RESULT
2nd ODI (D/N), Johannesburg, January 15, 2011, India tour of South Africa
(43/50 ov, T:191) 189

India won by 1 run

Player Of The Match
4/29
munaf-patel
New
SA
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end of over 432 runs • 2 wickets
SA: 189/10CRR: 4.39 RRR: 0.28
Lonwabo Tsotsobe1 (2b)
Munaf Patel 8-0-29-4
Zaheer Khan 9-0-37-2

Mac: "SA had the game in the bag and they .... choked. There, I have said it."

Surya: "Oh my god India won the match.....I swtchd off my TV long back ..actually what happned there? Is it SA's usual collapse story or India's wonderful cricket? I am confused."

Munaf Patel, we hear, is the man of the match. Hang on for the quotes from the post-match ceremony.

Smith "Congrats MS and his team. We played some good cricket for 70 overs but our game in the back end wasn't good enough. We now have to regroup. I would have liked to be there a little longer. Couple of soft dismissals, bad decision making and ... The pitch was slow and stopped a bit .. shot making was difficult. Credit to India. Tsotsobe bowled incredibly well. Unfortunately we weren't good enough to get over the line."

Munaf Patel is the man of the match: "I was just thinking about slower ones in the end. Crowd from my village are here and I was under pressure! They will now come to my hotel after the game! (smiles). I have worked hard on my fitness with Ramji and have bowled a lot in the nets here."

Dhoni: "It's a big win for us. We were short of 40-45 runs. We got a slow but a good start. Yuvraj got out just before we were about to take the powerplay. Then we had to postpone it. Then when we took it, Raina fell first ball. Harbhjan's role was crucial. When Bhaji came they decided not to take him on and lost a bit of momentum . Munaf has been bowling well for us in the last 10-20 games he has played. The part-timers also have bowled well. Yuvraj is our main batsman at no 4. He can dictate terms. Once he crosses 10-15 runs, you can see that he bats fantastically. Two gone, three more to go; we are expecting some tough cricket."

Here is the list of the smallest margin of victory (by runs). And that's it from us. On behalf of our scorer Sajan, this is Veera, signing off. Good bye and good luck.

42.6
W
Patel to Parnell, OUT

India have won! What a stunning collapse from South Africa. They are going to hear that Choke word all over again at the press conference. It was another shortish delivery outside off and he has cut it straight to Yuvraj at point! Parnell can't believe what he has done. Munaf takes out the final two in this over. Parnell stands there, and bites his helmet strap. Meanwhile. Yuvraj is on a celebratory dash to nowhere. Munaf smiles. Indians mob him. Parnell stands still.

In the absence of Jacques Kallis, South Africa are carrying a long tail and it has cost them today. The critics will bay for blood. They will scream that SA have choked again. India have bounced back yet again. It's 1-1. Phew. When Smith fell, after taking the batting Powerplay, it was 152 for 5. 189 all out.

Wayne Parnell c Yuvraj Singh b Patel 12 (27b 1x4 0x6 50m) SR: 44.44
42.5
Patel to Parnell, no run

in the zone outside off, tapped to point

Will he go for the tie first or will he go for the big hit?

42.4
1
Patel to Tsotsobe, 1 run

short in length, outside off, Lopsy steers it to Zaheer at third man. More applause.

42.3
Patel to Tsotsobe, no run

goes for the lbw- full and straight, Lonwabo gets the bat in front of the pad to defend. the crowd roar!

42.2
W
Patel to Morkel, OUT

Morne has blown it! Munaf nails him! It was a short delivery outside off and Morne went for the match-winning four. Cut. Crash. The ball flew but straight to point! The Indians roar. Enter Lonwabo Tsotsobe, who bowled so wonderfully earlier in the evening

Morne Morkel c sub (YK Pathan) b Patel 6 (11b 1x4 0x6 16m) SR: 54.54
42.1
1
Patel to Parnell, 1 run

full in length, on the off and middle, edges the drive to the on side. Just three more now.

Munaf to bowl

end of over 423 runs
SA: 187/8CRR: 4.45 RRR: 0.50
Morne Morkel6 (10b 1x4)
Wayne Parnell11 (24b 1x4)
Zaheer Khan 9-0-37-2
Suresh Raina 6-0-27-0
41.6
Khan to Morkel, no run

cuts in from around off stump, stabbed to midwicket. No run.

41.5
Khan to Morkel, no run

the bouncer on the leg stump line and Morne ducks. Morne checks with the umpire how many balls left in the over. One more.

41.4
1
Khan to Parnell, 1 run

fuller, outside off, Parnell goes for the square drive and edges it down to third man

41.3
1
Khan to Morkel, 1 run

short in length, just outside off, run down to third man

May: "Amazing that of all the strike bowlers Dhoni has he uses Raina to get a wicket with 12 needed and SA 8 down. Unreal"

41.2
1lb
Khan to Parnell, 1 leg bye

drifts to the pad, rolls away to short fine-leg.. Dhoni hares after it.

41.1
Khan to Parnell, no run

on the off stump line, pushed to left of point. Both batsmen take a step forward, think about the single before deciding against it. Wise decision. A run out now won't look too good on the CV

Kailash: "The Indians must be also be stunned to find themselves in such a position now. So it is stunned vs stunned"

end of over 415 runs
SA: 184/8CRR: 4.48 RRR: 0.77
Morne Morkel5 (7b 1x4)
Wayne Parnell10 (21b 1x4)
Suresh Raina 6-0-27-0
Zaheer Khan 8-0-35-2
40.6
4
Raina to Morkel, FOUR runs

Top shot! The pressure-relieving shot. Will it be the game breaker? It was slightly short in length and outside off, Morne rocked back to cut it through backward point. The crowd are up on their feet.

40.5
Raina to Morkel, no run

fuller, on the off and middle line, driven back to Raina

40.4
Raina to Morkel, no run

stays back to punch this to midwicket.

40.3
1
Raina to Parnell, 1 run

floated full, driven to long-off for a single

Raina pulls out before release

40.2
Raina to Parnell, no run

on the pads again, worked to midwicket

40.1
Raina to Parnell, no run

from round the stumps, on the leg stump line, rolls of the pad

end of over 402 runs
SA: 179/8CRR: 4.47 RRR: 1.20
Morne Morkel1 (4b)
Wayne Parnell9 (18b 1x4)
Zaheer Khan 8-0-35-2
Yuvraj Singh 1-0-3-0
39.6
Khan to Morkel, no run

fuller delivery, mistimes the drive back to Zaheer who stops it and stares at the batsman

39.5
Khan to Morkel, no run

rushes past the edge! It straightened outside off and Morne plays well inside the line. Zaheer smiles. The camera pans to a section of the crowd who look absolutely stunned.

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