India v South Africa, Champions Trophy: live OVER 48: SA 289/9 (McLaren 63* Morkel 1*) Only four off this Yadav over, and that all in one shot as McLaren slides a Yadav full bunger over point. Fumble from Rohit helps it on its way to four. 43 runs needed from 12 balls OVER 47: SA 285/9 (McLaren 59* Morkel 1*) Seven off the Jadeja over, four to McLaren with a reverse sweep. OVER 46: SA 278/9 (McLaren 53* Morkel 0*) Ryan McLaren belts Yadav over cover for four to bring up his maiden ODI fiddy, well done him. That being said, I wonder about the wisdom of having Morne Morkel out there on one leg, trying to get him to hustle/hobble through for singles when they need 54 from 24 balls... Still, without knowing the full extent of Morne's injury I guess it is hard to judge OVER 45: SA 273/9 (McLaren 48* Morkel 0*) But no dice in that over, Ryan can only get one off Jadeja and any lingering worries for India after that big 44th over are surely allayed now. OVER 44: SA 272/9 (McLaren 47* Morkel 0*) Now then! Ryan McClaren isn't giving it up. He's bashed 15 off this Ishant over: a drive down the ground for four, a pull, and now a drive back down the ground for six. Boom! 60 needed from 36 balls after that over. OVER 43: SA 257/9 (McLaren 32* Morkel 0*) Morne, batting with a thigh injury sustained during bowling, blocks his first ball. Tsotsobe b Jadeja 3 A well deserved little boost for Jadeja after a good day's work. Tsotsobe blocks four, then panics and heaves across the line. OVER 42: SA 257/8 (McLaren 32* Tsotsobe 3*) Four off the Ishant over and it's just a matter of time now. OVER 41: SA 253/8 (McLaren 30* Tsotsobe 1*) Back to spin and Jadeja keeps it quiet with a two-run over. Tsotsobe doesn't look too hot against the spin. OVER 40: SA 251/8 (McLaren 29* Tsotsobe 0*) The key moment in this innings was Jadeja's run out, on reflection. The South Africans were going very nicely until that bit of brilliance. Kleinveldt c Dhoni b Ishant 4 Meh, this is over now. Rory K swings the bat at a short ball, not really the right ball for it, and he just gets a top edge. Easy for Dhoni under the high ball. Been quite impressed with Ishant today. OVER 39: SA 246/7 (McLaren 28* Kleinveldt 1*) An enjoyable game so far. More or less the opposite of what we expected in the tournament. Spin on top, Test-type seamers looking hittable. Hard bouncy pitches without much swing. Big totals. In this Yadav over, Ryan McLaren able to tickle it fine for four, but only a couple of singles to go with that. OVER 38: SA 240/7 (McLaren 23* Kleinveldt 0*) The batsmen crossed during that but Ryan Mc cannot make much impact in the rest of the over. Seven off it plus the wicket. WICKET! du Plessis c Raina b Ishant 30 Ah, shame. Just when it feels like South Africa might pull odd something a bit special here, they keep getting pegged back again. Faf 'The Run Out King' du Plessis takes on Ishant, lofts him down the ground but doesn't quite get hold of it. Raina makes no mistake in the deep and that's that. OVER 37: SA 233/6 (Du Plessis 30* McLaren 17*) Ashwin back on, and this over has put a bit of a hole in his figures. Ashwin goes for 11 (finishes with 0/47 off ten, still a good effort). Du Plessis sweeps for four, then McLaren lofts him back down the ground. 99 needed from 13 overs and this run rate now back under eight.... OVER 36: SA 222/6 (Du Plessis 25* McLaren 12*) The batting powerplay is here. Yadav to deal. Not a good over for India. Pull from Faf, then he hammers it back at Yadav who drops the chance. Would have been a good grab, was travelling. His luck's in again, a top edge flies over the keeper for four. Ten all told. OVER 35: SA 212/6 (Du Plessis 17* McLaren 11*) Good stuff Saffers. McLaren with two nice fours, a sweep and a reverse sweep. Faf gets in on the act with a drive down the ground, there are 13 off the over and it's time for drinks. At said liquid interval, they need 120 runs off 15 overs. OVER 34: SA 199/6 (Du Plessis 13* McLaren 2*) Good stuff from the Saffer pair in that over, Du Plessis pulling Yadav for four, ones twos and a wide make 11. The handy Ryan McLaren to keep him company. I wouldn't be taking any chancey singles, Ryan. Try to get something in writing. OVER 33: SA 188/6 (Du Plessis 5* McLaren 0*) I'm almost certain that the last couple of overs of idiocy from the Bok have put the kybosh on their chances in this game, but we'll see. 144 runs needed from 17 overs, RRR: 8.47 Miller run out 0 Oh Faf Du Plessis! What have you done? Having just very nearly run out his captain, Du Plessis has ACTUALLY run out Miller. They take one, Faf then slips at the non-striker's end, should have just sent his partner back, but instead tries to go and then stops and doesn't. Poor old Miller has run up the pitch and they are both at the non-striker's end. Throw comes in to the keeper and David Miller is run out without facing a ball. He has the decency to give Faf Du Plessis a "don't worry about it mate" type of pat on the shoulder, which is big of him. I was run out without facing a ball a couple of seasons ago and, boy, is there anything more annoying?! OVER 32: SA 187/5 (Du Plessis 4* Miller 0*) Five off the over, and India now firm favourites. AB De Villiers c Jadeja b Yadav 70 Yadav back on. And there's some wonderful athleticism from AB de V. Du Plessis played it out into the offside and jogged one. AB De Villiers, though, sport billy that he is, absolutely hares the first and turns. Faf sends him