FRANCE REACH P23 QUARTERFINAL SPORTS 24 Saturday, October 3, 2015 Twenty20 PROTEAS

DharamsalaSTUNAmla hit 36 off 24 ballsINDIA and de In India’s innings, Sharma outh Africa put on a thrilling Villiers contributed a typically plundered 12 boundaries and five sixes display to brush aside India aggressive 51 from 32 deliveries that in his maiden T20 , displaying Sby seven in the first Twenty20 included seven fours and a six. a spectacular array of strokes all round match in Dharamsala yesterday and India claimed three wickets for the ground. grab the lead in the three-game series. 15 runs to reduce South Africa to Kohli became the first Indian In a high-scoring encounter played 95-3, but JP Duminy and Farhaan batsman to score 1,000 T20 runs as before a sell-out crowd of 23,000 at the Behardien stepped in to hit a match he blazed his way to three sixes and picturesque venue, the tourists chased winning of 105 that came a four. down India’s challenging 199-5 with off just 55 balls. The pair put on 138 off 74 balls two deliveries to spare. Left-handed Duminy returned for the second after Shikhar India’s innings after being sent in to unbeaten on a 34-ball 68 that was Dhawan was out for three bat revolved around a superb 106 off studded with seven sixes, three off attempting a second run. 66 balls by opener Rohit Sharma, ably them from successive deliveries by India were coasting at 160-1 in the supported by ’s 27-ball 43. left-arm spinner . 16th over before the tourists hit back But the Proteas, helped by the Behardien chipped in with 32 not with four wickets in the final overs. Indian bowlers’ inability to grip the out. The second match will be played in ball in the evening dew, made light of Sreenath Aravind, a 31-year-old Cuttack on Monday and the third in the stiff target following a rip-roaring left-arm seamer from Karnataka, made next Thursday. opening stand of 77 from 53 balls a forgettable international debut as he South Africa will also play five between and AB de was hammered for 44 runs in 3.4 overs, one-day internationals and four Tests Villiers. including a last-over six by Duminy. during their 10-week tour of India.

SCOREBOARD India: R. Sharma c Morris b Abbott 106 S. Dhawan run out 3 V. Kohli c Duminy b Abbott 43 S. Raina lbw b Morris 14 M. Dhoni 20 A. Rayudu run out 0 A. Patel not out 2 Extras: (lb2, w8, nb1) 11 Total (for five wickets, 20 overs) 199 Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Dhawan), 2-160 (Kohli), 3-162 (Sharma), 4-184 (Raina), 5-184 (Rayudu). South Africa: Rohit Sharma H. Amla run out 36 being congratu- AB de Villiers b Ashwin 51 lated by Harbhajan F. du Plessis b Aravind 4 Singh JP Duminy not out 68 F. Behardien not out 32 Extras: (lb5, w4) 9 Total (for three wickets, 19.4 overs) 200 Fall of wickets: 1-77 (Amla), 2-93 (de Villiers), 3-95 (du Plessis). South Africa’s JP Duminy exults after victory

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