Sachin Tendulkar gave a magnificent start under difficult conditions for India but got out not for the first time in the nineties. India coasting along to a target of 227 where suddenly thrown into a tricky position with the South African bowlers making most out of their hard earned breakthroughs. But Yuvraj and Dinesh Karthik kept their cool to save the blushes for India with an unbeaten 85-run stand for the 5th wicket to seal the match. India with a six-wicket win in this second ODI have stayed alive in this Future Cup with the decider to be played on Sunday. India have finally put one across the Proteas having lost to them five consecutive ODIs in the recent pastA good toss was won by Rahul Dravid which allowed his batsmen to escape the tough overcast conditions early on. To add to that India were bolstered with the return of MS Dhoni coming in for an unwell Gautam Gambhir. The other change was giving ODI Debut for Ishant Sharma by removing Rohit Sharma from the line up. The South Africans eager in bringing out some variety in their attack replaced the impressive Vernon Philander with the off spinner Thandi Tshabalala. Zaheer Khan and RP Singh gave a dream start for India by bowling three maidens on the trot and at the end of the fourth over, South Africa were struggling at 2-1 with AB de Villiers falling victim to a mix up with Morne van Wyk who had turned his back to his partner. In the 6th over, RP SIngh produced the biggest SA wicket by inducing Kallis to drag his drive onto his stumps. This is the situation when Gibbs is expected to come good and he started his innings with a classy cover drive for boundary which looked as if he was going to work up his magic. However, a reckless cut shot in the air from Gibbs gave Zaheer and India a lucky break with the stylish batsman making just the 17.
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