India has defeated South Africa
by a huge margin of 130 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It was India's
second match in the world.
After winning the toss, captain
MS Dhoni elected to bat first. India managed to pile up a mammoth total of 307
in the allotted 50 overs for the loss of seven wickets. The chief architect of India's huge total was
Shikhar Dhawan who made a scintillating 137 off 146 balls. Rahane and Kohli
gave him good support with their 79 and 46 run innings respectively.
The Proteas innings was looking
off-color from the very start. In order to keep-up with the high required run
rate, opener De Kock departed early. After that Amla was caught at the square
leg fence, trying to pull Mohit Sharma for a six. South Africa was 2 for 40.
The partnership between AB de
Villiers and Fuf du Plessis took them to 108. After the unfortunate run out of
captain de Villiers, the entire batting line-up collapsed and the Proteas were
bundled out for 177.
Ashwin took 3 wickets for 41
runs, while Sharma and Shami took two wickets each. Jadeja also bowled pretty
economically and took one for 37. Two batsmen got run out.
Shikhar Dhawan was adjudged man
of the match.
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