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The Group A match at Bassettere had the Proteas and Dutch facing each other at their respective first outing in 2007 world cup.The match was delayed due to rain. As a causal sequence,each of the innings was retrenched to 40 overs.Netherlands won the toss and invited SA to bat. Devilliers was dismissed in the first over,but Greame Smith and Kallis put on a good show with the bat, tailoring a 114 run stand at a very good scoring rate.In an attempt to deposit the ball over midwicket fence,Greame Smith abdicated his wicket. Herschelle Gibbs with the year of the world cup (07) etched in his jersey marched in as the next batter . Straightaway he got into the action with a attacking cover drive .But the real drama transpired in the 30th over of the match. Leg Spinner Van Bunge rolled his sleeves to bowl the over. The first one was an over pitched flighted delivery and Gibbs' instant reaction was to bludgeon it over the long-on fielder.Infact the ball had landed on the roof. Im...

" This is the day that the Lord has made ,we will rejoice and be glad in it "  Probably these were the lines that Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman would have sung on this very same day,a couple of decades ago.This was the day that had its impact on Indian cricket for a very long time.It wouldn't be exaggerating if i call this out as one of the best moments of life for every Indian cricket fan out there. This particular partnership changed the face of Indian cricket and the series as a whole revealed the fighting spirit that was imparted to Team India by Sourav Ganguly. Eden gardens was filled with multitude of gloomy faces when Day 4 began, courtesy following on to a huge first innings deficit.Indians made a decent start to second innings with openers SS Das and Sadagopan Ramesh providing a decent start.Sachin didn't have a good match as a batsman,but Ganguly and Laxman did manage to weave a decent web in the middle order.By end of Day 3 ,India were struggling...