Thursday, February 25, 2010

India win series with the help of super 200 by Superman of Cricket

Today is one of the memorable days in the history of Cricket. Today Cricket got his first man to reach the landmark of 200 in ODIs and the people of world witnessed any batsman to reach this magical figure for the first time, it's none other than superman of cricket, master blaster Sachin Tendulkar.
It took 39 years of waiting and it was well worth it. Sachin Tendulkar chose arguably the best bowling attack to do so. Master Blaster smashed 25 fours and 3 sixes during the process and put up India's third highest total in ODIs, with the help of Dinesh Karthik (79 runs from 85 balls), devastating Yusuf Pathan (36 runs from 23 balls) and captain MS Dhoni (68 runs from 35 balls).
Today India has also become the first team to reach 400 for the 3rd time, and 401/3 is the 9th highest total ever in the history of the games. They completely outplayed South Africa and bowled them out for 248 runs only with 43 balls to spare. India win both, the match and the series.
"I dedicate this double hundred to the people of India who have been standing behind me for the last 20 years" - Sachin Tendulkar, during the presentation ceremony.

Brief Score:

India 401 for 3 (Tendulkar 200*, Karthik 79, Dhoni 68*) beat South Africa 248 (de Villiers 114, Sreesanth 3-49, Pathan 2-37) by 153 runs

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