India beat South Africa by 130 runs

Melbourne, Feb 22, 2015: India defeated South Africa by 130 runs in their second World Cup Pool B match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here Sunday. Driven by Shikhar Dhawan's 137, India posted a strong total of 307/7 which South Africa failed to chase down, getting bowled out for 177 in 40.2 overs. Ravichandran Ashwin was the most successful Indian bowler claiming three Proteas wickets for 41 runs. Following is the scoreboard of the India vs South Africa Pool B match of the World Cup played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Sunday: India -- Rohit Sharma run out (de Villiers) 0 Shikhar Dhawan c Amla b Parnell 137 Virat Kohli c du Plessis b Imran Tahir 46 Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Steyn 79 Suresh Raina c sub (Rossouw) b Morkel 6 Mahendra Singh Dhoni c de Kock b Morkel 18 Ravindra Jadeja run out (de Villiers) 2 Ravichandran Ashwin not out 5 Mohammed Shami not out 4 Extras (lb 2, w 6, nb 2) 10 Total (seven wickets in 50 overs) 307 Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Sharma, 2.5 overs), 2-136 (Kohli, 27.1), 3-261 (Dhawan, 43.4), 4-269 (Raina, 44.5), 5-278 (Rahane, 45.6), 6-284 (Jadeja, 47.2), 7-302 (Dhoni, 48.5) Bowling Dale Steyn 10-1-55-1 Vernon Philander 4-1-19-0 JP Duminy 7-0-39-0 Morne Morkel 10-0-59-2 Imran Tahir 10-0-48-1 Wayne Parnell 9-0-85-1 South Africa -- Hashim Amla c Mohammed Shami b Mohit Sharma 22 Quinton de Kock c Kohli b Mohammed Shami 7 Faf du Plessis c Dhawan b Mohit Sharma 55 AB de Villiers run out (Mohit Sharma/Dhoni) 30 David Miller run out (Umesh Yadav/Dhoni) 22 JP Duminy c Raina b Ashwin 6 Wayne Parnell not out 17 Vernon Philander lbw b Ashwin 0 Dale Steyn c Dhawan b Mohammed Shami 1 Morne Morkel b Ashwin 2 Imran Tahir lbw b Jadeja 8 Extras (lb 1, w 6) 7 Total (all out in 40.2 overs) 177 Fall of wickets: 1-12 (de Kock, 3.3 overs), 2-40 (Amla, 10.2), 3-108 (de Villiers, 22.5), 4-133 (du Plessis, 28.1), 5-147 (Duminy, 31.3), 6-153 (Miller, 33.4), 7-153 (Philander, 33.6), 8-158 (Steyn, 36.2), 9-161 (Morkel, 37.2), 10-177 (Imran Tahir, 40.2) Bowling Umesh Yadav 6-0-34-0 Mohammed Shami 8-1-30-2 Mohit Sharma 7-0-31-2 Ravindra Jadeja 8.2-0-37-1 Ravichandran Ashwin 10-0-41-3 Suresh Raina 1-0-3-0 Match details: Toss: India, chose to bat Points: India 2, South Africa 0 Man-of-the-Match: Shikhar Dhawan Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Richard Kettleborough (England) TV umpire: Steve Davis (Australia) Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire: Joel Wilson (West Indies)