South Africa's Robin Peterson celebrates after scoring the winning runs against India. Harbhajan Singh looks on. Photo: AP
M.S. Dhoni won the toss and both his openers obliged. Sending South Africa on a leather hunt, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar were on a class of their own. Sehwag brought up his 50 in just 44 balls. Photo: PTI
Tendulkar (left) and Sehwag brought up 100 off the partnership in just 11.4 overs. Sachin (left) brought up his 50 off just 33 balls. Photo: PTI
But Sehwag departed soon after with the score at 142. But that did not stop Sachin. He combined with Gambhir to forge another huge partnership. Photo: K.R. Deepak
Pretty soon, Sachin brought up his 48th ODI hundred - 99th International 100 - and his sixth in World Cup cricket. Photo: PTI
With both Gambhir and Tendulkar set, India took the batting power play. But it backfired sensationally. First Morne Morkel removed Tendulkar for 110. The score read 267-2. Photo: PTI
India lost their next four wickets in the space of six overs adding just a mere 18 runs. Here Robin Peterson removes Virat Kohli to reduce India to 286/6. Photo: K.R. Deepak
Dale Steyn who took a lot of tap early on, came back and finished off with five for 50 from 9.4 overs. Here, he castles Harbhajan Singh. India eventually limped to 296. Photo: AP
It was a familiar tale at the start of the South African innings. Zaheer Khan (right) accounting for Graeme Smith. South Africa were 41-1 at this stage. Photo: AP
Hashim Amla, who has tormented India in the past, looked set to do the same again but was dismissed by Harbhajan Singh for 61. Photo: AP
But South Africa had dug in by then. Jacques Kallis, who scored poorly in his last three matches, more than made up with a gritty 69. He avoid a runout here. Photo: AP
South Africa's AB de Villiers in action. de Villiers seemed unbeatable for a while, playing unorthodox shots at will. he got out to a 'reverse-pull', caught by Kohli at deep. Photo: AP
AB de Villiers reacts after he injured his knee. Amla came in as a by-runner, but de Villiers saved Amla the exercise, clobbering sixes and fours instead. Photo: AP
Mahendra Singh Dhoni stumps J.P. Duminy after a fumble. Photo: K.R. Deepak
India's Suresh Raina holds a catch to dismiss South Africa's Johan Botha. While wickets did fall, South Africa stuck to the basics - take the singles, punish loose deliveries. Photo: AP
South Africa's Robin Peterson, left, and Faf du Plessis hug to celebrate beating India by three wickets. Peterson hit Nehra for 10 runs in the first two balls of the last over. The winning runs too came off a boundary. Photo: AP