender Sehwag c Boucher b Andrew Hall 30 (20) 6 ‘4s’
Rahul Dravid (C) b Charl Langeveldt 6 (32) 1 ‘4s’
Yuvraj Singh lbw b Johan Botha 53 (78) 7 ‘4s’
Mohammad Kaif c Smith b Andre Nel 46 (63) 4 ‘4s’
M.S.Dhoni (WK) c Botha b Andrew Hall 14 (26)
Ajit Agarkar b Jacques Kallis 11 (16) 1 ‘4s’
Harbhajan Singh lbw b Andrew Hall 0 (4)
Rudra Pratap Singh not out 1 (1)
Extras: 14 (Wides: 8 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 5)
Total: 188 all out (Overs: 45.5)
Fall of Wickets : 2-1 (Pathan, 0.3 ovs), 14-2 (Tendulkar, 4.3 ovs), 23/3 (Gambhir, 6.5 ovs), 4-49 (Sehwag, 11.2 ovs), 5-71 (Dravid, 18.2 ovs), 6-151 (35.3 ovs), 7-167 (Kaif, 39.2 ovs), 8-187 (Agarkar, 44.4 ovs), 9-187 (Dhoni, 45.2 ovs), 10-188 (Harbhajan, 45.5 ovs)
South Africa Bowling
Shaun Pollock 10-4-25-3 (3w)
Andre Nel 10-1-35-1 (1w)
Andrew Hall 6.5-0-36-3 (3w)
Charl Langeveldt 8-1-32-1 (1w)
Jacques Kallis 4-0-20-1 (1nb)
Johan Botha 5-0-21-1
Albie Morkel 2-0-13-0
South Africa (Target : 189 from 50 Overs)
Graeme Smith (C) not out 134 (124) 20 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Andrew Hall not out 48 (94) 2 ‘4s’
Jacques Kallis
Ashwell Prince
Albie Mokel
Mark Boucher (WK)
Justin Kemp
Robin Peterson
Shaun Pollock
Johan Botha
Charl Langeveldt
Extras: 7 (Wides: 4 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 0)
Total: 189/0 (Overs: 35.5)
Fall of Wickets :
India Bowling
Ajit Agarkar 5-0-41-0 (2w 2nb)
Irfan Pathan 6-0-28-0
Rudra Pratap Singh 4-0-18-0 (1w)
Harbhajan Singh 10-0-37-0
Murali Kartik 8-1-52-0 (1nb)
Virender Sehwag 2.5-0-13-0 (1w)
- India Super Sub: Murali Kartik (replaced Gautam Gambhir after 11.0 ovs of the SA innings)
- South Africa Super Sub : Robin Peterson (replaced Andre Nel at the start of the SA innings)
Indian Innings
- This is the 357th ODI for Sachin Tendulkar and he is now the player with the most ODI appearances
- Ind 20/2 in 5.0 ovs
- 9th over was a maiden from Pollock
- Hall brought into the attack in the 10th over
- Ind 39/3 in 10.0 ovs
- 2nd Powerplay from 12-16 ovs (Ind 45/3 in 11 ovs – Ind 62/4 in 16 ovs)
- Ind 50/4 in 11.2 ovs
- 13.1 ovs : Nel gets warned by Jayaprakash for running down the wicket
- 15th over was a maiden from Pollock
- Ind 62/4 in 15.0 ovs
- 16th over was a maiden from Nel
- India at 1st Drinks Interval are 62/4 in 16.0 ovs (Dravid 4* Yuvraj 8*)
- 3rd Powerplay from 17-21 overs (Ind 62/4 in 16 ovs – Ind 77/5 in 21 ovs)
- Langeveldt introduced in the 17th over
- Ind 77/5 in 20 ovs
- 21st over was a maiden from Langeveldt
- Kallis brought into the attack in the 24th over
- Ind 97/5 in 25 ovs
- Ind 102/5 in 25.5 ovs
- 6th wicket partnership reaches 50 runs in 58 balls bet’n Yuvraj and Kaif
- Johan Botha brought into the attack in the 30th over
- Ind 127/5 in 30.0 ovs
- India at 2nd Drinks Interval are 135/5 in 32.0 ovs (Yuvraj 39* Kaif 34*)
- Albie Morkel into the attack for the 1st time in the 33rd over
- Yuvraj’s 50 came in 72 balls
- Ind 151/5 in 34.3 ovs
- Ind 155/5 in 35.0 ovs
- 39th over was a maiden from Pollock
- Ind 173/7 in 40.0 ovs
- Ind 187/8 in 45.0 ovs
South Africa Innings
- SA 31/0 in 5.0 ovs
- R.P.Singh comes into the attack in the 9th over
- SA 45/0 in 10.0 ovs
- 2nd Powerplay from 11-15 ovs (SA 45/0 in 10.0 ovs – SA 64/0 in 15.0 ovs)
- SA 50/0 in 10.3 ovs and it is also the 50-runs partnership for the 1st wicket
- Harbhajan brought in to the attack in the 12th over
- Graeme Smith’s 50 came in 50 balls
- SA 64/0 in 15.0 ovs
- 3rd Powerplay from 16-20 ovs (SA 64/0 in 15.0 ovs – SA 90/0 in 20.0 ovs)
- SA at 1st Drinks Interval are 68/0 in 16.0 overs (Smith 50* Hall 14*)
- Murali Kartik brought into the attack in the 17th over
- SA 90/0 in 20.0 ovs
- 23rd over was a maiden from Kartik
- SA 100/0 in 23.4 overs, it is also the 100 runs partnership for the 1st wkt
- SA 111/0 in 25.0 overs
- 16 runs from the 27th over bowled by Agarkar
- Graeme Smith’s hundred came in 103 balls
- SA 151/0 in 30.0 overs which is also the 150 for the opening partnership
- Sehwag brought into the attack in the 32nd over
- SA 187/0 in 35.0 overs