back! Oh dear, what a palaver. There would have been two, becuase Ishant is lumbering around to get it. But brilliant from AB, who turns, scrambles back towards Dhoni and dives in. How many other players in world cricket could have done that? Mark Cosgrove, obviously. But anyhow, he gets back. Maybe his brain is scrambled by the repreive, though, because a couple of balls later, he gives Yadav's short ball the charge, tries to pull, and that's just not a good shot to a bowler of this pace on this pitch. Easy lob up for Jadeja and that's probably the game. OVER 31: SA 182/4 (De Villiers 69* Du Plessis 0*) So a wicket for Jadeja with his darts. Faf Du Plessis in and faces down two dot balls. Duminy lbw Jadeja 14 Time for a bit more Jadeja. Duminy playing conventionally until now, but he tries a switch hit and makes a pig's ear of it. Gets thr under edge and into his pads, that could have gone anywhere. Next ball, he's pinned full in front by Jadeja, trying to work it to leg, that looks good and out to me. He and AB decide to review it, and soon regret it. PItched just outside off, turns in a bit, a quick skiddy delivery and Gunner Gould knew right away. OVER 30: SA 180/3 (De Villiers 69* Duminy 12*) And more Raina, six off that including a legside wide, and this is poised for a fine finish. 152 runs required from 20 overs (RRR 7.60) OVER 29: SA 174/3 (De Villiers 67* Duminy 9*) More Ashwin, four off it. OVER 28: SA 170/3 (De Villiers 65* Duminy 7*) Four off Raina's over as well and I wish there was a bit more time to paint your more of a picture but they are racing through these overs, the batsmen just playing the ball into the gaps and we're all in a bit of a holding pattern until Dhoni is obliged to turn back to his pacers. OVER 27: SA 166/3 (De Villiers 63* Duminy 5*) Ashwin continues to do a fine job for his side, four off this over and his eight so far have gone for just 32. OVER 26: SA 162/3 (De Villiers 61* Duminy 3*) JPD is into his busy, bustling work right away now though, he and AB hustle for seven off this over from Raina. Nice bit of fielding from Jadeja on the rope - the Indian fans go mad. Must be a new experience for some of them, watching a side than can field a bit.... OVER 25: SA 155/3 (De Villiers 56* Duminy 0*) JP in watchful mode as he blocks his first three. Setback for South Africa, they were going nicely. At the halfway point, they need 177 from 25 overs and the run rate is just nudging north of seven: RRR: 7.08 Peterson run out 68 Oh, that's such a shame for Peterson. He was playing so well. Works it into the legside and sets off, but Jadeja has pounced on it at midwicket. Great bit of fielding and then presence of mind as he throws to the right end, Peterson not even in the frame. OVER 24: SA 154/2 (Peterson 68* De Villiers 56*) Suresh Raina on with his useful offies, there are five off the over. OVER 23: SA 149/2 (Peterson 65* De Villiers 54*) A boundary as Peterson hits Ashwin over extra cover, first four for a while. These spinners have done a good job for Dhoni in terms of containment but don't look especially dangerous. OVER 22: SA 141/2 (Peterson 59* De Villiers 52*) Four off the over, Peterson drives and Jadeja tries to flip it onto the stumps. AB De V would have been run out backing up there, that was close. OVER 21: SA 137/2 (Peterson 57* De Villiers 50*) And after that interesting exchange, literally the worst possible piece of commentary. "How would you have responded to the delayed-action stop-start delivery, Sunny?" asks Nasser. "Ha ha ha, I'll tell you later," laughs Gavaskar. Way to inform and entertain, Sunny. Anyway, two off the Ashwin over, one of which gives De Villiers his fifty. OVER 20: SA 135/2 (Peterson 56* De Villiers 49*) Aw, excellent from Warne. Really interesting about where to put your weaker fielders when you're setting a field as a spinner - not backward point to the leftarmer, for instance, which is where Ishant fumbles a ball just now. Warne also in good form about a drive from De Villiers that hits Robin P at the non-striker's end, with the non-striker unintentionally hindering the field. "Not in the spirit of the game to run for that," disapproves Shane. "What about if it is the last ball of the World Cup Final?" asks his co-commentator Pommie Mbangwe. Doesn't matter. Either you do it or you don't. For me, you take the tie. OVER 19: SA 130/2 (Peterson 53* De Villiers 46*) Four off a good over from Ashwin, the highlight being a savage carrom ball that turns like a Warne (who is on comm) leggie and bounces sharply. Play that! OVER 18: SA 125/2 (Peterson 50* De Villiers 45*) Good running from this pair, they give Karthik the hurry-up at midwicket and he fumbles under pressure. One becomes two. Peterson gets himself a fifty - his first in 68 matches, mark you - with a single. Now AB makes it into a handy over with a cut behind point for four. Jadeja races through his over. OVER 17: SA 116/2 (Peterson 47* De Villiers 41*) De Villiers not had too much of the strike for an over or two, and Peterson not able to get Ashwin away. OVER 16: SA 116/2 (Peterson 46* De Villiers 39*) Here's Jadeja to bowl his left-arm spin. After a couple of singles, Peterson gets down on one knee, tries to mow the ball into the Taff, and misses. After that, justifiably, he's rather more circumspect. Good first over, and just what the doctor ordered for MSD. OVER 15: SA 114/2 (Peterson 45* De Villiers 39*) Decent over from Ashwin, one beats Dhoni on the inside