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SACHIN- definitely the sports person loved by any INDIAN.Sometimes it feels very proud that we are here in his era of the game.We definitely are the luckiest people now on the planet to be a contrymen of this MASTER..

Just when we thought we have seen the best of Sachin Tendulkar’s batting, the master walked in with his mighty piece of willow and produced something that has never been seen in limited over cricket — a double century.

Sachin Tendulkar, who broke the record for the highest individual ODI score, overtaking Saeed Anwar and Charles Coventry on his way to the format's first double-hundred, has said his ability to bat the entire 50 overs was a testament to his fitness after having played the game for more than 20 years.

"It feels good that I lasted for 50 overs, a good test of my fitness. I'd like to bat another 50 overs at some stage and see that the fitness level doesn't drop," Tendulkar said after his effort helped India take a unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. "The ball was coming onto the bat and I was striking the ball well. So when everything falls into its place, it feels nice. It was one of the innings where I felt I was moving well. Since I was timing the ball well, I could be more aggressive and put pressure on the bowlers."

Tendulkar said he sensed an opportunity to break the record and reach a double-century when he had gone past 175 in the 42nd over. The record eventually came in the 46th over, and the 200 in the 50th. "When I was near 175-180, I thought I could get a 200 as there were quite a few overs left," he said. He added that he would prefer his achievement to be upstaged by an Indian. "I don't play for records, I play for enjoyment and play with lots of passion. That's how cricket started. I didn't start playing cricket to break all the records; it's happened along the way. The dream was to play for India and do my best.

Master added "I don't think any record is unbreakable. Records are made to be broken. I hope that if this record is broken, it's done by an Indian."

Dhoni, who witnessed Tendulkar surpass the record from the other end, said: "I think one of the best innings, you can say. It's always good to be on the other side, watching him score 200 runs. When he is tired and can't play the big shots, he was very clever to use the pace of the bowler and it's very difficult for the bowlers as they don't know where exactly to bowl."

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It went down to the last ball but when Jacques Kallis fell in the 43rd over, with South Africa requiring an improbable 74 from 43 balls and only two wickets in hand, it looked like game, set and match to India. From there, Dale Steyn and Wayne Parnell threatened to pull of an incredible heist but India held their nerve to clinch a final-ball win in Jaipur.

The quality of cricket was actually below-par from both sides - India's bowling threatened to completely disintegrate under the pressure and barring Kallis, South Africa's batting was quite dismal - but the contest was made memorable by the tailenders Steyn and Parnell. This is how it panned out in the end: Steyn lashed two straight sixes in the 46th over bowled by Suresh Raina, the pair pinched three boundaries in the 48th over bowled by an errant Sreesanth and when both batsmen struck audacious sixes down the ground against Ashish Nehra in the 49th over, South Africa required only 10 from the last over.

Praveen Kumar bowled Steyn with a slower one off the second delivery but the drama wasn't over yet. Charl Langeveldt pulled the penultimate delivery to long leg where Sachin Tendulkar dived full-stretch to prevent the boundary. Many replays later, the third umpire ruled it a legal save and South Africa had to be content with three runs but had the well-set Parnell on strike for the last delivery. More excitement lay ahead as Praveen hurled a wide leaving South Africa needing three to win. Parnell squeezed out the final delivery to third man where Sreesanth fielded the ball cleanly and threw in a slightly wide throw but MS Dhoni had enough time to break the stumps with Parnell just one yard short of levelling the scores.

Until those dramatic end overs where India threatened to choke, they had actually done most things necessary to win the game. No batsman got a big score, but there were enough handy contributions from the top-order to push India to a strong 298. No bowler got more than two wickets but there was enough combined discipline in the attack, till they crumbled under the Steyn & Parnell show, to restrict South Africa.

For their part, South Africa might have come very close in the end but the stand-in captain Jacques Kallis was the only top-order batsman to offer any resistance in the chase where Ravindra Jadeja starred for India with his unspectacular but steady spell of left-arm spin where he used the arm-ball quite liberally to keep the batsmen honest. When Jadeja came on to bowl South Africa were sitting pretty at 60 for 1 from nine overs. When he finished his first spell that read 8-2-23-2, and included the vital wickets of Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers, South Africa had slowed down to 127 for 3 from 24 overs.

