India beat Zimbabwe by 4 wickets

Harare Sports Club, 4 Sept 2005. India won the toss and chose to bowl.

India255/648.1 ov

India won by 4 wickets

New Zealand won the tournament

Match report

From the scorecard

India won the toss and chose to bowl. Zimbabwe were bowled out for 250, Charles Coventry 74 from 99 balls and Tatenda Taibu 71 from 97 balls. Ajit Agarkar took 3 for 34.

India reached 255 for 6 in 48.1 overs, Yuvraj Singh 120 from 124 balls and MS Dhoni 67 not out from 63 balls. Blessing Mahwire took 2 for 40.

India won by 4 wickets.

Key performers

120Yuvraj SinghIndia. 124 balls, 12 fours, 1 sixPlayer of the match

3/34Ajit AgarkarIndia. 10 overs, 3 maidens CC74Charles CoventryZimbabwe. 99 balls, 7 fours, 3 sixes BM2/40Blessing MahwireZimbabwe. 9.1 overs

Zimbabwe innings

250(50 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Vusi Sibandalbw b RP Singh	lbw b RP Singh	1	6	0	0	16.67
Brendan Taylorrun out	run out	26	41	5	0	63.41
Hamilton Masakadzac & b RP Singh	c & b RP Singh	0	5	0	0	0.00
Tatenda Taibu †b Jai Prakash Yadav	b Jai Prakash Yadav	71	97	5	2	73.20
Charles Coventryc M Kartik b AB Agarkar	c M Kartik b AB Agarkar	74	99	7	3	74.75
Andy Blignautst †MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	st †MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	41	26	6	1	157.69
Sean Williamsrun out	run out	8	6	1	0	133.33
Gavin Ewinglbw b M Kartik	lbw b M Kartik	7	10	1	0	70.00
Blessing Mahwireb AB Agarkar	b AB Agarkar	2	9	0	0	22.22
Prosper Utseyab AB Agarkar	b AB Agarkar	0	2	0	0	0.00
Anthony Irelandnot out	not out	1*	1	0	0	100.00
Extras(lb 13, w 4, nb 2)	(lb 13, w 4, nb 2)	19
Total50 Ov (RR 5.00)	50 Ov (RR 5.00)	250

Did not bat: Keith Dabengwa

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (V Sibanda, 2.1 ov), 4-2 (H Masakadza, 3 ov), 50-3 (BRM Taylor, 14.1 ov), 166-4 (T Taibu, 36.4 ov), 227-5 (CK Coventry, 44.5 ov), 232-6 (AM Blignaut, 45.2 ov), 246-7 (SC Williams, 47.3 ov), 248-8 (GM Ewing, 49 ov), 249-9 (P Utseya, 49.3 ov), 250-10 (NB Mahwire, 50 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
R. P. Singh	8	1	44	2	5.50	34	6	1	3	0
Ajit Agarkar	10	3	34	3	3.40	43	3	1	0	0
Jai Prakash Yadav	9	1	44	1	4.89	33	5	1	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	10	0	39	1	3.90	39	4	1	0	0
Murali Kartik	9	1	52	1	5.78	28	3	2	0	0
Sourav Ganguly	4	1	24	0	6.00	17	4	0	1	2

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	V Sibanda 1(6) & BRM Taylor 0(7)	4	13
2nd	H Masakadza 0(5) & BRM Taylor 0(0)	0	5
3rd	BRM Taylor 26(34) & T Taibu 18(33)	46	67
4th	CK Coventry 49(73) & T Taibu 53(64)	116	135
5th	AM Blignaut 36(23) & CK Coventry 25(26)	61	49
6th	AM Blignaut 5(3) & SC Williams 0(0)	5	3
7th	GM Ewing 6(7) & SC Williams 8(6)	14	13
8th	NB Mahwire 1(6) & GM Ewing 1(3)	2	9
9th	NB Mahwire 1(1) & P Utseya 0(2)	1	3
10th	AJ Ireland 1(1) & NB Mahwire 0(2)	1	3

India innings

255/6(48.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Virender Sehwagb NB Mahwire	b NB Mahwire	12	13	2	0	92.31
Sourav Gangulyc V Sibanda b AJ Ireland	c V Sibanda b AJ Ireland	2	8	0	0	25.00
Mohammad Kaiflbw b AM Blignaut	lbw b AM Blignaut	8	21	1	0	38.10
Rahul Dravidb NB Mahwire	b NB Mahwire	6	11	1	0	54.55
Yuvraj Singhc KM Dabengwa b AM Blignaut	c KM Dabengwa b AM Blignaut	120	124	12	1	96.77
Yalaka Venugopal Raorun out	run out	27	48	3	0	56.25
MS Dhoni †not out	not out	67*	63	1	3	106.35
Jai Prakash Yadavnot out	not out	0*	2	0	0	0.00
Extras(lb 1, w 11, nb 1)	(lb 1, w 11, nb 1)	13
Total48.1 Ov (RR 5.29)	48.1 Ov (RR 5.29) · Target 251 from 50 ov	255/6

Did not bat: Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, Ajit Agarkar

Fall of wickets: 15-1 (V Sehwag, 2.4 ov), 23-2 (SC Ganguly, 5.3 ov), 34-3 (R Dravid, 8.2 ov), 36-4 (M Kaif, 9.2 ov), 91-5 (Y Venugopal Rao, 24.2 ov), 249-6 (Yuvraj Singh, 47.4 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Blessing Mahwire	9.1	40	2	4.36	35	3	1	2	1
Anthony Ireland	10	59	1	5.90	32	6	1	5	0
Andy Blignaut	9	54	2	6.00	30	8	0	3	0
Gavin Ewing	5	23	0	4.60	12	0	1	0	0
Prosper Utseya	6	25	0	4.17	17	0	0	0	0
Sean Williams	5	30	0	6.00	13	1	1	0	0
Keith Dabengwa	4	23	0	5.75	8	2	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	V Sehwag 12(13) & SC Ganguly 1(4)	15	16
2nd	M Kaif 5(13) & SC Ganguly 1(4)	8	17
3rd	R Dravid 6(11) & M Kaif 3(6)	11	17
4th	Yuvraj Singh 2(4) & M Kaif 0(2)	2	6
5th	Y Venugopal Rao 27(48) & Yuvraj Singh 23(42)	55	90
6th	Yuvraj Singh 95(78) & MS Dhoni 61(62)	158	140
7th	Jai Prakash Yadav 0(2) & MS Dhoni 6(1)	6*	3

Commentary

48.16

NB Mahwire to MS Dhoni, SIX

End of over 484 runs, 1 wktIND 249/6040W00

Jai Prakash Yadav 0(2)MS Dhoni 61(62)AM Blignaut 9-0-54-2

47.60

AM Blignaut to Jai Prakash Yadav, no run

47.50

AM Blignaut to Jai Prakash Yadav, no run

47.4W

AM Blignaut to Yuvraj Singh, OUT

Yuvraj Singh c KM Dabengwa b AM Blignaut 120(124) [4s-12 6s-1] · FoW 249/6 (47.4 ov)

47.30

AM Blignaut to Yuvraj Singh, no run

47.24

AM Blignaut to Yuvraj Singh, FOUR

47.10

AM Blignaut to Yuvraj Singh, no run

End of over 471 runIND 245/5000001

Yuvraj Singh 116(120)MS Dhoni 61(62)NB Mahwire 9-0-34-2

46.61

NB Mahwire to Yuvraj Singh, 1 run

46.50