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Thursday, March 10, 2011

India through to quarter finals

India won by 5 wickets against Netherlands to get into Quarter finals with 7 points from 4 games. But they struggled to get there as  the weak points of India was evident. Netherlands batting first were bowled out for 189 runs and Zak took 3 wickets. The surprise inclusion was Piyush Chawla and he took 2 wickets finally. H.Singh missed out again without picking a wicket. He has taken only 2 wickets in this world cup and is definitely due for a big spell.
Chasing this, India started well with a flier start from the batting maestro and Viru. They scored at brisk pace and India raced to 69 for no loss. Then Seelar dismissed both of these batsmen and Yousuf Pathan and Kohli dint last long. A steady partnership between Yuvraj and Gambhir was followed by a partnership between Yuvi and Dhoni to sail them home with 5 wickets to spare.
Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to reach to 2000 world cup runs.
Yuvraj Singh scored his 3rd consecutive half century in ODI's.

Netherlands 189 all out(Borren 38*, Zaheer 3-20)
India 191 for 5(Yuvraj 51*, Seelaar 3-53) won by 5 wickets

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