Feb 21..this day will be remembered as one of most important day in cricket history...battle between India and South Africa...its a great match to watch....I remember the India- South Africa series in 2000-01..it was 5 one day match series...all the matches were very close...the only difference in 2010 series is missing the great players at that time....Cronje...SA captain...one of the most successful captain in world cricket. It was a unfortunate end of his career and life.
Today's match was remembered because team India's performance..India batted reasonably well...with absence of Yuvi, Dravid.. set a target of 298/9...with great performance from sehwag and raina...In response SA team was looking strong at one stage when they had 50/0 in less than 8 overs.. with Gibbs and Dorson playing extremely well..but then it was pravin kumar who broke this partnership..trying to make a hole in SAcan ship...and it worked..after kumar it was Jadeja who continued to push it harder for India.. and got another wicket...but it was kallis who made it all...holding the bat from one end...while the wickets were falling at regular interval...out of all the dismissals I fell sorry about morkel...as he was victim of bad umpiring..it was a tough call..SA was in trouble...70 runs required in 42 balls with 2 wickets in hand...Steyin and parnell continued to play their best..At one stage it was reckoned that Indians will get rid of these 2 and will grab the victory...however it din't happen..those 2 player contributed 60 runs partnership...and made the task easier to 10 runs from 6 balls...
Dhoni gave the ball to kumar...I was expecting that..I saw Dhoni believing these youngsters to in such situation...he was calm and cool...I heard him many times saying that " there is nothing much I can do in such situation except continue playing the regular game"...pravin proved it right...he was tensed...but he had experience of doing these in final over...he did it at several occasions.. he got rid of stein. ..the target was 3 runs in 1 ball..I will say it was unfortunate for South Africans again.. they didn't get that boundary..great efforts by Great Sachin Tendulkar..1 ball 3 runs..pravin throw the ball...hit towards third man...batsman run for 1 then run for second...but.........second run couldn't completed.....India won...Result-- India won by 1 wicket...
great match to watch...I think India has more chances to win this match 15 overs before...unfortunately sehwag din't bowl....and India missed the fifth bowler...SA were able to fetch this match until 1 run..
Great performance by Indian team...Keep Shining..Team India..
