Related Link : South Africa’s Tour of India 2005/06
Venue : Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Toss : South Africa won the toss and elect to field
Umpires : Daryl Harper and K Hariharan
Match Result : India won by 5 wickets to level the 5 ODIs Series 2-2
Man of the Match : Rahul Dravid
Player of the Series : Graeme Smith & Yuvraj Singh
South Africa (50 Overs Maximum)
Graeme Smith (C) c Harbhajan b Irfan Pathan 24 (29) 3 ‘4s’
Andrew Hall b Irfan Pathan 4 (7) 1 ‘4s’
Jacques Kallis c Kaif b Irfan Pathan 91 (146) 5 ‘4s’
Ashwell Prince c Yuvraj b Harbhajan Singh 9 (33) 2 ‘4s’
Mark Boucher (WK) c Harbhajan b Virender Sehwag 35 (56)
Justin Kemp c Yuvraj b Harbhajan Singh 11 (12) 1 ‘4s’
Shaun Pollock not out 30 (17) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Johan Botha not out 3 (3)
Makhaya Ntini
Andre Nel
Charl Langeveldt
Extras: 14 (Wides: 8 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total: 221/6 (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-6 (Hall, 2.3 ovs), 2-36 (Smith, 8.2 ovs), 3-77 (Prince, 20.5 ovs), 4-158 (Boucher, 40.4 ovs), 5-178 (Kemp, 44.6 ovs), 6-209 (Kallis, 48.5 ovs)
India Bowling
Irfan Pathan 8-1-20-3 (1w)
Ajit Agarkar 7-1-33-0 (3w)
Rudra Pratap Singh 6-0-27-0 (3w)
Murali Kartik 10-0-58-0 (1w 1nb)
Harbhajan Singh 10-0-32-2
Virender Sehwag 5-0-24-1 (1nb)
Yuvraj Singh 4-0-23-0
India (Target : 222 from 50 Overs)
Gautam Gambhir c Kemp b Makhaya Ntini 0 (7)
Sachin Tendulkar c Prince b Andre Nel 30 (44) 5 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag lbw b Shaun Pollock 27 (20) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Rahul Dravid (C) not out 78 (106) 10 ‘4s’
Yuvraj Singh c Boucher b Andre Nel 49 (64) 7 ‘4s’
M.S.Dhoni (WK) c Boucher b Charl Langeveldt 12 (26) 1 ‘4s’
Mohammad Kaif not out 16 (19) 2 ‘4s’
Irfan Pathan
Ajit Agarkar
Harbhajan Singh
Rudra Pratap Singh
Extras: 12 (Wides: 5 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 6)
Total: 224/5 (Overs: 47.3)
Fall of Wickets : 1-1 (Gambhir, 1.2 ovs), 2-46 (Sehwag, 6.5 ovs), 3-83 (Tendulkar, 17.1 ovs), 4-162 (Yuvraj, 35.6 ovs), 5-201 (Dhoni, 43.3 ovs)
South Africa Bowling
Shaun Pollock 9-1-49-1 (2w)
Makhaya Ntini 10-0-53-1
Andre Nel 10-2-35-2 (1w)
Charl Langeveldt 8.3-1-38-1 (2w 1nb)
Johan Botha 6-0-24-0
Andrew Hall 4-0-19-0
Super Subs :
- India Super Sub: Gautam Gambhir (replaced R.P.Singh at the start of the Indian innings)
- South Africa Super Sub : Robin Peterson (replaced Justin Kemp after 8 overs of the Indian innings
Indian Innings Notes
- 1st over was a maiden from Pollock
- India 26/1 in 5.0 overs
- India 50/2 in 7.5 overs
- India 57/2 in 10.0 overs
- 2nd Powerplay from 11-15 overs (Ind 65/2 in 11.0 ovs – Ind 79/2)
- Andre Nel brought into the attack in the 12th over
- Langeveldt introduced into the attack in the 13th over
- 13th over was a maiden from Langeveldt
- India 79/2 in 15.0 overs
- 3rd Powerplay from 16-20 ovs (Ind 79/2 in 15 ovs – Ind 90/3 in 20.0 ovs)
- India at 1st Drinks Interval are 83/2 in 17 overs (Sachin 30* Dravid 24*)
- India 90/3 in 20.0 overs
- India 101/3 in 21.2 overs
- Johan Botha into the attack in the 23rd over
- India 110/3 in 25.0 overs
- Andrew Hall into the bowling attack in the 26th over
- India 131/3 in 30.0 overs
- 50 runs partnership for the 4th wicket bet’n Dravid and Yuvraj came in 80 balls
- Dravid’s fifty came in 78 balls
- India at 2nd Drinks Interval are 149/3 in 33.0 overs (Dravid 50* Yuvraj 39*)
- India 150/4 in 33.4 overs
- India 159/4 in 35.0 overs
- India 182/4 in 40.0 overs
- 42nd over was a maiden from Andre Nel
- India 200/4 in 42.5 overs
- India 206/5 in 45.0 overs
South Africa Innings Notes
- 1st over was a maiden from Pathan
- SA 19/1 in 5.0 overs
- R.P.Singh comes in to bowl in the 6th over to replace Agarkar
- SA 41/2 in 10.0 overs
- 2nd Powerplay from 11-15 ovs (SA 41/2 in 10.0 ovs – SA 65/2 in 15.0 ovs)
- SA 50/2 in 13.0 overs
- SA 65/2 in 15.0 overs
- SA at 1st Drinks Interval are 65/2 in 15.0 ovs (Kallis 22* Prince 6*)
- 3rd Powerplay from 17-21 ovs (SA 67/2 in 16.0 ovs – SA 77/3 in 21.0 ovs )
- Murali Kartik brought into the attack in the 17th over
- 18th over was a maiden from Agarkar
- Harbhajan into the attack in the 19th over
- SA 76/2 in 20.0 overs
- SA 92/3 in 25.0 ovs
- SA 100/3 in 27.5 ovs
- SA 109/3 in 30.0 ovs
- Kallis’s 56th ODI fifty came in 95 balls, this is his 8th against India
- SA at 2nd Drinks Interval are 117/3 in 33.0 overs (Kallis 51* Boucher 17*)
- Virender Sehwag brought into the attack in the 35th over
- SA 135/3 in 35.0 ovs
- 50 runs partnership bet’n Kallis and Boucher came in 86 balls for the 4th wicket
- Yuvraj brought in to bowl in the 40th over
- Sa 150/3 in 39.1 ovs
- SA 155/3 in 40.0 overs
- SA 178/5 in 45.0 overs
- SA 200/5 in 47.2 ovs
- SA 221/6 in 50.0 ovs