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India ended their miserable Twenty20 World Cup campaign

June 17th, 2009

India ended their miserable Twenty20 World Cup campaign on an embarrassing note with  a 12-run defeat against South Africa –their third straight loss in the tournament– in a low-scoring Super Eight match here.

India’s star-studded batting order failed yet again as they could not chase down 131 runs that would have spared them the ignominy of finishing their Super Eight campaign without a single win to show.

In the end, 118 was all they could manage losing eight wickets.

This was after India’s disciplined bowlers — eight of them were pressed into action — had restricted South Africa to 130 for five on a sluggish track, last night.
Going by their start, a defeat never looked like a possibility for India. With Gambhir wasting precious little time in imposing himself and his aggression rubbing off on Rohit, India were off to a flying start till the mid-innings collapsed happened

Gautam Gambhir (21) and Rohit Sharma (29) gave India a strong start but it was Yuvraj Singh’s run-a-ball 25 that actually rekindled India’s hopes of a win in their swansong tie before the defending champions faltered.

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