edge driving. Five off it. That's drinks OVER 14: SA 109/2 (Peterson 42* De Villiers 37*) Yadav into the attack. Dhoni needs a wicket, this pair look like they can stroke the ball around for six singles an over at the moment. This over features a wide, then four singles, and then a poor ball that sits up for Peterson to pull it hard for four. Without really doing a great deal, South Africa have ten off the over, the field back, a sunny day and a nice deck making 331 look gettable. I'll tell you what, if it's going to be THAT sort of tournament, England might as well forget it. OVER 13: SA 99/2 (Peterson 35* De Villiers 35*) Dhoni turns to spin, and not before time in my opinion. AB starting to look imperious. Six of this Ashwin over, no big shots yet, one ball turns sharply and is harshly called wide. OVER 12: SA 93/2 (Peterson 31* De Villiers 34*) Obviously this isn't the India of SRT, Viru, Sourav, Z Kan't and co, but they're still some way off the pace, compared to the best fielding sides. AB pushed to mid off and Peterson set off, there's a mix up and a chance for a run out. Dhawan with the throw but he fails, Peterson out by five yards. Six off the Ishant over. That run out was a gimme, India should have done more there. OVER 11: SA 87/2 (Peterson 29* De Villiers 30*) Kumar continues, and continues to get something of a sorting out. Ten off the over, some of them off Peterson's pads, but the star of the show is a magnficent cover drive from AB. Boy, if he stays in for another 20 overs this is going to be a wonderful knock. Sweeps for a couple, and lucky for India that another ferocious offside drive picks out the fielder. The team batting second have won seven of the ten ODIs at Cardiff. OVER 10: SA 77/2 (Peterson 26* De Villiers 23*) De Villiers really bringing it now. Down the deck to Ishant and wallops a length ball down the ground for four, and if that was all power, the back foot force for four is all class. Eight off the over. OVER 9: SA 69/2 (Peterson 26* De Villiers 15*) Kumar. De Villiers forces for four through mid off, a couple of singles make this six off the over and South Africa are making a good fist of this chase, the two wicekts not withstanding. OVER 8: SA 63/2 (Peterson 25* De Villiers 10*) The mercurial Ishant into the attack. The first ball is wide, Peterson disptaches it to the extra cover boundary, but a couple of balls later it's the good Ishant, rapping Peterson on the pads but that's too high. Back to the bad Ishant with a full one and a wide one, three for Pietersen and a cut four for AB and that all makes 11 off the over. OVER 7: SA 52/2 (Peterson 18* De Villiers 6*) Ah, that's the first flash of the AB class, forward with a beautiful drive through cover for four. Couple of singles to go with it. OVER 6: SA 46/2 (Peterson 17* De Villiers 1*) Not what I would call high quality cricket; Yadav to Peterson and I make it three mis-hits in this over. Smeary pull gives him four, can't get hold of a full ball, another mistimed pull. But blimey - that's more like it from Yadav. A skiddy, slippery, hostile bouncer, Robin cowers away from it and tries to defend his face, gets it on the right wrist by the looks of it. Didn't play that at all well. Long delay while they patch him up. Looked a sore one. OVER 5: SA 42/2 (Peterson 13* De Villiers 1*) Well they're not hanging around, either side. Peterson cracks a full ball through cover for four and then outside-edges for four, Yadav down there at a third man with a less-than-heroic effort on the boundary. Three singles make 11 off the over and it's certainly not dull. OVER 4: SA 31/2 (Peterson 3* De Villiers 0*) AB de V comes in with plenty to do. Blocks his first. Amla c Dhoni b Yadav 22 Oh that's a big one! Nobody is more happy to see the back of the great Hash than Yadava, who had been getting tonked all around the park in that over. Wide outside off for four, then a pull for two, now two poor balls on the pads, four and four - fourteen off the first four balls and then Yadav suddenly has a Mitchell Johnson moment and produces a good one outside off, just for a bit of variety likes. Amla gets a thin edge off the bottom of the bat, Dhoni with the low grab and it's FOW 31/2 OVER 3: SA 17/1 (Amla 8* Peterson 3*) Robin Peterson into the fray. Good stuff again from BhuKu, but he has a tenedency to drift onto the pads, and Peterson takes three. Hash sets off for a quick single and gets in a bit of a tangle with the bowler as he tries to make his ground - a direct hit from Ishant would have made that very interesting. Ingram c Raina b Kumar 6 That's the stuff! Good length, angled across, and more storied left-handers than Colin Ingram have been undone by the same. Little bit of seam, he tries to force it off the back foot, edges to Suresh Raina at second slip and he takes a very good low catch. FOW 13/1 They check to see if it's a no ball. Close, but no cigar. OVER 2: SA 13/0 (Amla 7* Ingram 6*) The exciting Yadav starts with good wheels but not quite accurate enough. Three singles, and then he drifts onto the leftie Ingram's pads. OVER 1: SA 6/0 (Amla 6* Ingram 0*) An excellent start from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Swing. Shapes the ball back into Hash, who clips it off a streaky inside edge for a couple, a moral victory for the bowler. And now fourth ball he beats him driving, Hashim surprised by some late inswing there. However, BhuKu doesn't get it right fifth ball, onto the pads, and that's flipped away for a simple four. Back to the good stuff sixth ball. Problem with this sort of chase, even on a nice pitch like this, is that you cannot really afford to let anything go. Hash wouldn't have played at that fourth ball if they were chasing 240. 