India go down to South Africa despite Tyagi's six-for

BRISBANE: Sudeep Tyagi's brilliant six-wicket haul went in vain as India slumped to a 10-run defeat against their South African counterparts in their first 50-over match of the Emerging Players Tournament on Tuesday.
India, who had thumped Australian Institute of Sports by six wickets in their Twenty20 match on Monday, could not replicate the same form in the 50-over game at the Fred Kratzman Oval.
After India captain S Badrinath inserted South Africa, Tyagi (6/37) mowed the South African top and middle order but handy cameos from Farhaan Behardien (33), Heino Kuhn (46), Daryn Smit (45) and Cornelius de Villiers (39 not out) guided the Proteas to a modest 214 for nine in their allotted 50 overs.
India's reply got off to a worst start with Murali Vijay returning scoreless. Wriddhiman Saha (47), Abhishek Nayar (33), Badrinath (32) and Manoj Tiwary (22) tried their best but India were all out for 204 runs in 47.4 overs.
Tyagi was in sensational form as he scalped five South African batsmen in his sizzling opening spell before picking one more wicket for a highly impressive figure of 9-1-37-6.
At 32 for five, South Africa were staring at the abyss but Behardien and Kuhn added 75 runs for the sixth wicket to arrest the slide and then Smit and de Villiers collaborated to raise 45 runs as South Africa crossed the 200-mark that seemed improbable at one stage.