Johannesburg, March 30: The one-off T20I under the Friendship Cup, awarded to South Africa under the D/L method, saw a deluge of runs before the rain came down at the Wanderers. From the 119-run partnership between Jacques Kallis and Colin Ingram to the 26 runs off the last over of the South African innings, the hosts dominated proceedings. Though Indian openers Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa put up a good fight, the rain put an end to what was turning out to be an audacious run chase. Take a look at the highlights from the short-lived game.
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This was the sixth Twenty20 International between South Africa and India; India have won four and South Africa two.
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This match was the fourth T20I between South Africa and India in South Africa. South Africa registered their first win.
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Farhaan Behardien and Dane Vilas were making their Twenty20 International debut for South Africa.
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MS Dhoni was playing his 30th match as captain. He has now equalled England’s Paul Collingwood’s record for most matches as captain.
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Jacques Kallis was playing his first Twenty20 International since May 2010 when he appeared against West Indies at North Sound, missing 11 matches in between.
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At 36 years 166 days, Kallis became the oldest cricketer to play a Twenty20 International, obliterating Herschelle Gibbs’ record. Gibbs was 36 years 76 days old while playing against Pakistan at Gros Islet in 2010.
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13 runs came off the first over of the South African innings – their most productive opening over ever. South Africa had started off their innings with 12 runs on three occasions.
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Richard Levi’s wicket was Irfan Pathan’s 17th wicket in this format. He is now just one short of equalling Harbhajan Singh’s Indian record for most wickets (18).
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South Africa raced to their fifty off 5.2 overs – their fastest team fifty against India. They had taken 5.3 overs at Durban in 2011.
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South Africa raced to their hundred off 11.2 overs – their fastest team hundred against India. They had taken 12 overs at Durban in 2011.
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The 119-run partnership between Kallis and Colin Ingram is South Africa’s highest for the second wicket against any country. This obliterated the previous record stand of 111 between Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs against Australia at Johannesburg in 2006.
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The Kallis-Ingram partnership is now the highest partnership for any wicket against India.The pair obliterated the previous record stand of 104 between Shane Watson and David Warner for the first wicket at Bridgetown in 2010. Incidentally, the previous highest second-wicket partnership against India was 97 between Kallis and Graeme Smith at Gros Islet in 2010.
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The above partnership is in fact the second highest for the second wicket in Twenty20 Internationals, after the 166-run partnership between Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara against West Indies at Bridgetown in 2010.
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Jacques Kallis raced to his fifty off just 36 balls – his fastest in Twenty20 Internationals. His previous fastest had come off 41 balls against West Indies at North Sound in 2010.
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This was Kallis’ second fifty in as many innings against India. He had made 73 at Gros Islet in 2010.
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Colin Ingram’s 78 is the highest score in South Africa-India contests, beating Jacques Kallis’ 73 at Gros Islet in 2010.
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South Africa’s total of 219 for four is their second highest against any opponent, after 241 for six against England at Centurion in 2009. Incidentally, their previous highest against India was 172 for five at Gros Islet in 2010.
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South Africa’s 219 for four is also the highest total by any side against India, beating Sri Lanka’s 215 for five at Nagpur in 2009.
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Albie Morkel made 16* off just three balls. His strike-rate of 533.33 is the highest for any batsman in Twenty20 Internationals. England’s Stuart Broad had made 10* off two balls (strike-rate 500.00) against West Indies at The Oval in 2009.
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Six batsmen managed a strike-rate of at least 145.00 during the South African innings. This happened only the third time in Twenty20 International history. However, it was the first time that all six batsmen who batted managed a strike-rate of 145-plus.
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Suresh Raina conceded 26 runs off the 20th over of South African innings. He now holds the dubious distinction of conceding the most runs in one over for India. Yuvraj Singh had conceded 25 runs in one over against New Zealand at Johannesburg in 2007.
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India used eight bowlers – the most by any side in a Twenty20 International (on seven occasions). The only other such instance for India was also against South Africa at Nottingham in 2009.
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Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir added 71 runs for the first wicket without being separated. This is India’s highest opening partnership against South Africa in this format. The previous best was 48 between Gambhir and Rohit Sharma at Nottingham in 2009.
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The win was Johan Botha’s eighth in 11 Twenty20 Internationals as South Africa captain – a win-percentage of 72.72. He has now equalled Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene’s record for the highest win-percentage among all players captaining their respective sides in 10 or more games.
