Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Team India Smashes the Ausis in Nagpur ODI

Team India
India beat Australia by 99 runs in the second ODI in Nagpur. Chasing a victory target of 355, Australia bowled out for 255 in 48.2 overs. The seven-match series is now levelled at 1-1. For India, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar were the pick of the bowlers.

India had put up 354/7 in 50 overs. Dhoni was the top scorer with 124, while Gambhir made 76. Raina and Sehwag contributed 62 and 40 respectively. ForAustralia, Johnson took 3 wickets.

Australia never looked like chasing the mammoth target set by India and they lost wickets at regular intervals. Only Mike Hussey and Adam Voges showed some resistance, but that was not enough.

Australia bowled out for 255 in 48.2 overs. Hussey was the top scorer with 53. Adam Voges contributed 36, while Nathan Hauritz remained unbeaten on 30. ForIndia, Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets. Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar took 2 wickets each. MS Dhoni was declared "Man of the Match".

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