India back on track; Yuvraj scores a ton

 

                        Yuvraj ton helped India to reach a score of 268 batting first. Now India will face Australia in Quarterfinals in Ahmedabad on the other hand West Indies will face Pakistan.

                        Earlier India batting first had a shaky start when they lost Tendulkar in start. Gambhir tried to give momentum to Indian innings with virat Kohli but he also fell soon on 22. Yuvraj along with Kohli manage to stir the Indian innings and later scored 113 runs until he was caught and bold by Pollard. India managed to score 268 runs and Rampaul took 5 wicket hall. In response West Indies had a good start to their innings but were once again did not manage to grab the wib because of disappointing performance from the middle and lower level batsman managing to score only 188 runs.

Indian innings		R	B
G GAMBHIR	c Russell b Rampaul	22	26
S TENDULKAR	c †Thomas b Rampaul	2	4
V KOHLI	b Rampaul	59	76
Y SINGH	c & b Pollard	113	123
MS DHONI	st †Thomas b Bishoo	22	30
S RAINA	c Rampaul b Sammy	4	8
Y PATHAN	b Rampaul	11	10
H SINGH	c Pollard b Russell	3	6
R ASHWIN	not out	10	7
Z KHAN	b Rampaul	5	3
M PATEL	(b 5, lb 2, w 9)	1	2

Bowling	O	R	W
R Rampaul	10	51	5
SJ Benn	4	32	0
AD Russell	9.1	46	2
DJ Sammy	6	35	1
D Bishoo	10	48	1
KA Pollard	10	49	1

 TOTAL= 268

 

WEST INDIES INNINGS		R	B
DS Smith	b Khan	81	97
KA Edwards	lbw b Ashwin	17	17
DM Bravo	c H Singh b Raina	22	29
RR Sarwan	c Ashwin b Khan	39	68
KA Pollard	c Pathan b H Singh	1	3
DC Thomas	st Dhoni b YSingh	2	8
DJG Sammy	run out (Raina/Patel)	2	4
AD Russell	c Pathan b Y Singh	0	5
SJ Benn	c Patel b Khan	3	12
D Bishoo	not out	6	11
R Rampaul	b Ashwin	1	4

Bowling	O	R	W
R Ashwin	10	41	2
Z Khan	6	26	3
H Singh	9	35	1
YK Pathan	7	28	0
SK Raina	2	12	1
Yuvraj Singh	4	18	2
MM Patel	5	20	0