Australia wins in a cliff hanger, as India lose first ODI by 4-runs.Byline: ANI Vadodara, Oct 25(ANI): The first match of the seven-game ODI series between India and Australia in Vadodara had a thrilling finish on Sunday, as the Indian players failed to hold on their nerve and fell short by four runs. At one point the match did seem like heading towards Australia's grip after the Indian star batsmen were unable to score freely on a batsman-friendly pitch, but the late heroics by Harbhajan Singh For other people named Harbhajan Singh, see . Harbhajan Singh pronunciation (Punjabi: and Praveen Kumar made the last 10 overs of the second innings added sparkle to the match. Earlier, opting to bat first Australia scored a respectable score of 292 for eight wickets after a splendid batting performance by captain Ricky Ponting Ricky Thomas Ponting (born December 19 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian cricketer and current captain of the Australia national cricket team (for both One-Day International and Test cricket). (74 runs), Michael Hussey Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (born 27 May, 1975, Morley, Western Australia) is an Australian cricketer. He is also known by his nicknames of Huss, The Huss, and Mr Cricket, the latter due to his statto-like knowledge of his sport. (73 runs), Tim Paine <noinclude> Timothy David Paine (born 8 December, 1984) in Hobart, Tasmania, is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket. He plays club cricket for the Tasmania University Cricket Club. (50 runs) and Cameron White (51 runs). ith a target of 293 on the board, the Indian team required a good start from its openers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, but both the batsmen struggled in front of Australian spearheads Brett Lee and Shane Watson. Having a disciplined bowling and tight fielding, the Australians were able to contain the openers for cheap and have a check on the middle order batsmen, where except for Gautam Gambhir who scored 68 runs, Virat Kohli (30 runs), M. S. Dhoni
Dhoni or Doni(Dhivehi: ދޯނި ),(pronounced Dōni)is a multi-purpose sail boat with a motor or lateen sails that is used in the Maldives. (34 runs), Suresh Raina (9runs) and Ravindra Jadeja (5 runs) found it tough to score runs. The plot was out of consideration after reeling at 201-7, however, lower order batsman Harbhajan (49 runs) and Praveen (40 runs not out) added 84 runs from 57 balls for the eighth-wicket, to give the Vadodara spectators something to cheer about. Harbhajan and Praveen were able to bring the target down to nine runs from the last over from Peter Siddle, but the quick conceded only four runs while clean bowling Harbhajan. At the end the Team India fell short by four runs, courtesy a tight over by Siddle. The second ODI of the series will be played at VCA VCA Voltage Controlled Amplifier VCA Victorian College of the Arts (Australia) VCA Vehicle Certification Agency (UK) VCA Veiligheids Checklist Aannemers Stadium in Nagpur on Wednesday. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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