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India trounce SA to book final berth

Saturday, 5 April 2014


FE Report
India beat South Africa by six wickets at the Mirpur stadium in Dhaka on Friday to book their final berth against Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup cricket scheduled for tomorrow.
Chasing a target of 172, the victors romped home in 19.1 overs. Virat Kohli hit a quickfire 72 runs off 44 balls to earn the facile win.
AFP adds: earlier South African skipper Faf du Plessis struck an attractive half-century to guide South Africa to 172-4 in the second semi-final of the World Twenty20 against India in Dhaka on Friday.
Du Plessis scored 41-ball 58 for his fifth Twenty20 fifty and added 71 for the third wicket with Jean-Paul Duminy who made an unbeaten 40-ball 45 after South Africa won the toss and opted to bat.
Du Plessis, who missed South Africa's last game against England because of a slow over-rate suspension, hit five boundaries and two towering sixes as the duo negotiated an Indian spin quartet with aggressive batting.