Sunday, March 2, 2008

Tendulkar's ton seals victory for india

A splendid unbeaten century by the little master has lifted india to a six-wicket win over the aussies in the first of the three finals of the CB series. sachin's unbeaten 117 first against australia in australia has helped india to beat aussies by 6 WKTs.
After the bowlers did a good job of restricting Australia to 239 for eight wickets,Tendulkar (120 balls, 10x4s) guided India to 242 for four in 45.5 overs, to win with 25 balls to spare. Tendulkar was adjudged the Man of the Match. Rohit Sharma was the other main contributor in the Indian innings with a fine 66 (87 balls, 6x4s).
Australia now have a huge task to win the second final at the Gabba in Brisbane Tuesday.