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Indi a A 433 for 3 (Dha wan 248, Pujara 109*) beat South Africa A 394 (Van Jaarsveld 108, Hendricks 106,

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Shikhar Dhawan began with Mo Farah-esque stridesand ended with an Usain Bolt-like burst to plunder 248off 150 balls - the second-highest List A score everand the record for an A-team - out of India A'sgiddying 433 for 3, in the virtual semi-final againstSouth Africa A in Pretoria. South Africa, in reply,ma de the most of a flat pitch and short boundaries tocome close to the target and only ran out o f ste amtowards the end to lose by 39 runs.

India had chosen to bat and the innings started w ithDhawan driving one straight down the ground. A

flurry of boundaries helped Dhawan and his newpartner at the top, M Vijay, scoot to 91 in the 12thover, but as Pujara joined Dhawan after Vijay wascaught behind for 40, there was a quiet period as therun rate dropped to below seven. It was merely thequiet before the violence.

Dhawan arrived at the century-mark off 86 balls witha straight-driven boundary in the 27th over, and foundhis nitro booster to rocket from there on. In the 28thover, he smashed his first six, off Juan Theron, andimmediately followed it with another. The projectedteam total was constantly being readjusted to higher levels as Dhawan kept finding the boundaries in anunprecedented attack. His second hundred came at almost double the rate as his first, taking 46 balls, as hesmashed his way to becoming only the third Indian to record a double-century in limited-overs cricket after

Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar. At the other end, Cheteshwar Pujara had quietly brought up his ownfifty off 54 balls.

Dhawan would not have got his double century had Rusty Theron held on to a chance off the bowling of Roelof van der Merwe when Dhawan was on 154, but with 10 overs still left when he got past that landmark,the 11-year-old record of the highest List A score of 268 looked well within his reach. He fell 20 runs short of it to finish second best. Pujara's unbeaten 109 off 97 seemed mild in comparison. The two batsmen scored285 runs together in 33.2 overs, 220 of which came from Dhawan's bat.

South Africa's bowling unit also entered record books as this was the first instance of five bowlers givingaway more than 60 runs each in a List A match, but they were not the only ones to suffer. India's bowlerswere meted out the same treatment as South Africa openers Reeze Hendricks and Rilee Rossouw rampagedtheir way to 121 by the 13th over and a repeat of South Africa's senior side's memorable night seven yearsago didn't appear improbable.

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A couple of quick wickets fell to the spinners, but Hendricks hammered a 75-ball hundred to take South Africapast 200 in the 25th over. The ball frequently disappeared to the adjacent net-ball courts as South Africaremained abreast with the required rate. The chase was following

After the dismissal of Hendricks, the required rate went over 10-an-over for the first time in the 32nd over,but Vaughn van Jaarsveld, with helpful cameos from Justin Ontong and Roelof van der Merwe, kept up thehope. Van Jaarsveld fell soon after reaching to his century, top-edging an Ishwar Pandey slower delivery tomid-off, effectively ending South Africa's challenge, as India mopped up the remaining batsmen quickly.However, on a batsman' s day, Dhawan's knock proved to be the difference.

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Posted by Francis Arun Bjorn Mel on (August 12, 2013, 15:05 GMT) - Featured comment

As much as I hate to admit it, Virender Sehwag's ODI career seems over. He may bounce back after a strong domesticseason but he may not last. Too much competition for the opening slot. We all know he can hit big scores. If he managesto twea k his batting style to achieve more consistent results he could sneak into the Test side once Sachin Tendulkar hangsup his boots.

Posted by Prashant Kumar Banjare on (August 12, 2013, 14:29 GMT) - Featured comment

There is no denying the fact that dhawan is getting better and better as the day progresses but we must not get carriedaway. He deserves a ll the accolades for his performances ever since he made his test debut aga inst the Aussies. But tobecome great player one has top [rove in all conditions and against quality a ttacks. It will be interesting how he copesagainst stey n morkel and company in the f orthcoming test series later this year. He is a flamboyant player who likes to goafter the bowlers and that approach can be dicey on bouncy pitches of SouthAfica. There will be moments when a classplayer struggles on bowlers freindly tracks but if t hat player wants t o called as a man for all season then he has towithstand all the pressure to pe rform well for his country.

Posted by vinaykmr on (August 12, 2013, 16:55 GMT)

well done. glad to see both dhawan n pujara score cent uries ahead of the crucial sa tour coming up late in the year. the realseries for the te am. keep up the performances. but i think the track must hv been t he flatest even worse than indian flat beds.

Posted by LongLiveTestCricket on (August 12, 2013, 16:53 GMT)

Great knock no matter what the pitch was and ev en if it was A level game. Really impressed to see his hunger for runs in allparts of t he world. He has a unique method of his own and a ve ry eff ective one. This is very important exposure for all the A team players before the full tour starts. The 2 4-days games for the A tea m would be very important too.

Posted by Teja Yenda on (August 12, 2013, 16: 44 GMT)

We definitely missed him for all these days I sa y.. . What a knock!!! He had waited so long to get a pe rmanent place in Indianteam. Hopefully, he will be permanent for sometime.. Congrat ulations Dhawan!!!

Posted by 37c. on (August 12, 2013, 16:41 GMT)

What a brilliant, brilliant knock - excellent, in fact, he's stormed onto the international scene. But what is Dhawan doing in the2nd team and not the 1st? There is an odd selection panel out there

Posted by Satish Ramkumar on (August 12, 2013, 16:28 GMT)

It was good to se e one of my fav cricket star scoring a double ton at a brisk rate. But really didn't understand the reason fornot including rayudu in the playing xi. Rayudu is a fa r bett er player t han some other members in the squad a nd is in goodbatting form this tournament. and one more positive from this game is IC Pandey, a promising bowler in the domestic circuit. Hetook 4 wickets on a flat pitch, where there is nothing for bowlers. All the best t o team india A for t he final against aus A.

Posted by the_blue_android on (August 12, 2013, 16:27 GMT)

@Gocho - I'd hate to call Dhawan a Jayasuriya. Dhawan has way bette r technique.

Posted by vr.mandalapu on (August 12, 2013, 16:09 GMT)

I agree with Srini in that the boy s did not really get the kind of test ing pitches which we all hoped they would. Even in Zimbabwethe te am mostly save d themselves by winning the toss and av oided batting first in bowler friendly conditions.Let us hope thatatleast f or the unofficial test matches after t his they will gain the experience for which they were se nt there.

Posted by Nampally on (August 12, 2013, 15:52 GMT)

Magnificient double century by Dhawan, only the 3rd double ton for India in ODI, laid the foundat ion for an enormousunbeatable tot al of 433. Pujara got his maiden century in ODI's & silenced his critics - he is just as good in ODI's as in Tests-where he is #1 with an average of 65. These 2 were involved in a record 280 partnership- highest in the ODI's for India.Dhawan's double ton was a superb display of power only matched by Sehwag's double ton. Great knock!. SA ba tting did notfold that e asily either. They ga ve Indian bowlers a lot of head aches with 2 ce nturians in Hendricks & Jaarsveld. But chasing433 even aga inst a weak Indian bowling is Herculean task for any batt ing. Pandey af ter a poor opening spell came back strongly to claim 4 wkts. He was the leading wkt. taker in the Ranji & I was glad t o see pujara still keeping faith in his capabilities& persisting with him. It appears t his wkt. is a batt ing paradise & a Nightmare for the bowlers- as confirmed by 300+ scores.

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