India overwhelm S. Africa to reach Champions Trophy semis
London, June 11 (IANS) India rode on a superb bowling show to thump South Africa by eight wickets here on Sunday and become the first team from Group B to enter the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy cricket tournament.
Disciplined Indian bowling bowled out South Africa for 191 runs in 44.3 overs at The Oval. India chased down the target in 38 overs with eight wickets to spare.
This win took India’s points tally to four points, while South Africa, with only two points from three matches, were eliminated.
CT 2017: India vs South Africa scorecard
London, June 11 (IANS) Following is the scorecard of the Group B Champions Trophy match between India and South Africa here on Sunday:
South Africa —
Quinton de Kock b Ravindra Jadeja 53
Hashim Amla c Mahendra Singh Dhoni b Ravichandran Ashwin 35
Faf du Plessis b Hardik Pandya 36
AB de Villiers run out (Pandya/Dhoni) 16
David Miller run out (Jasprit Bumrah/Virat Kohli) 1
J.P. Duminy not out 20
Chris Morris c Bhuvneshwar Kumar b Bumrah 4
Andile Phehlukwayo lbw b Bumrah 4
K. Rabada c Dhoni b Kumar 5
Mornie Morkel c Kohli b Kumar 0
Imran Tahir run out (Kohli/Dhoni) 1
Extras (lb 6, w 10) 16
Total (all out, 44.3 overs) 191
Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Amla, 17.3 overs), 2-116 (de Kock, 24.2), 3-140 (de Villiers, 28.2), 4-142 (Miller, 29.1), 5-157 (du Plessis, 33.3), 6-167 (Morris, 36.4), 7-178 (Phehlukwayo, 40.1), 8-184 (Rabada, 42.2), 9-184 (Morkel, 42.3), 10-191 (Imran Tahir, 44.3).
Bowling:
Bhuvneshawar Kumar 8-0-23-2
Jasprit Bumrah 8-0-28-2
Ravichandran Ashwin 9-0-43-1
Hardik Pandya 10-0-52-1
Ravindra Jadeja 10-0-39-1
India —
Rohit Sharma c de Kock b Mornie Morkel 12
Shikhar Dhawan c Faf du Plessis b Imran Tahir 78
Virat Kohli not out 76
Yuvraj Singh not out 23
Extras (lb 2, w 1, nb 1) 4
Total (2 wickets, 38 overs) 193/2
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Sharma, 5.3 ov), 2-151 (Dhawan, 30.1 ov)
Bowling:
K. Rabada 9-2-34-0
Mornie Morkel 7-1-38-1
Andile Phehlukwayo 5-0-25-0
Chris Morris 8-0-40-0
Imran Tahir 6-0-37-1
Jean-Paul Duminy 3-0-17-0
