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New Delhi: AB de Villiers an unbeaten 107 after debutant Imran Tahir's 4-41 as South Africa registered a comfortable 7-wicket win over the West Indies in their World Cup clash.
AB de Villiers showed his pedigree with his second World Cup hundred, his 10th in all one-day internationals, and the fastest by a South African in a World Cup as South Africa chased down 223 at a canter at the Feroz Shah Kotla, the result sealed in the 43rd over for the loss of only three wickets.
De Villiers, who was named ODI Player of the Year for 2010, barely put a foot wrong in his knock, ticking along at better than a-run-a-ball from the start and sounding an ominous warning for South Africa's opponents in this tournament.
He shared in a decisive 119-run stand for the third wicket with Graeme Smith and shut down the game by adding a further 84 in JP Duminy's company.
Earlier, leg-spinner Imran Tahir made a memorable international debut by scalping four key wickets as South Africa bundled out West Indies for 222 in 47.3 overs.
The 31-year-old Tahir returned with impressive figures of 10-1-41-4 to take the bowling honours on what appeared to be a good track at the Ferozeshah Kotla, hosting its first match since December 2009 after the India-Sri Lanka ODI was abandoned because of a "dangerous" pitch.
Darren Bravo (73) was the top scorer for the West Indians who never really got to take control of the innings after being put in to bat by South African skipper Graeme Smith.
The Caribbeans failed to recover from the early jolt of losing their opener Chris Gayle in the very first over and although a few players got the starts, they could not translate them into big knocks.
South Africa opened the bowling with spinner Johan Botha and the move paid dividends straightaway as he accounted for dangerous Gayle on the third ball of the innings.
Gayle tried to play on the leg side but only succeeded in edging the ball to Jacques Kallis at the slip.
Morne Morkel replaced Botha whose first spell read 3-0-11-1 while Kallis took the bowling responsibility from Dale Steyn at the other end.
Kallis turned out to be quite expensive in his first over as Bravo spanked him for two boundaries.
Smith and Bravo steadied the innings after the early loss of Gayle by playing cautiously but were quick to dispatch the loose deliveries to the boundary.
While Bravo was the more aggressive of the two batsmen, unleashing a flurry of shots on both sides of the wicket, Smith was quite content in playing second fiddle and giving strike to his partner.
The duo brought up the 100-run stand for the second wicket in 19.4 overs and put the Caribbean innings back on track as the South Africans tried to break the partnership.
Just when West Indies seemed to be cruising along comfortably, the Proteas struck three vital blows to unsettle them again with leg-spinner Tahir doing the damage on two occasions.
Devon smith (36), Bravo (73) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (2) were the three batsmen who returned to the pavilion in quick succession as West Indies suddenly slumped to 120/4.
Steyn, who returned for his last spell, got the leg before decision of Pollard in his favour after a referral was called for by the South Africans.
Brief scores
West Indies 222 (Bravo 73, Tahir 4-41, Botha 2-48)
South Africa 223 for 3 (de Villiers 107*, Smith 45, Pollard 1-37)
Result South Africa won by seven wickets
MOM AB de Villiers (South Africa)
Points South Africa 2, West Indies 0
