5 forgotten victories of India under MS Dhoni's captaincy

#2 2nd ODI vs South Africa (Johannesburg) – 2011

Yuvraj Singh took a couple of brilliant catches in crunch moments as India defended 190.

After an intriguing Test series which ended 1-1, India won the only T20I before South Africa pulled one back with a comprehensive win in the first ODI.

India’s batsmen didn’t deliver the goods in the second ODI as they were bundled out for 190. India were going well at one stage – 150/3. But the fall of Yuvraj triggered a collapse as India lost their last seven wickets for 40 runs. Each batsman in the top five got starts but none of them converted it into a big one.

The Proteas were on course to make it 2-0 as Smith and Miller were going well with the former having registered a well-compiled half-century. At 150/4, the game seemed to be almost dead and buried but Smith’s wicket injected life back into the game as India started to tighten the screws.

The ‘Men in Blue’ kept chipping away with wickets at regular intervals as the hosts slipped to 177/8. A couple of boundaries (one from Parnell and one from Morkel) tilted the game in South Africa's favour but there was another twist as Morkel fell with 3 runs needed. Tsotsobe stole a single to bring Parnell on strike. However, he fell as Yuvraj took a crucial catch at backward point to seal the game for India.

Brief Scores: India 190 (Yuvraj 53, Dhoni 38, Tsotsobe 4-22, Morkel 2/32) beat South Africa 189 (Smith 77, Munaf 4-29, Zaheer 2/37)