India Tops Group-C

It was fine sunday for every one in India....Suresh Raina just become a third cricketer to score an International T20 hundered after Chris Gayle(117) and Brendon McCullum(116*)..India won South Africa by 14 runs and eventually qualified for the Super 8's by topping the Group-C

Shaky Start:

Greame Smith won the toss and asked the opposition to bat first. India had two changes in the Playing XI that played against Afghanisthan. Gambhir and Zaheer were not fit. So Piyush and Karthik had a nook in. India has a very shaky start. In the very second ball of the match there were the mix up between two openers ran to the same end. Luckily they didn't get out. Fortunate fluctuated more than ever. Both the openers were soon dismisssed. Vijay for a golden duck, while Karthik got out for a 17 ball 16.Thinks would have been even worse for India if Raina was got caught in a legal delivery. He was brilliantly caught a mid-off by Kleinvelt when he was on 5, but he was furtunate as it was a no-ball. Yuvraj and Raina had well made 88 run partenership. Yuvraj flicked one on his pads to a six in fineleg which marked that he was on road to form. Yuvraj Scored 37 off 30 balls before he was dismissed by Kleinvelt. Yusuf Pathan was dismissed cheaply for 11 runs. Meanwhile Raina slowly progressed to his maiden century. He was brutal as ever. Once the scoresheet called 4,4,4,6 by Raina off kleinvelt. He hit Albie Morkel for a six over mid-on to bring up his maiden century.With later cameo by the Skipper Dhoni India set a target of might 187 for the proteas.

Good Responce:

Bosman and Kallis came to open the South African innings. Bosman was cheaply removed by Pathan when the scoreboard showed 21/1 in 4.4. Gibbs and kallis steadied the ship. They couldn't find any boundaries till 12th Over. They got occationaly courtesy edges that flew off the bat. After 13 over, Smith started to take aerial root. He was vulturish against Jadege slogging him over the midwicket for Six. He contributed with 36 runs before he was run out by Praveen Kumar. Kallis made his fifty and started to anti up the run rate. In that progress he hit Harbajan for a consecutive sixes. Later he was dismissed for 73 by chawla. AB Deviliers and Albie Morkel scored good Cameos. Infact Albie Morkel pulled Yusuf Pathan for a 104 m six over mid wicket. Eventually they ended up at 172/5 in 20 overs.

South Africans came so close yet they were so far.

Craziest Indian Cricket Fan,

Ragul