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| Tendulkar milestone in India win |
| Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to reach 15,000 one-day runs as India levelled their best of three series against South Africa in Belfast.
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| INDIA
, 29-June-2007
19:23:23 PM |
| Second one-day international, Stormont:
India 227-4 (49 overs) beat South Africa 226-6 (50 ovs) by six wickets
Tendulkar made 93 before being bowled by spinner Thandi Tshabalala as India slumped from 134-0 to 142-4.
But Yuvraj Singh (49) and Dinesh Karthik (31) put on 85 to see them home on 227-4 with six balls to spare
Yuvraj earlier took 3-36 to help restrict South Africa to 226-6, with opener Morne van Wyk making 82.
India again went into the game with depleted playing resources because of a flu bug affecting the squad, forcing them to give teenage seam bowler Ishant Sharma his one-day debut.
But they made a highly encouraging start after Rahul Dravid won the toss and opted to field as they reduced South Africa to 46-3.
AB de Villiers was run out without scoring and RP Singh claimed the prized scalp of Jacques Kallis by bowling off the inside edge for two.
Herschelle Gibbs was next to go, caught off Zaheer Khan for 17, but van Wyk and Jean-Paul Duminy steadied the innings with a partnership which added 85 to the total in 19 overs.
When Duminy was caught by Dravid off Yuvraj, South Africa needed to accelerate and it was Mark Boucher who provided it.
Van Wyk departed in the 41st over, edging a ball from Yuvraj to keeper Mahendra Dhoni after hitting a six and seven fours in his second one-day half century in four appearances, but Boucher ensured the scoreboard kept ticking over as reached fifty at a run per ball.
Andrew Hall made a valuable 17 before he was bowled by Yuvraj and Boucher was unbeaten on 55 when the innings came to a close.
India made a magnificent start in reply, thanks to the tried and trusted opening combination of Tendulkar and former skipper Sourav Ganguly.
Tendulkar opened his account with a boundary and later pulled Andre Nel for the first of two sixes as they put on 100 in 23 overs.
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