Saturday, November 12, 2005

India shines again



Hi!
India and Sri Lanka played a series of 7 ODIs in India.The 1st match was played at Nagpur on 25th October,2005.India won the toss and elected to bat 1st.After a break of 6 months Tendulkar was in a fine mood.He scored 93 runs.Irfan Pathan was sent to bat at number 3 and he scored 83 at the same position.But it was the Indian captain who took the Indian score above 300.He scored 85* of just 63 balls.His innings was comprised of 8 4s and a 6.India scored 350 after 50 overs at the loss of 8 wickets.Sri Lanka got out for 198.Murali Kartik and Harbhajan Singh were the highest wicket takers for India in the 1st ODI.Sir Dravid was named the man of the match for his brilliant 85*.India was leading the series 1-0.
2nd ODI was played at Mohali on 28th October.In this match,India won the toss and elected to field 1st.It was a very poor performance from the Sri Lankans, or we should say that the Indians performed brilliantly.Sri Lanka was all out on just 122.Sangakkara was the highest scorer for Sri Lanka.He scored 27.Pathan took 4-27 in his 8 overs.It was a very easy task for India to win.India won by 7 wickets.India scored 123-3.Tendulkar being the highest scorer for India.He scored 67*.Sir Dravid scored 2*.India was still leading 2-0.
3rd ODI was played at Jaipur on 31st October,2005.Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat.Sri Lanka scored 298-4 after50.Sangakkara scored 138*.This time it was Dhoni who brought the victory for India.He scored 183*(highest score by a wicket keeper in OdIs ever).India scored303-4.India won by 6 wickets.Dhoni picked up the man of the match.India leading the series 3-0.
4th OdI was played at Pune on 3rd November 2005.India won the toss and put the opposition onto bat.Sri Lanka was all out at 261.Atapattu scored 87.Agarkar took 5-44.Sir Dravid guided India to victory.He scored 63 runs.It was a very crucial innings for India.Dhoni and Suresh Raina scored 45* and 39*.India won the match by 4 wickets.Agarkar was named the man of the match.India won the series 4-0.
5th OdI was played at Ahmedabad on 6th November,2005.Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl 1st.There were 2 centurions for India.1st one was Gautam Gambhir who scored his maiden ODI century.He scored 103.The 2nd one was the Indian captain,the wall,Sir Dravid who scored his 11th one day hundred.He scored 103*.India scored 285-8 after 50.The match was fully in India's control till Dilshan came out to bat.At one stage Sri Lanka was 155-5.But Dilshan and Arnold got the victory for Sri Lanka.Dilshan scored 81* and Arnold scored 49*.Dilshan was named the man of the match.
6th ODI was played at Rajkot on 9th November,2005.India won the toss and put the opposition on to bat.Sri Lanka was all out on 196.RP Singh took 4-35.Dilshan scored 59.Yuvraj and Kaif took India to victory.Yuvraj scored 79* and Kaif scored 38*.India won by 7 wickets.RP Singh was named the man of the match.India was leading 5-1.
7th ODI was played at Vadodara today i.e. November 12,2005.Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.Sri Lanka scored 244-9 after 50. Arnold and Atapattu scored 68 and 59.Dhoni scored 80 and Sir Dravid 31*.Pathan and Sehwag scored 35 each while Tendulkar scored 39.India won the match by 5 wickets.Pathan picked up the man of the match while Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named the player of the series.India won the series 6-1.
It is a great victory for the Indians which they wouldn't forget,atleast for 2 to 3 years.Let us hope for some more good performances from India and from Sir Dravid in the next Indian series that will be played between India and South Africa in India.The series will start from 16th November,2005.
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3 Comments:

At 10:14 PM, Blogger nemo said...

Nice summary!

waiting for your summary for the series with South Africa.

 
At 1:11 AM, Blogger nemo said...

Dear Harsh,

How about a summary on south africa tour. Believe it or not, I don't know about the winner of the series.

 
At 12:53 AM, Blogger sameer said...

nice post thank for sharing this.

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