He didn't get the ball to turn but repeatedly slipped the one that went straight on with the arm to suffocate the batsmen. The ball also tended to skid on in this surface and at times kept a touch low and the batsmen struggled to put away his armers. He lured Gibbs to slice to long-off and troubled both Kallis and de Villiers with his skidding deliveries. de Villiers tried to wriggle free with an attempted cut shot that proved fatal as he completely failed to connect

MATCH STATS:

South Africa in India ODI Series - 1st ODI

India v South Africa

ODI no. 2961 | 2009/10 season
Played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
21 February 2010 - day/night (50-over match)

Toss:: South Africa, who chose to field

India innings (50 overs maximum) ::



V Sehwag run out (Langeveldt) 46(37)

SR Tendulkar run out (Gibbs/Parnell) 4(5)

KD Karthik c Petersen b Langeveldt 44(56)

MS Dhoni*† c Morkel b Kallis 26(29)

V Kohli c Gibbs b Morkel 31(46)

SK Raina c †Boucher b Kallis 58(63)

YK Pathan c Kallis b Parnell 18(13)

RA Jadeja c †Boucher b Kallis 22(20)

P Kumar run out (de Villiers/Langeveldt) 13(14)

A Nehra not out 16(17)

S Sreesanth not out 0(0)



Extras :: (lb 7,w 13)20


Total ::(9 wickets; 50 overs) 298 (5.96 runs per over)


Fall of wickets:: 1-10 (Tendulkar, 1.5 ov), 2-89 (Sehwag, 14.2 ov), 3-116 (Karthik, 18.2 ov), 4-138 (Dhoni, 23.1 ov), 5-204 (Kohli, 36.2 ov), 6-231 (Pathan, 39.3 ov), 7-260 (Raina, 43.4 ov), 8-274 (Jadeja, 45.5 ov), 9-292 (Kumar, 49.2 ov)


Bowling ::

O M R W Econ

DW Steyn 10 1 46 0 4.60 (4w)

WD Parnell 9 0 69 1 7.66 (3w)

CK Langeveldt 10 0 48 1 4.80 (2w)

JA Morkel 8 0 59 1 7.37 (2w)

J Botha 6 0 40 0 6.66

JH Kallis 7 0 29 3 4.14 (1w)


South Africa innings (target: 299 runs from 50 overs) ::



LL Bosman b Kumar 29(23)

HH Gibbs c Kohli b Jadeja 27(40)

JH Kallis* b Sreesanth 89(97)

AB de Villiers b Jadeja 25(23)

AN Petersen run out (Sreesanth/†Dhoni) 9(21)

JA Morkel lbw b Nehra 2(8)

MV Boucher† c †Dhoni b Sreesanth 5(9)

J Botha lbw b Pathan 10(11)

WD Parnell run out (Sreesanth/†Dhoni) 49(47)

DW Steyn b Kumar 35(19)

CK Langeveldt not out 4(2)



Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 8) 13


Total :: (all out; 50 overs) 297 (5.94 runs per over)


Fall of wickets:: 1-58 (Bosman, 8.4 ov), 2-64 (Gibbs, 11.2 ov), 3-109 (de Villiers, 19.1 ov), 4-134 (Petersen, 25.5 ov), 5-142 (Morkel, 27.6 ov), 6-161 (Boucher, 31.2 ov), 7-180 (Botha, 34.6 ov), 8-225 (Kallis, 42.6 ov), 9-290 (Steyn, 49.2 ov), 10-297 (Parnell, 49.6 ov)


Bowling::

O M R W Econ

P Kumar 8 0 46 2 5.75 (2w)

A Nehra 10 0 67 1 6.70

S Sreesanth 9 1 74 2 8.22 (1w)

RA Jadeja 10 2 29 2 2.90

YK Pathan 10 0 51 1 5.10 (1w)

SK Raina 3 0 25 0 8.33


Series India led the 3-match series 1-0

Player of the match RA Jadeja (India)

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