de Villiers, Kallis give Proteas reprieve
AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) — AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis hammered centuries to set up South Africa’s consolation 90-run victory over India in the third and final One-Day international yesterday.
De Villiers cracked a quickfire 102 not out for his sixth hundred and skipper Kallis a solid unbeaten 104 for his 17th century as South Africa posted their highest One-Day total of 365-2 against India.
Man-of-the-match de Villiers’s century came off just 58 deliveries, the seventh-fastest in One-Day cricket.
India, who rested openers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, and pacemen Praveen Kumar and Ashish Nehra after gaining an unbeatable 2-0 lead on Wednesday, were all out for 275 in the day-night match in Ahmedabad.
South African paceman Dale Steyn did the maximum damage as he finished with 3-37, including those of Virat Kohli (57) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (nine) in one over.
Seamer Lonwabo Tsotsobe bagged three wickets, while spinners Johan Botha and Roelof van der Merwe took two apiece.
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South Africa:
L Bosman c Jadeja b Pathan 68
H Amla c Vijay b Jadeja 87
J Kallis not out 104
AB de Villiers not out 102
Extras (lb2, nb2) 4
Total (for two wickets; 50 overs) 365
Fall of wickets: 1-113 (Bosman), 2-192 (Amla)
Bowling: Sreesanth 9-0-83-0 (nb1), Tyagi 8-0-59-0 (nb1), Mithun 8-0-63-0,
Jadeja 10-0-53-1, Pathan 10-0-66-1, Kohli 2-0-11-0, Sharma 3-0-28-0
India:
D Karthik c Amla b Steyn 11
M Vijay c Boucher b Tsotsobe 25
V Kohli c Boucher b Steyn 57
R Sharma c Tsotsobe b Botha 48
MS Dhoni c Boucher b Steyn 9
S Raina c sub (Parnell) b Botha 49
Y Pathan c Steyn b Tsotsobe 5
R Jadeja c Boucher b Tsotsobe 36
S Sreesanth lbw b van der Merwe 1
A Mithun st Boucher b van der Merwe 24
S Tyagi not out 1
Extras (lb5, w4) 9
Total (for all out; 443 overs) 275
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Karthik), 2-40 (Vijay), 3-135 (Sharma), 4-156 (Dhoni),
5-157 (Kohli), 6-179 (Pathan), 7-233 (Raina), 8-237 (Sreesanth),
9-273 (Mithun), 10-275 (Jadeja)
Bowling: Steyn 8-1-37-3, Tsotsobe 93-0-58-3, Morkel 7-0-48-0 (w2),
van der Merwe 10-0-47-2 (w2), Botha 10-0-80-2
Result: South Africa win by 90 runs
Series result: India clinch
three-match series 2-1
Toss: South Africa
Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) and
Sanjay Hazare (IND)
TV umpire: Shavir Tarapore (IND)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)