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India beat South Africa, face Sri Lanka in final
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Friday, 4 April 2014
10:10 pm
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Mirpur: South Africa captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to bat
against India in the semifinal of the World Twenty20 Championship here on
Friday.
Here is the
score:
South Africa
sored 172 runs in their quota of 20 overs.
Chasing the
target, the opening pair of Rahane and Rohit Sharma added 41 runs in less than
4 overs. Rohit Sharma got out in his attempt to add another boundary to his
account. But Rahane and Kohli made sure that Indian innings did not lose
any momentum.
Rahane departed
after he and Kohli added 38 runs together. Yuvraj Singh joined Kohli in the
middle as India still needed 96 runs to win the game.
Although Yuvraj
did not succeed batting fluently, he gave Virat a good company as these two put
up a 50-run partnership. India lost Yuvraj in the 16th over when India's score
was 133.
Raina walked in
to partner Kohli and quickly scored 21 runs off 10 balls with the help of 3
fours and a six. While he got out, India were just 6 runs away from the
target.
Kohli hit a four
on the first ball in the final over to seal India's victory in the semi-final
and sealed their place in the final.
Earlier, batting
first, South Africa lost an early wicket in the first over. Q de Kock was
knocked out after making 6 runs off 4 balls courtesy Bhuvneshwar Kumar. South
Africa made 17 for 1 in 3overs.
A good
partnership by Du Plessis and Amla took South Africa to 43 for 1 in 5 overs.
Ashwin did the
trick for India as he ousted Amla in the 6th over. Amla was out after he made
22 runs off 16 balls. South Africa were at 44 for 2
at the end of 6 overs.
South Africa made a modest 66
after losing two wickets at the end of 10 overs, with F du Plessis making
25 runs out of 24 balls and Duminy with 8 off 16 balls.
Duminy and du
Plessis attacked Amit Mishra and Suresh Raina as South Africa brought up their
hundred in the 13th over. Faf du Plessis also reached his fifty in the same
over. Ashwin dismissed du Plessis in the 14th over.
AB de Villiers
joined Duminy in the middle following du Plessis' wicket. But de Villiers too
did not last long as he was caught in the deep by Rohit Sharma on Ashwin's
bowling. South Africa were 129/4.
Miller and Duminy
added 43 quick runs together crossing the boundary ropes at will in the last 4
overs.
India now face
Sri Lanka in the final on Sunday. South Africa, on the other hand go home
failing to win the ICC trophy.
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