14.45 It looked at times that SA might be chasing 400 - hell, when Kleinveldt was bowling it looked like they might be chasing 800 - but they hauled things back well, and now Hashim Amla and Colin Ingram take the field in pursuit of a gettable 332. Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl. 14.40 Afternoon all, thanks JL, Tyers here, back from a dispiriting and fruitless visit to the doctors (GIVE ME THE GOOD DRUGS, WOMAN. We've all heard of paracetamol.) but excited to talk you through the remainder of this ODI. South Africa will chase 332 to win, and frankly it's anybody's game. 14.27 If anything, this shows how utterly crucial bowling depth is. All it takes is for a couple of bowlers to get a collaring, and all of a sudden you're looking at a monster score. South Africa were complete gubbins with the ball, but somehow they're still in this. The highest successful chase at Cardiff is 258/3, by Australia against Pakistan in 2001. Then again, when South Africa played Australia at the Wanderers in 2006, the previous highest chase on the ground was 310. Then they went and scored 438 to win. I am going to hand you over to Alan Tyers. OVER 50: IND 331/7 Jadeja 47* (29) Kumar 0* (0) Two fours in two balls to finish the innings! The first one swung high over cover, the second cut to the point fence. Jadeja finishes with 47 off 29 balls, a top effort, and India finish the innings well, although at one stage predictions of 400 weren't that far off the mark. Ashwin run out (McLaren) 10 (10) IND 323/7 Ah, that's wonderful! A stupendous act of sacrifice from Ashwin, hitting the ball straight back down the pitch to McLaren and setting off for a run to let Jadeja get back on strike. Bhuvneshwar Kumar the new batsman, but I'd be surprised if he faces a ball. OVER 49: IND 321/6 Jadeja 38* Ashwin 9* In the slot from Tsotsobe, and Jadeja puts him into the crowd for six! Well, that's just a thing that's going to happen at this stage of an innings. Tsotsobe digs it in short to Ashwin, Ashwin gloves a pull, and it just scuffles past the dive of De Villiers and away for four. Tsotsobe finishes with 2/84 off his 10 overs, and it's going to be McLaren to bowl the last over. OVER 48: IND 308/6 Jadeja 31* Ashwin 3* Interesting field set by De Villiers and McLaren here. Third man, fine leg and square leg all come into the circle. The four men on the boundary are deep mid-wicket, long-on, long-off and deep extra cover. I suggest McLaren might be pitching it up here. Oh, he's not. Instead, he bowls it short and wide, Jadeja slashes the ball high over backward point, and it's four. Of all the many clever things McLaren has done on a cricket field - and hitting 17 off the final over to tie a T20 game for Middlesex has to come pretty high up the list - that wasn't one of them. The last ball is late cut, past short third man, for four more! Eleven off the over, and McLaren the latest bowler to pay for giving the batsmen too much length. OVER 47: IND 297/6 Jadeja 22* Ashwin 1* The batsmen crossed, so it'll be Jadeja to face. Tsotsobe bowls him a good slower ball, and Jadeja hits the ball straight back to him. Tsotsobe goes for the yorker next, and Jadeja makes room before carving it through the off-side for four! Ashwin gets a single off his first ball. Three overs remaining, then, and McLaren looks like he's going to bowl two of them. Dhoni c Du Plessis b Tsotsobe 27 (26) IND 291/6 Straight to long-on! Dhoni is out! It was an ugly bunt, a slower ball on the stumps that Dhoni never got close to timing. Du Plessis took a simple catch. Phwooaar, that's a big wicket. Four overs of Dhoni and India could have got 50 or 60. Four overs of Jadeja and Ravi Ashwin? Who knows? OVER 46: IND 291/5 Dhoni 27* Jadeja 17* Plenty of lusty hitting, but for the time being India can't quite find the gaps. Five singles and a swiftly-run two off the over, and Kleinveldt ends with figues of 0/81. Seduced by the bounce in the pitch, and bowled far too short. There's been many a medium pacer who's been lured into the rocks by that particular singing siren over the years. OVER 45: IND 284/5 Dhoni 24* Jadeja 13* That's the end of Duminy, and he ends with a good set, just five off the over. Spoiled by a couple of wides down the leg side, but he finishes with figures of 0/42. For a part-time bowler, against these batsmen, in these conditions, that's outstanding. OVER 44: IND 279/5 Dhoni 23* Jadeja 11* That's four! In fact, it was four leg byes, but given as runs. On a good length from Kleinveldt, Jadeja backed away, the ball clipped his pad and disappeared between keeper and slip. Kleinveldt then pitches it up, and Jadeja wallops him over through mid-on for four! Twelve off the over. The latest on Morne Morkel, by the way, is that he has a left quad strain. He will bat if needed, and will have a scan at the end of the day. OVER 43: IND 267/5 Dhoni 22* Jadeja 0* Dhoni sweeps beautifully, and gets four! Duminy's going round the wicket, pitching the ball up with third man and fine leg both in the circle. But Dhoni managed to get down quickly, and found the gap. Next he's driving, past cover for two runs, and you remember that one of the things that makes Dhoni such an effective