Tuesday, September 06, 2005

A Fair Win


Hi!
Day before yesterday India had a match against Zimbabwe.India won the toss and decided to bowl first.Zimbabwe's openers were not so good as Sibanda got out on 1 and Masakadza got out on a duck on balls by R.P Singh,who was making his ODI debut.Then Taylor was run out by Yuvraj.Then Taibu and Coventry had a good partnership of 116 runs which took the score from 50-3 to 166-3.Then Taibu was bowled out by Yadav.He got out after scoring 71.After Taibu,the next man to go was Coventry.He went after scoring a masterful 74 with Zimbabwe's score at 227-5 after 44.5 overs.Blignaut was stumped by Dhoni on a ball by Yuvraj on 41.Zimbabwe's score was 232-6.Ewing,Mahwire,Utseya and Williams got out after scoring 7,2,0 and 8.Ireland remained not out on 1.Zimbabwe's score at the end of 50 overs was 250 all out.
India got a shock in the beginning when Sehwag got out for 12 on a ball by Mahwire.India's score was 15-1.Ganguly was the next man to follow him on 2 with India's score at 23-2.Then, unfortunately Sir Dravid also got out after scoring just 6 with India's score at 34-3.Soon after Sir Dravid's dismissal Kaif also got out with India's score at 36-4.It was a nightmare for India.India was losing against Zimbabwe.Venugopal got out for 27 with India's score at 91-5.Now Dhoni came on the crease.Yuvraj made his 4th ODI century.Yuvraj and Dhoni made a brilliant partnership of 158 runs.This was India's highest partnership for the 6th wicket against Zimbabwe.Yuvraj got out after scoring a brilliant 120 with India's score at 6-249.Dhoni brought up his fifty and was not out at 67.India won the match by 4 wickets.Initially,the Indians were worried.But then Yuvraj and Dhoni turned the match in India's favour.
Yuvraj Singh was named the man of the match for his 120.

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