- India vs. South Africa ( 1st semi-finals 2002)
India was involved in a thrilling match of Champions Trophy. The match between India and South Africa was played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on 25th September 2002. Sourav Ganguly won the toss and elected to bat. Contributions from Virender Sehwag 59 in 58 balls, Rahul Dravid 49 in 67 balls and Yuvraj Singh 62 in 72 balls with 6 fours helped the Men in Blue to post a competitive total of 261 for 9.
Chasing the target of 262, South Africa lost an early wicket of Graeme Smith before Herschelle Gibbs and Boeta Dippenear put on 178 runs for the second wicket. Gibbs retired hurt on 116 in 119 balls and then came the twist as South Africa lost wickets at regular intervals and fell 10 runs short of the target. The Indian bowlers showed great discipline restricting the South African team to 251.
India 261 for 9 in 50 overs (Yuvraj Singh 62, Virender Sehwag 59, and Shaun Pollock 3/43) beat South Africa 251 for 6 in 50 overs (Herschelle Gibbs 117 retired hurt, Boeta Dippenear 97, Virender Sehwag 3/25) by 10 runs.
