India's Thrilling encounter against South Africa 2011

The stage was set as India took on South Africa in their second ODI match of the series. In the previous ODI South Africa outplayed India in all aspects. The second ODI also seemed the same way as the Indian team began to loose their wickets continuously as they decided to bat first after winning the toss. Captain Cool MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh put on a decent partnership in the middle of the innings but their efforts went in vain when Yuvraj departed just the previous over of the power play 3. Raina also followed soon after Yuvraj to the pavilion by getting out in the first over of the power play. India somehow managed to score 189 and they did not last for the entire 50 overs as well. South Africans had a steady start. Hashim Amla departed early and his departure did not affected the scoring rate of South Africa. Graeme Smith played very well despite loosing wickets at the other end. Many South African batsmen tried to score quick runs and they paid their price by getting out very cheaply. They were 105/3 and there were plenty of over remaining. Smith and Duminy put on a decent partnership. Then came the break through provided by Harbhajan Singh. Duminy got out trying to clear long-on. Wickets kept falling and Smith departed on the first ball power play overs, handing over his wicket to Munaf Patel. Munaf deceived Smith completely with his slower one. Power play seemed to be very much a failure to South Africa. As usual the match came down to a wire with South Africa have 2 wickets remaining and they need 4 runs to win. Munaf bowled the over of his career, he picked up two last wickets in the same over. South africans were bundled out for 188 in 44 overs. India won by 1. Man of the Match was given to Munaf Patel and it was Munaf's best bowling figures in ODI's. This ODI was the ODI of the decade and Indian team came out on top with the views of lifting their Second world cup crown.