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India innings: Over 19.1 || Score 176/4 1 needed from 6, Steyn to bowl his final over.

He bowled a length ball and Kohli smashed it past midwicket for the winning runs! India are still unbeaten in the series and what an innings it has been from Virat Kohli! Virat Kohli 72* (44b) MS Dhoni 0* (1b) =================================================== Over 19 || Score 172/4 Hendricks to bowl the penultimate over, 10 needed from 12. The first ball was bowled down the leg side and Raina worked it fine past the fielder at short fine leg for a boundary! The senior South African players have gone to the bowler. Second ball was a slower bouncer, dot ball. Next ball was a short ball and Raina has hit it straight to mid-on. Raina is OUT! Hendricks bowls a short ball, Kohli got into position early and slapped it towards deep square leg for a boundary! 2 needed from 8 balls now. Hendricks bowls a slow bouncer again and Kohli works it for a single at square leg. 1 needed from 7 balls. Will Dhoni finish it off with a six again? No he doesn't! He calmly defends the next ball and doesn't go for the single. Even Kohli is surprised. But that is captain MS Dhoni for you. He wants Kohli to hit the winning runs. Nine runs from the over. 1 needed from 6 now. SK Raina c du Plessis b Hendricks 21 (10b) =================================================== Over 18 || Score 163/3 Steyn to bowl his third over, 23 needed from 18. He begins with a wide. Kohli worked the second ball for a single towards midwicket. Raina follows it with another single. Steyn bowled a length delivery, Kohli smashed it towards wide of long-on for a boundary! Fourth ball

was pitched slightly outside the off-stump, and Kohli missed a ball after a long time. Kohli worked the next ball towards midwicket for a single, and a misfield from Amla produced another run for India. Kohli made room for himself off the last ball and hit it over point for a boundary! Steyn might be South Africa's best bowler, but Kohli shows why is he hailed as the world's best batsman at the moment. 13 runs from the over. India now need just 10 runs from the last two balls. =================================================== Over 17 || Score 150/3 Parnell has been brought into the attack, Suresh Raina is the new man in. He begins with a dot ball. Parnell bowls a dot ball. Third ball was a slower one on the leg side, and Raina hit it over deep fine leg for a Six! Raina worked the next ball towards deep backward point for two runs. Next ball was slower bouncer, with width on offer and Raina played an upper cut for a boundary! Raina tried to make some room for himself on the leg side, Parnell followed him and it went past the keeper for four byes! Parnell ends the over with a yorker, defended by Raina for no run. 17 runs from the over. This was the one over which India needed. Raina has provided them the muchneeded momentum. 23 needed from 18 balls.
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