India vs. Netherlands: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364 sees India home with third consecutive half-century
India defeated http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 on Wednesday.
Star of the show for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 was the left-handed batting sensation Yuvraj Singh who scored his third consecutive half-century of the tournament to see his team home which was in a spot of bother after losing their top order batsmen in quick succession.
Chasing a very low total according to the Indian standards, the Men in Blue were off to a flying start through http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429 and Sachin Tendulkar as both of them had scored 69 runs in less than eight overs before the former was sent back to the pavilion.
Yousaf Pathan was promoted in the batting order to finish the match early for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820 and company but he could not make a big impression on the game and was dismissed cheaply.
Netherlands bounced back in the match by taking some quick wickets in the middle overs and had India in a slight trouble by dismissing 5 of their batsmen with just 139 runs on the board.
Yuvraj took control of the situation from then onwards with captain Dhoni and both of them ensured that India did not face any more hiccups in the clash.
Yuvraj remained the top scorer for his team with an unbeaten 51 off 73 balls with the help of seven boundaries. Sehwag was the other notable contributor as he made a brisk 39 in which he struck five blistering fours and a couple of towering sixes.
Left-arm spinner Pieter Seelaar impressed once again as he picked up three wickets for the Dutch after giving away 53 runs in his quota of 10 overs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mudassar-Bukhari-c77863 and Peter Borren claimed a scalp each.
Yuvraj Singh was named as the Man of the Match for his third consecutive half-century and picking up a couple of wickets.
After the victory, India remain on top of Group B with seven points after four matches. They play http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in the remaining group matches of the mega event.
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