Friday, March 7, 2008

India win the 1st Final of CB Series


India today registered an emphatic win over the Australians in the first final of Commonwealth Bank Series.Indians defeated Australians by 6 wickets with 25 balls to spare thanks to a blistering knock of 117 runs from just 120 balls by the Little Master Sachin Tendulkar.He was in outstanding form today as he literally outplayed the bowlers.Giving him fine company was the young lad Rohit Sharma scoring 66 runs.He also played with incredible form.Earlier Australia had managed to set a target of 240 runs losing 8 wickets with Matthew Hayden top scoring at 82 runs.Harbhajan and Praveen Kumar took 2 wickets each.This win helps India lead the Best of three finals.The next game will be played on 4th of March at Brisbane.

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