was a much awaiting day for cricket-crazy Indians to see India winning over World champion Australia in the 2nd ODI, at Vidharbha Cricket Association sports ground, Nagpur, on 29th October. The victory came under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni who made a brilliant century with 3 sixes & 9 boundaries.
Australia let India to bat first after winning the toss. India scored a mammoth total of 354 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. Australia was all out for 255.
Indian batsmen dominated over Australian bowler throughout the game. Sehwag made 40 off 31 balls. Gautam Gambhir gave him full support and made half-century. He scored 76 from 80 balls, but failed badly to convert it into a century. Suresh Raina made a score of 62 from 50 balls.
It was the pathetic Australian bowling that pave the way for Indian victory. Australian bowlers gave lots of extras that helped India score a big total.
Australia lost first wicket at the 5th over of their innings when P Kumar stumped off Tim Paine. Ricky Pontingwas got struck exact in front of the stumps by Kumar.
Several records were made in this match. 354 is the maximum score for India against Australian cricket team in ODIs. The score of 124 runs made by Captain Dhoni is also the maximum score made by a captain of cricket team against the World champions.
No comments:
Post a Comment