batsman at the death is not just his hitting, but the way he turns ones into twos. When he finally gets off strike, Jadeja plays out three dot balls. OVER 42: IND 260/5 Dhoni 15* Jadeja 0* Jadeja leaves his first ball and plays and misses at the second. Eight overs left, then; 360 still a possibility for India, but South Africa have to fancy their chances of hustling them out for about 320. Raina c Duminy b McLaren 9 (6) IND 260/5 Somehow, improbably, South Africa are on the verge of the greatest of escapes. Raina the latest man to go, and would it rock your world to discover it was a short ball that did for him? He tried to turn it to leg, got a leading edge, and although McLaren could have got there, it was Duminy running in from extra cover who had a much better look at the catch. Jadeja in now, and MS Dhoni is becoming an increasingly pivotal figure in this innings. OVER 41: IND 254/4 Dhoni 10* Raina 9* Five singles, nothing to hit. Duminy's figures so far read an outstanding 8-0-29-1. OVER 40: IND 249/4 Dhoni 7* Raina 7* Aw, smack! Raina slogs McLaren over mid-wicket for six! Raina's not taken long to get going! That's the end of the Powerplay, and India scored 36 off it for the loss of two wickets. Into the last 10 overs, with Duminy to continue. Karthik c De Villers b McLaren 14 (15) IND 240/4 Karthik was unlucky there! It was a slower ball bouncer from McLaren, Karthik tried to upper cut it, but just ended up parrying it to De Villiers, who took a fine leaping catch with his right glove. Another dangerous player back in the hutch, but Suresh Raina's a pretty decent No6... OVER 39: IND 239/3 Karthik 14* Dhoni 6* Dhoni's away! Length from Tsotsobe, and Dhoni whacks it over mid-wicket for a one-bounce four! That's the longest boundary on the ground, so it would have been six anywhere else. Tsotsobe then digs it in short, and Karthik doesn't quite time his pull shot, but gets enough on it to get it past short fine leg and away for four. Yes, short fine leg. The question you've got to ask Tsotsobe, therefore, is why on earth he's even bowling a short ball in the first place with fine leg inside the circle. Eleven off the over. OVER 38: IND 228/3 Karthik 8* Dhoni 1* Earlier in that over, Karthik took a step down the pitch and clouted the ball over mid-on for six. So eight off that over in total, but just 19 runs off the last four overs for India. South Africa have just managed to get a foothold. Get Dhoni early and this could get quite interesting. Dhawan c sub (Phangiso) b Duminy 114 (94) IND 227/3 That's the big wicket! Dhawan hasn't quite looked the same player since he reached his century, but he deserves every drop of applause he gets from the Cardiff crowd after that innings. It was down the leg side and Dhawan went for the sweep, but ended up top-edging it straight to the man on the edge of the circle. Phangiso is on the field for Morkel, and for a moment it looked as though the ball was going to hit him in the face, but after tumbling to the ground, he eventually stood up, clutching the ball. A massive cheer as Dhoni comes to the wicket. OVER 37: IND 220/2 Dhawan 114* Karthik 1* What little respect Dhawan possessed for Tsotsobe at the start of his innings has long since been shredded. Tsotsobe bowls him a perfectly acceptable length ball on middle stump, and Dhawan just slogs him, as he might a child's bowling. Down to deep mid-wicket for three runs. Karthik gets off the mark with a pull down to deep mid-wicket, and then Dhawan pushes two through the covers. Still we wait for the explosion. Oh, and remember I was going on about that weird new camera angle? This is the culprit, lurking provocatively over Rohit Sharma as he takes a drink. OVER 36: IND 214/2 Dhawan 109* Karthik 0* It's going to be Duminy to bowl the first Powerplay over. Odds on that happening at the start of the day? Dhawan flicks a single off the first ball of the over, but Karthik can't get the ball away, and there's only one off the over. OVER 35: IND 213/2 Dhawan 108* Karthik 0* South Africa would have preferred Dhawan, but they'll take Kohli. Karthik yet to face as India begin their batting Powerplay. Kohli c Amla b Tsotsobe 31 (41) IND 210/2 Pulled straight to deep square leg! Kohli never really got into that innings, and a rank long hop from Tsotsobe ends up doing for him. A crucial breakthrough for South Africa, on the cusp of the Powerplay. Karthik the new batsman. Shami Raj writes: "Something's amiss in your commentary today. You assert that Kohli is terrible against the bouncing ball. You surely must have mistaken him for Suresh Raina. Or not seen Kohli play in Australia. OVER 34: IND 209/1 Dhawan 104* Kohli 31* It's taken him 37 balls, but Kohli has his first boundary, a wide buffet ball from Morkel that Kohli can simply cream through extra cover for four to bring up the 200. The next one is a late cut, played very delicately past the keeper and away to the rope. Two fours in two balls. After five balls, Morkel collects his cap and walks off the field. He's injured. Peterson will have to finish his over. De Villiers, for his part, has a haunted expression on his face, as if he can hear Graeme Smith in his head, quietly tutting. OVER 33: IND 199/1 Dhawan 103* Kohli 22* And first ball after reaching his century, Dhawan saunters down the pitch towards Duminy, the ball spins past his bat, and De Villiers messes up the stumping! The part where you knock the bails off with your gloves: executed to