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Team India qualifies for Q/F
Sat Mar 19 2011 05 : 03 / Dhaka
Team India is through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup courtesy some great showing by the South Africans at Mirpur.

Team India is through to the quart-finals of the World Cup courtesy some great showing by the South Africans at Mirpur. South Africa won the WC Group B match against Bangladesh by 206 runs.

Chasing a stiff victory target of 285, Bangladesh were shot out for a paltry 78 in 28 overs.

Lonwabo Tsotsobe blazed through the top-order, picking up three wickets for just 14 runs. Then left-arm spinner Robin Peterson claimed 4-12 at the end as Bangladesh crash out of the tournament.

Skipper Shakib Al Hasan made 30 but none of the other 10 batsmen reached double figures.

Earlier, it was the Graeme Smith-Amla opening partnership that laid the foundation for the big score on a slow and low track. The duo put on 98 for the first wicket.

Then Jacques Kallis mastered the slow wicket to hit his ninth World Cup half-century, sharing a fourth wicket stand of 82 with Faf du Plessis.

They laid the platform for a late assault which saw the lower order batsmen smash 92 runs in the last 10 overs as the South Africa put on a winning total of 284.

The emphatic win not only cemented South Africa's place as Group B winners with 10 points, but also carried India and England into the quarter-finals with the West Indies set to take the last spot.

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