India has doe it, Yuvraj has done it again as he guided co-host in the Semi-Finals of the 2011 CWC, with a convincing 5 wickets with 14 balls remaining over defending champions Australia on Thursday, 24th March, 2011 at Ahmedabad. India now set semi-final clash with arch rivals Pakistan in the 1st SF on Tuesday, 29th March at Mohali.
Australi aafter winning the toss got a good start by Watson 25 and Haddin 52 runs and were at good position with 110-1 in 22 overs but soon reduced to 150-4. But captain Ricky Ponting hit a timely century with 118 balls 104 runs and set a competitive total of 260/6 as David Hussey contributed 26 balls 38 runs. Yuvraj, Ashwin and Zaheer took 2 wickets each.
India also got a good start as Tendulkar and Gambhir hit half centuries but at one stage they were looking like collapsing but in-form Yuvraj Singh again guided a comfortable but tensed 5 wicket win, put unbeaten 74 runs with Raina who made 28 balls 34 runs.
Match Summary:
Australia - 260/6 in 50 overs (Ponting 104, Haddin 52, Yuvraj 2-44, Ashwin 2-52)
India - 261/5 in 47.4 overs (Tendulkar 53, Gambhir 50, Yuvraj 57*)
Toss - Australia won the toss and elected to bat first.
Man of the Match - Yuvraj Singh (India)
Result - India won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
1 comment:
A fantastic and well deserved win by India. The big q is: can they reproduce the same result against Pakistan....They can if Sachin is given more overs to bowl and Dhoni calms his nerves while running between the wickets... Communication between the batsman wil be the key...
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