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Scorecard:

Australia: 184 for 5 (20 overs)

(Warner 72 off 42 balls, Watson 54 off 32 balls,  David Hussey 35 off 22 balls,  Yuvraj 2 for 20,  Nehra 2 for 31)

India: 135 all out (17.4 overs)

(Rohit Sharma 79* off 46 balls, N McCulum 26* off 17 balls, Tait 2 for 21, Nannes 3 for 25, Langveldt 2 for 39)

What do you do if the opposition rattles up 100 runs within 10 overs without losing a wicket? Well, if your caught without an umbrella you might as well soak the pleasure. It was an onslaught their mother’s couldn’t bear to watch, but they sat on to see their son’s bat much later. Although most of them missed that too as the Indian IPL stars got in and out even within the duration of an Ad (TV Commercial). Warner whoes virtues were extolled at our sister site www.onedayers.com even when he’d just played his first match went after Ravinder Jadeja like a dog goes after a cow - yap yap yap yap. The cow jumps up so much that the owner runs away. Well, even Ravinder was abandoned by his skipper like a mistress’ child. He did not get to bowl even long after Warner was gone!

Well India had so many IPL stars that any target seemed gettable. Sure get they did, I mean the bowlers got their goatee right away. Nannes spilled the beans on IP< teammate Gambhir right away. Only Rohit Sharma stood there maybe because his IPL stint wasn’t so noticeable. Rohit did bat as well as Warner to be fair. However, Rohit had no partners to share his optimism with.

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Scorecard:

India: 186 for 5 (20 overs)

(Suresh Raina 101 off 60 balls, Yuvraj 37 off 30 balls, Kleinveldt 2 for 48)

South Africa: 172 for 5 (20 overs)

(Kallis 73 off 54 balls, Smith 36 off 28 balls, DeVillier 31 off 15 balls, Yusuf Pathan 2 for 42)

India carried their form of IPL into the World Cup. The always in form Suresh Raina scored the first century of this edition. Yuvraj again contributed with a useful 37.  But the key to a large score was the finish by Yusuf Pathan and Dhoni - reminds one of the great Lance Kluesner finishes that gave South Africa the edge in 1999-2000. The tables have now turned and a lot of Zulus bat for India.

Kallis also carried his IPL form into this tournament making one wish that Sachin too was here. Kallis initially was quite tentative when Bosman was around and still cautious when he put together a partnership with Smith. By now the rate started looking unfathomable. A late charge brought them quite close, however, Indian bowlers did not let them run away with their ambitions and got out Morkel and DeVilliers. Nobody below them has the wherewithall to score at a strike rate of 200+. So the end was inevitable.

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