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| INDIA ON TOP DOWN UNDER |
| Praveen Kumar and Sachin Tendulkar delivered telling performances as India registered one of their most famous one-day wins at the Gabba on Tuesday.
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| AUSTRALIA
, 4-March-2008
9:54:56 AM |
| Praveen Kumar and Sachin Tendulkar delivered telling performances as India registered one of their most famous one-day wins at the Gabba on Tuesday.
Beating Australia by nine runs in a thrilling second final of the CB Series, India brought to an end a long, hard, bitter and controversial tour of Australia on a winning note.
Having chosen to bat on a pitch that offered some grip, MS Dhoni's men racked up 258 thanks mainly to Tendulkar's 91 in what could be his final appearance in an international in Australia.
Australia got off to a poor start, thanks to Praveen's incisive first spell in which he took three wickets. A late charge by James Hopes kept the home team within sight of a win. But with 13 to get from the last over, Hopes holed out to Piyush Chawla at mid-wicket to give India their first win in the final edition of the annual CB Series.
Getting the combination right
Having won the Sydney final on Sunday, Dhoni did most things right on Tuesday, including calling the toss and reading the pitch. Against popular theory, he retained Chawla in the side while bringing in Sreesanth for the injured Ishant Sharma.
Tendulkar and Robin Uthappa provided India the dream start - 94 in just over 20 overs, which set things up for later overs. India looked good for 280 at the stage. The highest total ever chased at the Gabba is 284.
However, Uthappa, Gambhir, Yuvraj, Tendulkar and Rohit all holed out one by one. It left India at 259 - twenty runs short, even by a conservative estimate.
Praveen shines, and revenge for Bhajji
Praveen, the Uttar Pradesh all-rounder from a family of wrestlers landed the first cuts on Australia. He got Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting again like he did in the final in Sydney.
A third wicket in Michael Clarke followed. Matthew Hayden had a reprieve, dropped off Sreesanth by Dhoni. He and Andrew Symonds did the repair work, until Harbhajan delivered the deathblow in one over.
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