Suresh Raina century helps India beat South Africa

India register another emphatic win in ICC world twenty20 210 after beating South Africa by 14 runs. Suresh Raina played a big helping hand for India after scoring superb 101 runs of just 60 balls. He only became 2^nd batsman to scored century in ICC World twenty20 and third player to score T20I century after Chris Gayle and B.McCullum.

After put into bat, India struggle against the swinging ball earlier and lost new comer M.Vijay in the very first over of the inning. D.Karthik the replacement of Gautam Gambhir in today’s game also failed to score his runs freely and in the end throw his wicket away when he tried to clear mid-on in the sixth over.

At 32/2 in the 6^th over India were struggling and needed a solid partnership which is what Yuvraj Singh (37 runs of 30 balls) and Suresh Raina (101 runs of 60 balls) did, both put on quick-fire 88 runs of just 63 balls for the fourth wicket to put India right back into the game.

Suresh Raina scored his last 82 runs of just 38 balls. In the end M.S.Dhoni (16 runs of 6 balls) and Yusuf Pathan (11 runs of 7 balls) made an useful contribution to help India post a huge 186/5 in their 20 overs.

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T20 World Cup Schedule

Teams have been divided into four groups as Group A: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Australia. Group B: Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Zimbabwe. Group C: South Africa, India, Afghanistan. Group D: West Indies, England, Ireland.
Matches Timings, Schedule
Fri Apr 30 2010 1st Match, Group D West Indies v TBC Providence Stadium, Guyana
Fri Apr 30 2010 2nd Match, Group B New Zealand v Sri Lanka Providence Stadium, Guyana
Sat May 1 2010 3rd Match, Group C India v TBC Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sat May 1 2010 4th Match, Group A Bangladesh v Pakistan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sat May 1 2010 5th Match, Group D England v TBC Providence Stadium, Guyana
Sun May 2 2010 6th Match, Group C India v South Africa Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sun May 2 2010 7th Match, Group A Australia v Pakistan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sun May 2 2010 8th Match, Group B New Zealand v Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Guyana
Mon May 3 2010 10th Match, Group B Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Guyana
Mon May 3 2010 9th Match, Group D West Indies v England Providence Stadium, Guyana
Tue May 4 2010 11th Match, Group C South Africa v TBC Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Tue May 4 2010 12th Match, Group A Australia v Bangladesh Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Super 8 T20 World Cup 2010 Match Schedule / Timetable :
Thu May 6 2010 13th Match TBC v TBC (A1 v D2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Thu May 6 2010 14th Match TBC v TBC (C1 v B2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Fri May 7 2010 15th Match TBC v TBC (A2 v C2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Fri May 7 2010 16th Match TBC v TBC (B1 v D1) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sat May 8 2010 17th Match TBC v TBC (C1 v D2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sat May 8 2010 18th Match TBC v TBC (A1 v B2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sun May 9 2010 19th Match TBC v TBC (C2 v D1) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sun May 9 2010 20th Match TBC v TBC (B1 v A2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Mon May 10 2010 21st Match TBC v TBC (B2 v D2) Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Mon May 10 2010 22nd Match TBC v TBC (A1 v C1) Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Tue May 11 2010 23rd Match TBC v TBC (B1 v C2) Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Tue May 11 24th 2010 Match TBC v TBC (D1 v A2) Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Semi Final Matches
Thu May 13 2010 1st Semi-Final TBC v TBC Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Fri May 14 2010 2nd Semi-Final TBC v TBC Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
T20 World Cup 2010 – Final
Sun May 16 2010 Finals TBC v TBC Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

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