Saturday, February 27, 2010

South Africa beat a second-string young Indian team by 90 runs in the third and final ODI in Ahmedabad, but India won the Micromax Mobile Cup 2010 2-1. Sachin Tendulkar was declared 'Man of the Series' by the virtue of his unbeaten double century in the Gwalior ODI.

Kallis and Villiers added unbeaten 173 runs for the 3rd wicket. Kallis remained unbeaten on 104 off 94 balls with 5 boundaries and 3 sixes. It was his 17th ODI hundred.



AB de Villiers batted superbly and completed his 6th ODI hundred off 58 balls. He remained unbeaten on 102 off 59 balls with 11 boundaries and 3 sixes. Villiers had also scored an unbeaten century in the Gwalior ODI.

For South Africa, Dale Steyn and Lonwabo Tsotsobe took 3 wickets each. Roelof van der Merwe and Johan Botha took 2 wickets each. AB de Villiers was declared 'Man of the Match'. The 'Man of the Series' award went to Sachin Tendulkar. In his absence, Mahendra Singh Dhoni received the luxurious 'Volvo S80' car, which was given as the 'Man of the Series' award.

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