Ganguly stars in Indian win over SA
Nairobi, Oct 13: India beat holders South Africa by a huge margin of 95 runs in the semi final of the ICC knock out tournament here today and will meet New Zealand in the final on Sunday, October 15.
With New Zealand entering the final by virtue of their defeat of Pakistan, there are two surprise contenders for this edition of the ICC Cup.
Once India had put up 295 runs in their 50 overs, it was never going to be easy for South Africa. Indeed after being 23 for 3 at one stage, it was creditable that they reached a score of 200 runs.
The top scorer was Mark Boucher, with 60.
Anil Kumble was rewarded for his tight and consistent bowling with the wickets of Shaun Pollock, stumped by Dahiya and Lance Klusener, caught Dahiya. He would have got Boje too except that Saurav Ganguly put him down at slip off two successive deliveries. Kumble's analysis was 2 for 28
Sachin Tendulkar got two wickets for 32 runs. He was expensive in his first spell but picked up wickets in his second, those of Roger Telemachus and Nicky Boje. The initial breakthroughs were from Zaheer Khan, who got rid of Andrew Hall and Boeta Dippenaar.
Sourav Ganguly was declared man of the match for his knock of 141 in 140 balls with six sixes and 12 boundaries.
