Monday, November 17, 2008

Yuvraj overwhelms England again



"Made by ENGLISH, mastered by INDIAN"- After winning the toss and deciding to bat first-INDIA clinches on to another fascinating victory over ENGLAND in 2nd one-dayer in Indore on 17th of Nov 08, Yuvraj again the hero and man of the match with118runs, 122 balls 15 fours, 2 sixes, and in his 10 overs he claimed 4 wickets at cost of just 48 runs, finally total score 292 on board for england to chase on

Indian batsmen looked very edgy in the begining and loosing 3 crucial wickets of sehwag, rohit sharma and suresh raina in the first two powerplays in a quick succession......Indian innings was in trouble, but just after YUVI arrives on the turf bringing the great fortune for the Indian batting and stood up in a century partnership with Gautam Gambhir for the 4th wicket in a quick and crisis time for the Indian batting.......Meanwhile Gambhir also went on to make his yet another half century (70 runs) with the gifted bat from Sehwag carrying his good form from the last series against OZs......before he got out bowled by pietersen the England skipper.........but YUVI went on to smash the bowlers out of the arena continously bringing up his 10th 100 of his career.......he flamboyantly smashed all the england bowler well supported by quick 50 of yusuf pathan in the lower middle order assuring to put up a mounting task against the England.

In the second half england batsmen also had to pay early penalty against the quality bowling of Indian seamers who though didn't claim any wicket but contended the run scoring creating pressure on the England. Spinners had their day today and they claimed 9 wickets over-all collectively and one was run out. Although Owais Shah showed some resistance and went on to make 58 runs stand just before YUVI trapped him in front of the stumps.

England were all out on the total score of 238 with 3 overs to bowl. India registering yet another win leading the 7 ODI series by 2-0. Yuvraj was awarded as the Man of the match for his all-round performance. Now what tactic in the next match England will implement is the task to be done by the Indian crew.