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Fri, 30 March 2012
Gambhir leads India's chase as rain stops play

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23:19  

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Gautam Gambhir is keeping in the hunt with a brilliant 28-ball 49 as India reach 71-0 off 7.5 overs before rain stopped play at the Wanderers.

 

Robin Uthappa is keeping him company with 18 off 19 balls. For now India are 11 runs behind the par score at the same time according to the D/L method.

 

India still need 149 runs off 73 balls to win the game.

22:56  

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India are off to a positive start chasing 220 with Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa giving a fast start.

 

Gambhir specifically as he has been tonking the bowlers to all corners off the park. Uthappa is still feeling his way back in the international side.

 

At the end of four overs India were 40X-0. Gambhir is on 29, while Uthappa is on seven.

22:28  

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Riding high on brilliant 78 from Colin Ingram and 61 by Jacques Kallis, South Africa have posted a mammoth 219-4 -- their highest in Twenty20.

 

Although the hosts were going great guns throughout, but Suresh Raina's saw them plunder as many as 26 runs.

 

Indians too looked poor on field both with the ball and with their ground fielding.

 

Kallis and Ingram put on a brilliant 119 for the second wicket, which laid good platform for the likes of Justin Onton and Farhaan Behardien use the long handle to good effect.

22:01  

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Indians have finally managed to break the partnership after Kallis skied one to Rohit Sharma at deep midwicket off Ashwin for 61.

 

Kallis looking to up the tempo, was down on his knees attempting for a slog sweep, but didn't get the distance.

 

At the end of 15 overs South Africa were 148-2. Ingram is on 63, while debutant Farhaan Behardien is on two. 

21:56  

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Colin Ingram and Jacques Kallis smashed half-centuries to put South Africa on top in the one-off T20.

 

Indian bowlers have been guilty off bowling poor deliveries as the duo brought on their 100-runs stand in emphatic style.

 

Dhoni has used as many as 8 bowlers so far and none of them looks like picking up a wicket. Virat Kohli's opening over saw him going for three boundaries in a row.

 

At the end of 14 overs South Africa were 131-1. Kallis is on 59, while Ingram is on 50.

21:35  

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Yusuf Pathan comes into the attack now. South Africa have managed to get one boundary an over.

 

And just as we speak, Kallis rocks back and sends one over the boundary ropes for the first six of the match.

 

At the end of 8 overs, South Africa were 74-1. Kallis is on 27, while Ingram is on 25. 

21:23  

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South Africa are off to a racey start, despite losing Richard Levi for 19. Indian bowlers too have been rather generous by bowling on pads or bowling outsider off stump.

 

Levi smashed as many as four boundaries, while Colin Ingram announced his arrival at the crease with a cover drive off Irfan Pathan.

 

At the end of five overs South Africa were 47-1.

21:11  

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Irfan Pathan strikes the first blow for India, but not before Richard Levi had taken Indian bowlers to the cleaners.

 

Levi smashed a half-volley outside offstup for a boundary, then a front foot swat to make it two in a row.

 

Pathan has his revenge as Levi pushes at one outside the off-stump, catching the edge and was safely pouched by Rohit Sharma in the first slip.

 

South Africa were 27-1 after 2 overs.  

21:02  

Welcome to the live update of the one-off Twenty20 match between India and South Africa.

 

The news out in the middle is India has won the toss and have elected to bowl first.

 

For India Robin Uthappa comes back to the side, while South Africa have two fresh faces in the form of Farhaan Behardian and Dane Vilas.

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