Posted on 15 November 2008 by ashok
Yuvraj Singh fighting a back injury and wearing a ‘black belt’ struck the second fastest One-day century by an Indian helped India to crush England by 158 runs in the first One-Day International on Friday at Rajkot
.The 26-year-old left-hander smashed 138 not out off just 78 balls to help
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India post an imposing 387 for five for their best One-day total against a Test-playing nation.
India post an imposing 387 for five for their best One-day total against a Test-playing nation.
Yuvraj pulled a muscle in his back, which was strapped, and employed a runner but that did not stop the runs flowing as he cracked 16 fours and six sixes in imperious fashion for his ninth One-day centuryIt was the highest total England has ever conceded and ended in one of their heaviest defeats by runs in the 50-over game after they were bowled out for 229 despite fifties by skipper Kevin Pietersen (63) and Ravi Bopara (54 not out).
Earlier, Sehwag put on 127 with the in-form Gautam Gambhir (51) to give India a solid start, hitting 10 fours and three sixes, and reached his 30th fifty with consecutive sixes off Paul Collingwood’s first two deliveries.
Zaheer dismissed Shah (0), opener Ian Bell (25) and Andrew Flintoff (4) to send England crashing to 38 for four after Munaf Patel had Matt Prior (4) caught by Sehwag at slip in the fourth over.Left-arm Rudra Pratap Singh forced Paul Collingwood to edge behind to Dhoni for 19 as their poor batting form continued following last month’s Stanford Twenty20 Challenge humiliation in the Caribbean where they were bowled out for 99.
Pietersen and Patel (28) put on 71 for the sixth wicket before falling in the space of three runs, to trigger another collapse.
Patel was stumped off off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and Pietersen was run out.
Bopara scored a combative fifty with five sixes and two fours to save the tourists from falling to their heaviest defeat which stands at 165 runs against
West Indies in 1994 and Pakistan three years ago.
West Indies in 1994 and Pakistan three years ago.
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