perfection. The point where the ball nestles in your gloves first: not so hot. Instead, the ball squirmed out of De Villers' gloves and ended up somewhere near his armpit. A big chance missed for South Africa. Dhawan has the game and the touch to a hundred more on this surface. OVER 32: IND 194/1 Dhawan 102* Kohli 18* There it is! Consecutive fours to finish the over, one cut behind square of the off-side, one pulled behind square on the leg, and Dhawan's helmet is off yet again, this time to celebrate his century. It's taken him just 80 balls, five balls quicker than his Test century on debut against Australia in March. We could be looking at India's opening batsman in all forms of the game for the next decade. He was a slow starter, but he's still only 27. OVER 31: IND 183/1 Dhawan 93* Kohli 16* So far India haven't really tried to hit Duminy over the top. They haven't had to. Dhawan cuts for two behind square, but Duminy's the only bowler who hasn't been pelted so far. OVER 30: IND 179/1 Dhawan 90* Kohli 15* Horrible delivery from Kleinveldt - on Dhawan's pads, and flicked away for four. They often say you double your score after 30 overs. With the new rules, though, you'd possibly say India could do even better than that. At the Rose Bowl on Sunday, New Zealand were 160/2 after 30 overs and ended up with 359. At Trent Bridge yesterday, England were 122/2 and ended up with 287. If you've got wickets in hand and plenty of batting to come, there really are no limits. OVER 29: IND 173/1 Dhawan 85* Kohli 14* Kohli struggling to get much purchase against Duminy. Just a single off that over, and this looks a period of necessary regrouping before India prime themselves for the final assault. Meanwhile, the coolest man in Cardiff is, you know, just chillin. OVER 28: IND 172/1 Dhawan 85* Kohli 13* Better over from Kleinveldt. Dhawan tries to back away to leg and carve the ball over cover, but Kleinveldt follows him, and the ball ends up hitting Dhawan on the thigh. OVER 27: IND 168/1 Dhawan 84* Kohli 10* Duminy returns, and there are just four off that over. With Tsotsobe currently 0/43 off five overs and Kleinveldt 0/41 off five, Duminy might be needed to bowl a few more. OVER 26: IND 164/1 Dhawan 82* Kohli 8* Tsotsobe's getting a caning here. Kohli flicks the ball to square leg and races back for the second run. Then Tsotsobe drops it short, and Dhawan pulls in front of square for four. Ten off the over, and this partnership's already worth 37 off 28 balls. OVER 25: IND 154/1 Dhawan 75* Kohli 5* Kleinveldt returns, and while he isn't bowling quite as short as he was in his first spell, he is still, by any acceptable standard, bowling too short. Dhawan pulls powerfully over square leg. Peterson's frantically trying to backtrack, but he doesn't get back in time, and it's four. OVER 24: IND 146/1 Dhawan 69* Kohli 3* Four! Dhawan leans back and ramps a short ball over the vacant first slip area! He's a big old attention-seeker, is Dhawan - just look check out that twirly moustache - and we're seeing the full repertoire here. Tsotsobe then bowls a decent length, Dhawan comes down the pitch and strikes the ball back over his head for six! That was genuinely breathtaking - beautifully violent, beautifully straight, and so deep into the crowd that it was one of those where the camera tried to follow the ball and ended up giving us an extreme close up of the pillar next to it. OVER 23: IND 134/1 Dhawan 58* Kohli 2* With India looking to consolidate, De Villiers spies an opportunity to get a few cheap overs out of his second string. Peterson replaces Morkel, and Dhawan and Kohli help themselves to five untroubled runs. Tsotsobe returns. OVER 22: IND 129/1 Dhawan 54* Kohli 1* And McLaren hits Kohli on the helmet first ball! McLaren's judged the timing of his slower balls far better than his team-mates, and this one started Kohli, rearing up from just short of a length. Kohli's not quite as useless against the short ball as he used to be, but he is still pretty useless, and reputations are reputations. Kohli gets a smack in the grille, but seems fine enough, and gets off the mark with a nudge off his legs. Sharma c Peterson b McLaren 65 (81) IND 127/1 Finally, the breakthrough! And finally, after only 21 overs and 127 runs, South Africa's short-ball tactic pays off! It wasn't quite there for Sharma to pull, and he ended up scooping it straight to Peterson, about 20 yards in from the rope at deep square leg. Gosh, South Africa needed that wicket. Virat Kohli the new batsman. OVER 21: IND 126/0 Sharma 65* Dhawan 52* A good over by Morkel is potentially ruined by a no-ball. Free hit! Sharma backs away, Morkel follows him with a short ball, and the ball ends up clipping Sharma's shoulder and going harmlessly through to De Villiers for no run. OVER 20: IND 123/0 Sharma 64* Dhawan 51* Dhawan pushes a quick single to reach his fifty. This is only his sixth ODI innings, and his first for almost two years, so it's an eye-catching return to the team for him. Sharma then finds the gap and drives McLaren beautifully past mid-off for four. OVER 19: IND 115/0 Sharma 58* Dhawan 49* Morne Morkel comes back. AB De Villiers probably didn't want to bring him that this early, but India's rocket-propelled start has left him no choice. Morkel drops it short outside off stump, and Sharma's getting better and better at spotting these. He rocks back and pulls it well in front of square for four. OVER 18: IND 109/0 Sharma 