Result

India won by 37 runs

South Africa vs India

24th Match · Durban · Sep 20, 2007 · ICC Men's T20 World Cup

IND
India
153/5 (20/20 ov)
SA
South Africa
116/9 (20/20 ov)

India won the toss and elected to batting

Player of the Match

India 1st Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Gautam Gambhir c Graeme Smith b Shaun Pollock 19 19 3 0 100.00
Virender Sehwag c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini 11 11 1 0 100.00
Dinesh Karthik c Albie Morkel b Shaun Pollock 0 1 0 0 0.00
Robin Uthappa c Graeme Smith b Morne Morkel 15 16 1 1 94.00
Rohit Sharma not out 50 40 7 2 125.00
Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Vernon Philander 45 33 4 1 136.00
Irfan Pathan not out 0 1 0 0 0.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Shaun Pollock 4.0 17 2 4.25
Makhaya Ntini 4.0 30 1 7.50
Johan van der Wath 4.0 43 0 10.75
Morne Morkel 4.0 32 1 8.00
Vernon Philander 2.0 14 0 7.00
Albie Morkel 2.0 13 0 6.50

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Herschelle Gibbs b RP Singh 1 3 0 0 33.00
Graeme Smith c Dinesh Karthik b RP Singh 4 6 1 0 67.00
AB de Villiers b Shanthakumaran Sreesanth 1 4 0 0 25.00
Justin Kemp c Rohit Sharma 5 12 1 0 42.00
Mark Boucher b Shanthakumaran Sreesanth 36 41 4 0 88.00
Shaun Pollock b RP Singh 0 1 0 0 0.00
Albie Morkel b RP Singh 36 37 2 1 97.00
Vernon Philander c Dinesh Karthik b Harbhajan Singh 2 5 0 0 40.00
Johan van der Wath c Dinesh Karthik b Harbhajan Singh 2 6 0 0 33.00
Morne Morkel not out 1 3 0 0 33.00
Makhaya Ntini not out 4 2 1 0 200.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth 4.0 23 2 5.75
RP Singh 4.0 13 4 3.25
Joginder Sharma 4.0 24 0 6.00
Irfan Pathan 4.0 16 0 4.00
Harbhajan Singh 4.0 31 2 7.75

Venue

Kingsmead
Durban, South Africa

Innings

  • India — 1st Innings 153-5 (20)
  • South Africa — 2nd Innings 116-9 (20)

Awards

Player of the match: Rohit Sharma