Related Link : ICC Twenty20 World Championship 2007
Venue : Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban (D/N)
Toss : India won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Match Result : India won by 37 runs
Man of the Match : Rohit Sharma
India (20 Overs Maximum )
Gautam Gambhir c Smith b Pollock 19 (19) 3 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag c Boucher b Ntini 11 (11) 1 ‘4s’
Dinesh Karthik c Albie Morkel b Pollock 0 (1)
Robin Uthappa c Smith b Morne Morkel 15 (16) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Rohit Sharma not out 50 (40) 7 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
MS Dhoni (C&WK) run out (Philander) 45 (33) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Irfan Pathan not out 0 (1)
Joginder Sharma
Harbhajan Singh
Sreesanth
R.P. Singh
Extras: 13 (Wides : 8 No Balls: 1 Byes: 2 Leg Byes: 2)
Total : 153/5 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-32 (Gambhir, 4.4 ovs), 2-33 (Karthik, 4.6 ovs), 3-33 (Sehwag, 5.1 ovs), 4-61 (Uthappa, 10.3 ovs), 5-146 (Dhoni, 19.4 ovs)
South Africa Bowling
Pollock 4-0-17-2
Ntini 4-0-30-1 (2w)
van der Wath 4-0-43-0
Morne Morkel 4-0-32-1 (1nb)
Philander 2-0-14-0 (2w)
Albie Morkel 2-0-13-0
South Africa (Target : 154 from 20 Overs)
Herschelle Gibbs lbw b RP Singh 1 (3)
Graeme Smith (C) c Karthik b RP Singh 4 (6) 1 ‘4s’
AB de Villiers lbw b Sreesanth 1 (4)
Justin Kemp run out (Rohit Sharma) 5 (12) 1 ‘4s’
Mark Boucher (WK) b Sreesanth 36 (41) 4 ‘4s’
Shaun Pollock b RP Singh 0 (1)
Albie Morkel b RP Singh 36 (37) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Vernon Philander st Karthik b Harbhajan Singh 2 (5)
Johannes van der wath st Karthik b Harbhajan Singh 1 (6)
Morne Morkel not out 1 (3)
Makhaya Ntini not out 4 (2) 1 ‘4s’
Extras: 25 (Wides : 15 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 10)
Total : 116/9 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-11 (Gibbs, 1.1 ovs), 2-12 (Smith, 1.4 ovs), 3-12 (de Villiers, 2.3 ovs), 4-30 (Kemp, 5.4 ovs), 5-31 (Pollock, 5.5 ovs), 6-100 (Boucher, 16.4 ovs), 7-103 (Philander, 17.4 ovs), 8-109 (Albie Morkel, 18.4 ovs), 9-111 (van der Wath, 19.4 ovs)
India Bowling
Sreesanth 4-0-23-2 (6w)
RP Singh 4-0-13-4 (3w)
Joginder Sharma 4-0-24-0 (1w)
Pathan 4-0-16-0 (1w)
Harbhajan Singh 4-0-30-2
* Dinesh Karthik took over the wicket keeper’s role after 1.4 overs due to a back injury to MS Dhoni.