I am one of the people who didn't switch their TVs off and went to bed last night when the even thought of India winning the game looked distant. Score was around 150, with around 40 runs required with required run rate of 2.4, with six wickets remaining, both batsman looking comfortable on pitch, that was the time SA took batting power play. Only one thought came to my mind, can same thing happen to SA which happened to India? Earlier India had made a mess of batting power play with figures of 14/4.
Smith probably just wanted to wrap up the game with batting power play. Anyways the final result of power play for SA was 20/3, which was still better than what happened to India. This was enough for India to fantasize a win. Dhoni kept fielders in right areas, rotated bowlers quickly not allowing batsmen to settle. Finally a short and wide ball from Munaf Patel tempted Parnell to play a cut, only to be caught by Yuvraj at point. It was all over for SA. India won by one run.
Well, now it is quite debatable if India won the game or SA choked. No doubt India had lots of things going in their favor, but they should be praised to hang in there. With just 40 runs/6 wickets/20 overs remaining. It takes a man like SuperCool Dhoni to still hope that all is not lost.
It doesn't matter if it was SA's choking again which handed the match to India. Indian team deserves to win the game for holding their nerve. Congrats to team India and MS Dhoni
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