22 February 2015

World Cup Match -13 India v South Africa

ICC Cricket World cup 2015, Pool B  : 13th  Match  between India, South Africa at Melbourne, on  Feb 22, 2015.

Pitch Report: its a green grass , its not a 300 runs pitch
India won the Toss and Bat First 
Match Result was India won by 130 runs

India score 307 runs and loss of 7 wickets in 50 Overs 
South Africa All out at 177 runs in 40.2 Overs
Player of the match - S Dhawan (India)-137 (146b 16x4 2x6) 
Sachin Tendulkar is in the stadium, in a purple shirt.

HIGHEST! Score  134*  against South Africa in the World Cup - by Stephen Fleming in 2003 - Dhawan has beaten that Now....  
7th ODI hundred and 2nd against South Africa, both came at Neutral venue for Dhawan

3 no of Indian openers to start World Cups with back to back 50+ scores - Tendulkar, Ganguly and now Dhawan.


India have never lost an ODI when Dhawan has scored a century, has happened all 7 times."
130 Runs, the biggest win for any team against South Africa in World Cup. 
THIS IS INDIA's 4th consecutive win over SA in ICC Tournament. 


Match Discussion:
India Squad (No change)
MS Dhoni*†, R Ashwin, STR Binny, S Dhawan, RA Jadeja, V Kohli, B Kumar, Mohammed Shami, AR Patel, AM Rahane, SK Raina, AT Rayudu, MM Sharma, RG Sharma, UT Yadav

South Africa Squad ( Wayne Parnell is in for Farhaan Behardien.)

AB de Villiers*, HM Amla, KJ Abbott, F Behardien, Q de Kock†, JP Duminy, F du Plessis, Imran Tahir, DA Miller, M Morkel, WD Parnell, AM Phangiso, VD Philander, RR Rossouw, DW Steyn

Stories Before Match


THIS is the fourth meeting of these two teams in WORLD CUP, SOUTH AFRICA have won all three matches.


15 Mar 1992 South Africa won by 6 wickets
15 May 1999 South Africa 
won by 4 wickets
12 Mar 2011 South Africa won by 3 wickets
22 Feb 2015 ? ?
can India create a history?

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