Monday, December 15, 2008

India gets on to a massive victory

Hi guys.Happy to meet you with an interesting article.Most of us are aware of the ongoing test match between India and England.After a worst defeat in the ODI tournament,England returned back to India to play a 2 match test series against India.Under tight security the first match took place at the Chepauk stadium at Chennai.Winning the toss,England chose to bat and managed to reach 316 runs with Strauss leading from the front with 122 runs.India started it s first innings with the hope to get the lead.But all that happened went to the English side who supressed indian batsmen to 241 runs.England opened their second innings with a lead of 75 runs.With an excellent centuries by Collingwood and Strauss the team declared at 311/9.With 387 as taregt Indian opener sehwag made a blasting 83 of 68 balls which laid the good foundation for indian batting order.It was the Sachin's day who scalped the victory from England by reaching his 45th ton.Well Done sachin.India marked a historic win after some 30 years.
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