Saturday, January 22, 2011

IND v SA 4th ODI Result - Duminy helps South Africa won by 48 runs in a rain hit match, Series level 2-2


IND v SA 4th ODI Result - Duminy helps South Africa won by 48 runs in a rain hit match, Series level 2-2

South Africa bounced back strongly after two lost and won the 4th one day by 48 runs in the rain inturrepted match to level the 5 match series 2-2, on Friday, 21st January, 2011 at Port Elizabeth. SAF made 265/7 in 50 overs and IND were 142/6 in 32.5 overs when rain stops play.

South Africa got a good start by Amla's 64 runs but then they reduced to 118/5 in 23 overs as Yuvraj took 3 wickets but JP Duminy hit unbeaten 71 runs off 72 balls to set a tough total of 265 on a slow track well supported by Botha, who made 44 runs. India then again got a poor start and soon reduced to 49/3 but Kohli fought hard with unbeaten 87 runs but didn't get any support from other end they were 142/6 when rain stops play well behind 48 runs as per D/L method. JP Duminy got Man of the Match for his 71 runs.

Match Summary:

South Africa - 265/7 in 50 overs (Duminy 71*, Amla 64, Botha 44, Yuvraj 3-34)

India - 142/6 in 32.5 overs (Kohli 87*, Tsotsobe 2-25)

Toss - South Africa, who chose to bat first.

Man of the Match
- JP Duminy (South Africa)

Result - South Africa won by 48 runs (D/L method)

Series - 5 match series level by 2-2

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