http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364 sets a new world record while steering India to victory
India Cricket Team’s prodigious all-rounder, Yuvraj Singh set a new World Record of mopping a 5-wicket haul and cracking a fifty in a match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751, on Sunday, March 6, 2011, at
http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/ground/57897.html.
Yuvraj first upset the Irish batting order with ball and then hastened the Indian victory by scoring a marvelous fifty. He remained instrumental in his side’s uncertain success.
Exploiting the slow pitch, Yuvraj used his varied spin bowling to dismantle the Irish batting that was in good pace since the start of the innings. William Poterfield and Neil O’Brien were excellently building up the innings with a strong partnership, when
Virat Kohli’s run-out to Brien opened a way for Yuvraj to break the rest of batting order down.
With his permutated bowling, he took all 5 important wickets in a row. The batsmen who fell to Yuvraj include Poterfield, Andrew White, Kevin O’Brien, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Francis-Mooney-c67825.
Holding the bat as a middle-order batsman, Yuvraj went on to score a slow but match-winning fifty from 75 deliveries with the help of 3 fours. Had he not stood on the crease, India could not have won the match. His efforts were supported by Yousaf Pathan
who smashed last mint 3 sixes and 2 fours to turn the game to his side.
In yesterday’s match, India won the toss but elected to field first. The Irish batsmen could only set a target of 208 runs in 47.5 overs on the cost of 10 wickets. Only Poterfield and Neil scored 75 and 46 respectively. The other batsmen were stumbled badly.
The hero of the Irish Victory against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s first wicket fell on 9 and by 100 it had lost 4 of its key wickets. After
that Ireland failed in maintain the pace and thus lost the match by 5 wickets.
The 29 years old Yuvraj played a vital role in his side’s win. Apart from steering his team to get a face-saving success, he managed to set a new World Cup record. Yuvraj is a left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler with 268 ODIs to his credit.
His 7797 runs and 99 ODI wickets speak volumes of his extra-ordinary skills and professional competencies.
Yuvraj helped strengthening the perception that India is a top-favorite of this World Cup. His services to the Indian cricket with special reference to his yesterday’s feat are being widely hailed and appreciated throughout India. Let see how long his set
record remains intact and how dares to break it.
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