Kanpur: Though he was adjudged Man of the Match for his superb unbeaten knock of 104 runs against India in the first ODI, South Africa skipper AB de Villiers felt it was leg-spinner Imran Tahir's 47th over that turned the game on its head at the Green Park here yesterday.


AB de Villiers and Imran Tahir

India were cruising at 269-3 at the end of the 46th over and looked well on course to chase down the Proteas' score of 303-5 — but then leg-spinner Tahir came in to bowl his last over.