India beats South Africa In Champions Trophy Opener on June 6, 2013. The ICC Champions Trophy 2013 opened with a huge scoring by team India and winning the match by 26 runs against South Africa.
South Africa won the toss and decided to field first to which India scored 331/5 in 50 overs. South Africa replied with some good batting attack in middle order but then it collapsed soon and they were all out for 305 at the last ball of the innings. India are now with 2 points leading group B with a net RR of +0.520 .
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| India innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| RG Sharma | c Peterson b McLaren | 65 | 96 | 81 | 8 | 1 | 80.24 |
| S Dhawan | c sub (AM Phangiso) b Duminy | 114 | 159 | 94 | 12 | 1 | 121.27 |
| V Kohli | c Amla b Tsotsobe | 31 | 46 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 75.60 |
| KD Karthik | c †de Villiers b McLaren | 14 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 93.33 |
| MS Dhoni*† | c du Plessis b Tsotsobe | 27 | 42 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 103.84 |
| SK Raina | c Duminy b McLaren | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 150.00 |
| RA Jadeja | not out | 47 | 37 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 162.06 |
| R Ashwin | run out (McLaren) | 10 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| B Kumar | not out | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 8, nb 2) | 14 | | | | | |
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| Total | (7 wickets; 50 overs) | 331 | (6.62 runs per over) |
| Did not bat I Sharma, UT Yadav |
| Fall of wickets 1-127 (RG Sharma, 21.2 ov), 2-210 (Kohli, 34.2 ov), 3-227 (Dhawan, 37.3 ov), 4-240 (Karthik, 39.2 ov),5-260 (Raina, 41.4 ov), 6-291 (Dhoni, 46.2 ov), 7-323 (Ashwin, 49.4 ov) |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | | |
| M Morkel | 6.5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3.95 | (1nb) | |
| LL Tsotsobe | 10 | 0 | 83 | 2 | 8.30 | (2w) | |
| RK Kleinveldt | 10 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 8.10 | (1nb, 1w) | |
| R McLaren | 10 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 7.00 | (3w) | |
| RJ Peterson | 3.1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 7.57 | | |
| JP Duminy | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 4.20 | (1w) | |
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| South Africa innings (target: 332 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| HM Amla | c †Dhoni b Yadav | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 146.66 |
| CA Ingram | c Raina b Kumar | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 120.00 |
| RJ Peterson | run out (Jadeja/†Dhoni) | 68 | 92 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 94.44 |
| AB de Villiers*† | c Jadeja b Yadav | 70 | 108 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 98.59 |
| JP Duminy | lbw b Jadeja | 14 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 58.33 |
| F du Plessis | c Raina b I Sharma | 30 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 130.43 |
| DA Miller | run out (I Sharma/Raina/†Dhoni) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| R McLaren | not out | 71 | 79 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 116.39 |
| RK Kleinveldt | c †Dhoni b I Sharma | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 |
| LL Tsotsobe | b Jadeja | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21.42 |
| M Morkel | b Kumar | 8 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 72.72 |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 7, nb 1) | 9 | | | | | |
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| Total | (all out; 50 overs) | 305 | (6.10 runs per over) |
| Fall of wickets 1-13 (Ingram, 2.1 ov), 2-31 (Amla, 3.5 ov), 3-155 (Peterson, 24.3 ov), 4-182 (Duminy, 30.4 ov),5-184 (de Villiers, 31.4 ov), 6-188 (Miller, 32.5 ov), 7-238 (du Plessis, 37.3 ov), 8-251 (Kleinveldt, 39.5 ov),9-257 (Tsotsobe, 42.5 ov), 10-305 (Morkel, 49.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | | |
| B Kumar | 7 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 7.00 | (1nb) |
| UT Yadav | 10 | 0 | 75 | 2 | 7.50 | (2w) | |
| I Sharma | 8 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 8.25 | (2w) | |
| R Ashwin | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 4.70 | (2w) | |
| RA Jadeja | 9 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 3.44 | | |
| SK Raina | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 6.00 | (1w) |
Man of the Match: S. Dhawan (India)
