Story The Indian Brigade's Diary: Second ODI: ****First 10 Overs****

[AbhishekS]

Nice work HarishanV and Hedger.
Lets see who wins 10,000 Vcash

 

[AbhishekS]

India VS South Africa
First ODI: Live from Mumbai
Telecasted on PC TV​

The stadium is pack, the crowd is set, the players are ready, and here is the toss.

MS Dhoni has the coin. Graeme Smith calls, "Tails"
Tails it is.

Ravi Shastri: You have won the toss Graeme, what have you decided?

Graeme Smith: Well we are going to have a bowl first. The pitch looks a bit wet, due to the early rains, and the low bounce might help our bowlers.

Ravi Shastri: And how is your leg now?

Graeme Smith: Its fine. There was not any serious trouble in it, but it just needed some medication.

Ravi Shastri: And you have visited India after a lot of time now. So are you all set?

Graeme Smith: Yes Ofcourse..!!

Ravi Shastri: Ok mate. Best Of Luck for the match.

Ravi Shastri: And MS, you have lost the toss, you would have also bowled first on this wicket!

MS Dhoni: Well Of course. Just as Graeme said. The pitch is a bit wet, so the low bounce will help the bowlers. But as we have our complete Batting strength now, with Yuvraj back, we might just over come this difficulty.

Ravi Shastri: India and South Africa, both are just inches away in the standings, so you would certainly give your best shot at this one.

MS Dhoni: We dont really look at the ratings. We take one game at a time, and try to give our best shot at it.

Ravi Shastri: Well Best Of Luck for the game MS.

So, the news from the centre is that South Africa has one the toss and elected to field first.

The Playing XI

India Batting

India got off to a flying start. A superb 120 run opening stand between Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. Sehwag got out on 47, missing out on a well - deserved half century. Gautam Gambhir then came in and made 18. After the dismissal of Gautam Gambhir, it was a complete MSD show. He scored a brilliant 75 in more than a run - a ball and cruised India to a large total of 330.
MS Dhoni was simply brilliant. He had 17 Boundaries in his 75....!!!

MS Dhoni's Wagon Wheel

MS Dhoni's Wagon Wheel

South Africa Bowling

The South African bowling was very poor on a pitch that was suitable for bowling. Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini were too expensive at the start. Robin Peterson bowled well. He did not pick a wicket but gave runs at an ER of 4.2.
Monde Zondeki was too expensive, but picked up three vital wickets of Dhoni, Yuvraj and Kohli. Jack Kallis too went for plenty. No bowler could have reasonable figures here.

Monde Zondeki celebrates the wicket of MS Dhoni with Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs

South Africa needs 331 Runs to Win in 50 Overs.

The winner of the "Predict n' Win" contest for predicitng that will Graeme Smith be able to play in the first ODI is HarishanV.
He has a won a prize of 10,000 Vcash.

Who will be the top scorer in the South African Innings?
The member to predict it correctly will be receiving a prize of 10,000 Vcash.​

 

[Prithvi]

I'll go with proteas

 

[Gary123]

Nice total by the Indians.
Good work Abhi with the update.
One suggestion though - Don't resize the scorecards and stuff as it looks out-of-proportion.
My prediction -
AB de Villiers

 

[CG123]

Thanks for the vCash.
I'll go Graeme Smith won't play, as well.

EDIT: Woops, I didn't see the second page...

Nice presentation, I'll go Graeme Simth.

 

[AbhishekS]

Nice total by the Indians.
Good work Abhi with the update.
One suggestion though - Don't resize the scorecards and stuff as it looks out-of-proportion.
My prediction -
AB de Villiers

Thanks a lot mate.
Actually I cannot resize it as I use a software which directly captures and uploads the selected part (dragged by mouse) on the screen.
It keeps the actual resolution, so I dont think I can do much.

But I will try it.

Cheers

 

[hedger_14]

I'll go with de Villiers because he is the best.

 

[AbhishekS]

I'll go with de Villiers because he is the best.

I suggest you to go with someone else as Gary has already predicted AB, and if he becomes the highest scorer, even then Gary will only win it.

 

[yashwanth kumar]

Nice total by the Indians. I hope SA will get closer to the target with a good batting lineup

good update from the start Abhishek Just one suggestion why don't you post the score card in small resolution ..........

Suren bhai's job getting tougher and tougher now next months STOM .............

yashwanth kumar added 1 Minutes and 25 Seconds later...

@ Predict and win i will go with J.P.Duminy

 

[AbhishekS]

Nice total by the Indians. I hope SA will get closer to the target with a good batting lineup

good update from the start Abhishek Just one suggestion why don't you post the score card in small resolution ..........

Suren bhai's job getting tougher and tougher now next months STOM .............

Mate I explained the Scorecard resolution thing before too

And thanks for thinking that it deserves to be the SOTM.
Appreciated.

Cheers

 

[yashwanth kumar]

Mate I explained the Scorecard resolution thing before too

And thanks for thinking that it deserves to be the SOTM.
Appreciated.

Cheers

Sorry i did not see Gary's post ................

 

[hedger_14]

Fine. I guess I'll lose then and go for Jacques Kallis. Well done Gary since you will win because you selected the best batsman.

 

[Amiya]

No badri in the squad? I am boycoting the story. :laugh
Lol just joking. Good batting by India. 330 is a large total but i expect South Africa to this one because Nehra is in the indian team. Good update.

 

[AbhishekS]

India VS South Africa
First ODI: Live from Mumbai
Telecasted on PC TV
PART 2​

South Africa needs 331 Runs to Win in 50 Overs.

South Africa Batting

South Africa too got a nice opening stand of 60 runs between Smith and Gibbs. Gibbs missed out on a half century. AB de Villiers to chipped in well. The South African team could manage a reasonably nice score, thanks to the half century of JP Duminy. His batting was superb, and the timing was sensational. He struck 10 fours and a six in his innings of 51 scoring more than a strike rate of 100....!!!

JP Duminy's Wagon Wheel

India Bowling

India bowled pretty well under the given circumstances. Nehra, Yuvraj, Harbhajan and Raina picked 1 wicket each. Praveen Kumar took 3 wickets and shattered the South African Innings. However, he was very expensive, giving away 70 runs in his allotted 10 overs. On the pitch where the bowlers of both the teams were getting hammered, Zaheer Khan stood up and took the challenge. He bowled superbly, conceding just 34 runs in 10 Overs. He could not manage to pick up a wicket tough.

Praveen Kumar (l) celebrates the wicket of Herschelle Gibbs

India won the Match by 60 Runs

The winner of the "Predict n' Win" contest for predicitng that who will be the highest scorer for South Africa in the first ODI is Yashwanth Kumar.
He has a won a prize of 10,000 Vcash.


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[yashwanth kumar]

:banana2 India won good South Africa scored 270 Thanks and :hpraise to ZACK for his outstanding Bowling figures 10 overs for just 34 runs and praveen for crucial breakthroughs

And thanks Yudi for the Vcash good update keep up the good work