53* Dhawan 48* Ooof, Dhawan's been hit there. It was a surprise bouncer from McLaren, and as Dhawan pulled out of the shot he came to the sickening realisation that the ball was travelling at some speed towards his head. He managed to turn his beautiful face away just in time, but the ball smacked him in the ear instead. As he groggily recovered his senses, he realised Sharma was calling him through for perhaps the most insensitive leg bye in the history of cricket. OVER 17: IND 104/0 Sharma 51* Dhawan 46* JP Duminy to bowl his off-breaks. Sharma pushes him for a single to get to his fifty. Innings of the tournament so far. It's come off 63 balls, the 16th time he's reached 50 in ODIs, but only his second as an opener. It's a decent over by Duminy, actually: just three from it. Cricket fan with expensive watch and camera alert! OVER 16: IND 101/0 Sharma 49* Dhawan 45* McLaren replaces the profligate Kleinveldt, and it's a tighter over from him. Still plenty of ones and twos about the place though, and India take five off that over to bring up their 100, and the 100 partnership off 94 balls. South Africa look thoroughly dishevelled as drinks are brought onto the field.. OVER 15: IND 96/0 Sharma 45* Dhawan 44* Dhawan dances down the pitch, meets the ball on the full, and drives it through cover for four! These two look perfectly set now, and there's not a lot Peterson can do about any of this. Dhawan drives for four again, perfectly finding the gap past Morkel at mid-off. And now the sweep! Top edged over square leg, but safe, and Duminy does excellently on the rope to keep them down to three runs. Fourteen off the over! OVER 14: IND 82/0 Sharma 43* Dhawan 32* Kleinveldt bowls it short again. Actually, this time it was a bit of a chance, as Dhawan hooked it straight towards Morkel at long leg. But Morkel, who about 15 yards in from the rope, then misjudged the ball, running in a few steps before watching the ball sail over his head, bouncing just inside the boundary. Kleinveldt then bowls short again. Sharma pulls this one well in front of square for four. Ten off the over. OVER 13: IND 72/0 Sharma 38* Dhawan 27* With AB De Villiers gradually losing his grip on this innings, on comes Robin Peterson to bowl his dinky left-arm spinners. Peterson bowls left-arm spin like someone who would much rather be bowling something other than left-arm spin. There's a grudging reluctance to that little shuffle, that weary rotation of the shoulder, that suggests he may actually be a right-arm fast bowler, or a grey-suited accountant from Pietermaritzburg, who has been coerced into bowling left-arm spin as a result of some terrible misunderstanding. Anyway, five off his first over. OVER 12: IND 67/0 Sharma 34* Dhawan 26* Kleinveldt goes round the wicket to Dhawan, who again pulls for four. Lots of gaps around now, and India help themselves to eight off that over. OVER 11: IND 59/0 Sharma 32* Dhawan 21* South Africa really are going to have to stop bowling it short to Sharma. All the evidence suggests that he plays the hook very well. McLaren digs it in again, and Sharma again finds the gap in between the two men on the leg side. Under the old fielding restrictions, with five men on the rope waiting for a skier, it might have been a legitimate tactic. Under the new rules, it's fairly stupid. OVER 10: IND 53/0 Sharma 27* Dhawan 20* Sharma flicks Kleinveldt to square leg for a single, but what's this? It's a no-ball, folks! Which means a free hit, which Dhawan will face. First free hit of the tournament. Will they use that stupid wide-angle camera shot again? No, they don't. In comes Kleinveldt, who bowls fairly full on leg stump. Dhawan clobbers him down the ground, Kleinveldt gets a hand to it, and there's only a single. Bit of an escape there. Still, that's the end of a very good Powerplay for India. OVER 9: IND 47/0 Sharma 26* Dhawan 16* Ryan McLaren replaces Morkel, and Dhawan flicks down the leg side for four! India are getting a bit of a rattle on here, and all of a sudden, with no Steyn and Morkel, South Africa's bowling looks awfully thin. Vernon Philander doesn't make it into their 50-over side, being physiologically unable to bowl anything other than an ideal length just outside off-stump. Sharma then slashes at a wide one and edges down to third man for a single. And then a wide. Eight off McLaren's first over. This is turning into a pretty decent start by India. OVER 8: IND 39/0 Sharma 25* Dhawan 11* First bowling change of the morning, with Tsotsobe replaced by Rory Kleinveldt, a jobbing fast-medium bowler who bowls a surprisingly heavy ball at times. And a brilliant hook from Sharma again, sailing high over square leg for four! Kleinveldt then overpitches, and Sharma drives him deliciously for four more! OVER 7: IND 30/0 Sharma 17* Dhawan 10* Morkel digs it in just short of a length, it nips in and hits Sharma in a place that only Sharma will not find funny. After dropping to the ground, Sharma eventually recovers his poise, and his dignity. He's a really top player, Sharma, who really should have got a chance in Test cricket by now. In a way, it's strange he hasn't, because of all the new generation of Indian batsmen, he's one of the most classical in style. Morkel tests him with a shorter one, and Sharma cracks it beautifully to the square leg boundary from in front of his nose. Morkel comes back with a proper bouncer, which is greeted with a conspiratorial "oooooh..." from the Indian