India won the toss and chose to bat first
Squads
India
| Shikhar Dhawan |
| Rohit Sharma |
| Virat Kohli |
| Ajinkya Rahane |
| Suresh Raina |
| MS Dhoni (C, W) |
| Ravindra Jadeja |
| Ravichandran Ashwin |
| Mohammed Shami |
| Umesh Yadav |
| Mohit Sharma |
South Africa
| Hashim Amla |
| Quinton De Kock (W) |
| Faf Du Plessis |
| AB De Villiers (C) |
| David Miller |
| JP Duminy |
| Vernon Philander |
| Wayne Parnell |
| Dale Steyn |
| Imran Tahir |
| Morne Morkel |
In full capacity, the MCG can easily host nearly a hundred thousand spectators. It wasn't quite full on Sunday (February 22), but only by a little. The official number was 86,876 - a good 2000 more than what turned out when Australia hosted England on February 14,2015 - 84336 spectators
Sachin Tendulkar at the MCG for India's World Cup match against South Africa.
The Ton scored by Shikhar Dhawan is his 7th ODI Century and all the tons have come in a winning cause
Shikhar Dhawan, who made 73 Runs against Pakistan on Feb15,2015, put on 127 Runs for the second wicket with Virat Kohli (46) and 125 for the third with Rahane (79 off 60 balls)Vs SA on Sunday Feb 22,2015
Shikhar Dhawan, who made 73 Runs against Pakistan on Feb15,2015, put on 127 Runs for the second wicket with Virat Kohli (46) and 125 for the third with Rahane (79 off 60 balls)Vs SA on Sunday Feb 22,2015
Shikhar Dhawan and Ravi Shastri during a training session
"I would say those people who were asking why Shikhar was there in the World Cup squad, they don't know their cricket. He committed some mistakes during the Test series against Australia. He got the starts but got out due to mistakes. But now against Pakistan and today, he was fabulous. He did everything right today, in his approach, shot selection," said Ravi Shastri
Not often you find fielding among the top three bullet points contributing to an Indian win, but Sunday was different. Not only did India field well, they out-fielded a side known for throwing itself around on the park to save 15-20 runs every match.
South Africa got a taste of their own medicine as Indian fielding surprised them and effected run-outs of two of the most dangerous Proteas batsmen - AB de Villiers and David Miller - while inflicting a 130-run hammering
Shikhar Dhawan, who regained his form in the World Cup, treated South Africa's bowling attack with disdain scoring 137 Runs(in 146 Balls with 4x16 and 6x2) - the highest individual World Cup score against South Africa
Two matches into India’s title defence,Shikhar Dhawan is playing like "who said I was out of form,"
A 76-run win over Pakistan, followed by the huge 130-run hammering of South Africa. This is the stuff of champions
Mohit Sharma (2/31 in 7 overs), Ravichandran Ashwin (3/41 in 10 overs) and Mohammed Shami (2/30 in 8 overs) kept the opposition batsmen under tight leash for better part of the innings
By beating two major teams - Pakistan and South Africa back to back after two winless months in Australia, India have shown how much defending the World Cup crown means to them
This was India's maiden World Cup win against South Africa after having lost the clashes in 1992, 1999 and 2011.
Wayne Parnell recorded the worst figures of 1/85 off 9 overs with consolation wicket of Dhawan. Vernon Philander's (0/19 in 4 overs) injury also did create serious problems for the Proteas when Indian top order went all guns blazing.
Turning point of the match -Runouts of AB de Villiers and David Miller
Scorecard
India 307/7 in 50 Overs
South Africa 177/10 in 40.2 Overs
Match Result India won by 130 Runs
MOM Shikhar Dhawan for his 137 Runs
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