Three wickets in the form of Ingram, AB de Villiers and JP Duminy made it more difficult for the hosts, but South Africa were dealt their biggest blow when Munaf castled Smith in the 33rd over leaving the visitors at 152 for five. Munaf and Zaheer soon made it 163 for seven. And if those blows were not enough, Dale Steyn ran himself out with South Africa just 14 runs away from victory. Morne Morkel offered a lolly to substitute Yusuf Pathan off Munaf, before the unassuming seamer drove the final nail in South Africa's coffin.
India lost four wickets for 14 runs in the third powerplay, after managing 54 in the first two.
The left-arm pacer worked his magic after Yuvraj Singh (53 off 68 balls) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (38 off 61) revived India's innings with a 83-run fourth-wicket stand.
Tsotsobe took the wickets of Murali Vijay, Yuvraj, Dhoni and Suresh Raina.
The left-arm pacer worked his magic after Yuvraj Singh (53 off 68 balls) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (38 off 61) revived India's innings with a 83-run fourth-wicket stand.
Tsotsobe took the wickets of Murali Vijay, Yuvraj, Dhoni and Suresh Raina.
Match Summary (India Won by 1 Run)
- India Inning– 190/10 in 50 Overs
- Yuvraj Singh- 53 M.S.Dhoni–38
- L.Tsotsobe– 10-2-22-4 D.Styen- 9.2-1-35-2
- South Africa Inning– 189/10 in 43 Overs
- G.Smith- 77 D.Miller– 27
- M.Patel– 8-0-29-4 Z.Khan- 9-0-37-2
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Vijay), 2-63 (Kohli), 3-67 (Tendulkar), 4-150 (Yuvraj), 5-169 (Raina), 6-172 (Dhoni), 7-177 (Harbhajan), 8-179 (Zaheer), 9-184 (Rohit).
South Africa bowling: Steyn 9.2-1-35-2, Tsotsobe 10-2-22-4, Parnell 7-0-43-0, Morkel 8-0-32-2, Botha 10-0-35-1, Duminy 3-0-19-0.
Power Plays: One (1-10): 28/1; Bowling (11-15): 26/0; Batting (42-46): 14/4.
South Africa Score Board: H. Amla c Dhoni b Munaf 4 (9b, 1x4), G. Smith b Munaf 77 (98b, 8x4), C. Ingram lbw b Harbhajan 25 (30b, 1x4, 1x6), A.B. de Villiers c Dhoni b Nehra 8 (13b, 1x4), J.P. Duminy c Vijay b Rohit 13 (19b, 1x4), D. Miller c sub (Chawla) b Zaheer 27 (28b, 3x4, 1x6), J. Botha lbw b Zaheer 4 (7b), W. Parnell c Yuvraj b Munaf 12 (27b, 1x4), D. Steyn (run out) 6 (14b), M. Morkel c sub (Pathan) b Munaf 6 (11b, 1x4), L. Tsotsobe (not out) 1 (2b); Extras (lb-5, w-1): 6; Total (in 43 overs): 189.
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Amla), 2-66 (Ingram), 3-77 (de Villiers), 4-120 (Duminy), 5-152 (Smith), 6-160 (Miller), 7-163 (Botha), 8-177 (Steyn), 9-188 (Morkel).
India bowling: Zaheer 9-0-37-2, Munaf 8-0-29-4, Nehra 7-1-44-1, Harbhajan 10-0-32-1, Raina 6-0-27-0, Rohit 2-0-12-1, Yuvraj 1-0-3-0.
Power Plays: One (1-10): 55/1; Bowling (11-15): 22/1; Batting (32-36): 20/3 .
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