fans. They've probably never seen a bouncer before. OVER 6: IND 26/0 Sharma 13* Dhawan 10* Sharma smashes Tsotsobe over cover for six! That's some shot, but the ball was there for hitting. It was full and wide, and Sharma simply decided to throw his arms at it and clout it over the infield, and it just about carried all the way. Sharma then backs away to leg - he's good at using the crease to carve out space - and chops the ball down to third man. And then Dhawan skips down the track and leathers the ball all along the ground through cover for four! Eleven off the over, and with Morkel as miserly as... well, a tall, accurate fast bowler on a bouncy pitch, India look to have identified Tsotsobe as the man to collar. On the subject of the much-maligned Champions Trophy, Nimish Varadkar writes: "It's a shame really that this tournament never really got the recognition it deserved, cause if you look at all the editions then it will show that it's provided high quality matches. As an Indian, this tournament's 2000 edition, which introduced us to Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh, will always be special for me. And boy, did they make an entrance with a bang. PS: Have you spotted Raina running around naked yet, in celebration at the news that Steyn is not playing? OVER 5: IND 15/0 Sharma 6* Dhawan 6* Short from Morkel, and Dhawan top-edges a hook! It spends a long time in the air, but drops well short of Tsotsobe at fine leg. Morkel responds the way he normally responds to getting hooked: by digging the next one in even shorter and faster. Sharma sensibly ducks. OVER 4: IND 13/0 Sharma 6* Dhawan 5* A couple of leg-side wides, and then a glorious off-drive from Sharma, piercing the extra-cover gap and going for four. In fact, it's not the best over from Tsotsobe, a left-armer who was ranked No1 in the world until just over a year ago. Essex fans are more likely to remember him as their sulky overseas player of 2011, who would spend the entire time listening to music on his headphones and sulkily refusing to socialise. Can't blame him, really. Would you want to socialise in Chelmsford? OVER 3: IND 7/0 Sharma 2* Dhawan 5* Dhawan flicks Morkel off his pads for two runs. No Sehwag or Gambhir for India, remember. No Tendulkar or Yuvraj, either. Even so, seven of India's team have played more than 50 ODIs. Here's Michael Vaughan's verdict on them: The bowling is not exceptional but if it is sunny and turning they could be strong with Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav and leg-spinner Amit Mishra coming off the back of a good Indian Premier League. Vaughan's given his opinion of all eight teams in the tournament. If we were the Bleacher Report, we'd probably put them on eight separate pages. Instead, throwing page clicks to the wind, we've put them all on the same webpage, which you can find here. OVER 2: IND 5/0 Sharma 2* Dhawan 3* Tsotsobe to take the second new ball, and Sharma edges! He played it with soft hands, though, and it drops short of Colin Ingram at second slip. They take a single as Ingram fumbles and De Villiers shies at the stumps. Dhawan then gets off the mark - gosh, listen to that roar! - with a lovely drive down the ground for three runs. Some pace in the pitch, but not a great deal in the outfield on that evidence. The ball pulls up just inside the rope, pursued not only by Robin Peterson, but by the ICC's new jaunty-angle camera. Honestly, what is the point of this camera shot? OVER 1: IND 1/0 Sharma 1* Dhawan 0* Bit of movement off the pitch early on for Morkel, who quickly settles into his length. Sharma does well to nudge a shorter delivery off his ribs and into the leg side for India's first run. A fiesta of cheers and klaxons greet it. There's a pretty decent atmosphere in the ground, actually, despite the swathes of empty blue seats. 10.30 Out come the Indian openers, wildly applauded by a crowd numbering at least several hundred. And, of course, it wouldn't be an ICC tournament without some meretricious, utterly pointless TV innovation. At the last World Cup, it was the special wide camera angle they used for no-ball free-hits. This time, it's a swooping overhead camera that looks like it's being operated by someone hanging out of a biplane just over mid-wicket. Morkel to start. Sharma to face. 10.15 Morning everyone, and welcome *sniff* to the last ever *sob* Champions Trophy *plaintive wail*. OK, perhaps it didn't deserve the Frank Sinatra treatment. But as the competition once known as the ICC Knock-Out, latterly as the Poor Man's World Cup, and most recently revered as The World Cup Without Bangladesh and Zimbabwe Spoiling It, is enjoying something of an uptick in fortunes as it draws to a close. It's all killer, no filler. Unless you count England, fnaw fnaw. And this time, it's in England. Or, more specifically the part of western England known to locals as "Wales." The latest news is that AB de Villiers has called the coin correctly. South Africa have won the toss and will field. The other big news is that Dale Steyn has not recovered from his side strain and will not be playing today. Here are your teams. India: S Dhawan, RG Sharma, V Kohli, D Karthik, S Raina, MS Dhoni (c & w), R Jadeja, R Ashwin, B Kumar, I Sharma, U Yadav. South Africa: H Amla, C Ingram, F du Plessis, AB de Villiers (c & w), JP Duminy, D Miller, R McLaren, R Peterson, R Kleinveldt, M Morkel, L Tsotsobe. Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)