Gambhir Shines Despite India's Loss to Australia
Score:
Australia 7 for 317 (Ponting 124, Symonds 59, Hayden 54) Beats
India 299 (Gambhir 113, Uthappa 51, Lee 5-58) by 18 runs
A dashing century by Gautam Gambhir could not save India from an
18-run defeat at the hands of Australia in their tri-series match on
Sunday. This is his second century of the tournament. While the home side toasted a return to form ahead of Sunday's first
final, India's plight to reach the CB Series deciders now comes down to
the match against Sri Lanka on Tuesday after they reached 299.
India chased bravely and made 299 from 49.1 overs, the highest ever by chasing side at the SCG. The batting problems began when Stuart Clark captured two early victims of Virender Sehwag (18) and Yuvraj Singh (5), who both pushed unconvincingly and provided work for Gilchrist. Rohit Sharma went in a similar manner to Bracken after the chase started badly when Sachin Tendulkar stepped across his stumps and was lbw to Lee fifth ball.
Gambhir and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni revived Indian hopes by putting on 98 for the fifth wicket partnership, before Dhoni was caught behind off the bowling of Brett Lee for 36.
Gambhir lifted his rate after Dhoni departed, but he was unable to drag his side ahead before collapsing at 299.
February 24, 2008 by Cricket Fan
Posted in Aus V India | 2 Comments »
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Gauti,
You are one of the exceptional players of the Indian side.Good luck and all da best for 2009.
Posted by Ruvini Jayawardane on January 04, 2009 at 08:57 PM PST #
Gauti,
Be mild like a
moon
Be pure like a
swan
Be acttive like a
bee
Be kind like a
doctor
Be sleek like a
flower
Be light like a
wind
and
work hard
to fulfill
all your expectations.
Posted by Ruvini Jayawardane on January 04, 2009 at 09:01 PM PST #