Yuvraj reaches his 50 and India cross the line with a powerful whippy flick to the square-leg boundary
India vs Netherlands, 25th Match, Group B at Delhi, Mar 09 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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25th Match, Group B (D/N), Delhi, March 09, 2011, ICC Cricket World Cup
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Critics will murmur about India's approach in this game. Their fans will say India have got out of the game with two points. Please hang on for quotes from post-match ceremony.
Borren: "At 100 for 4, you never know .. sneak a couple and ... to get back from the start given by Sehwag and Tendulkar to get it to 100 for 4 .. I am proud of my boys.Peter Seelaar won't forget tonight. It came against a serious batting line-up.
Two games that are coming up are big games for us; tonight will gives us confidence."
Dhoni: "Quite a few objectives were achieved. There are still some areas we need to improve. The Powerplay overs. The lower order shouldn't have come in to finish this off. Its always better to use the spinners up front and use the fast bowlers later with the old ball. Apart from the last over, Piyush has bowled well. we have seen patches of brilliance from him; he bowled well in the warm-up game. I don't mind chasing or batting first as long we are winning. Sehwag and Tendulkar are the pick of our batting. We rely a lot on the start. The batting line-up we have is a good mix."
Man of the match is Yuvraj Singh: "Last year was full of injuries; i was coming ni and going out Happy to be back in form. My job is the play the middle overs and try to take the team to the end. I have been bowling well. Nice to contribute."
That's it from us. Good bye and good luck
36.3
4
Kruger to Yuvraj, FOUR runs
36.2
•
Kruger to Yuvraj, no run
low full toss, smashed towards midwicket where a superb diving save is done
36.1
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Kruger to Yuvraj, no run
full delivery around off, pushed out to mid-on
end of over 361 run
IND: 187/5CRR: 5.19 • RRR: 0.21
MS Dhoni19 (40b 2x4)
Yuvraj Singh47 (70b 6x4)
Ryan ten Doeschate 7-0-38-0
Bradley Kruger 3-0-19-0
35.6
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Ryan ten Doeschate to Dhoni, no run
banged in short and it has been shoved past square-leg.. easy chance to take the single but they don't. Dhoni wants Yuvraj to take strike and hit his 50
35.5
•
Ryan ten Doeschate to Dhoni, no run
moves in from outside off, another defensive block
35.4
•
Ryan ten Doeschate to Dhoni, no run
full in length, on off and middle, defended to cover
35.3
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Ryan ten Doeschate to Dhoni, no run
stays back to defend to cover
35.2
1
Ryan ten Doeschate to Yuvraj, 1 run
a slower one, Yuvraj drags it down to deep midwicket
35.1
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Ryan ten Doeschate to Yuvraj, no run
short in length, punched to mid-on
Batting Powerplay taken
end of over 3514 runs
IND: 186/5CRR: 5.31 • RRR: 0.26
MS Dhoni19 (36b 2x4)
Yuvraj Singh46 (68b 6x4)
Bradley Kruger 3-0-19-0
Ryan ten Doeschate 6-0-37-0
34.6
4
Kruger to Dhoni, FOUR runs
strays to the pads and Dhoni helps it along to the fine-leg region to collect another boundary and India inch close to the winning line
34.5
1
Kruger to Yuvraj, 1 run
tucks this past square-leg for a signle
34.4
4
Kruger to Yuvraj, FOUR runs
Smashed! Yuvraj nearly decapitated Dhoni with a drilled drive and smiles as he sees Dhoni get down on to the ground to evade the missile
34.3
1
Kruger to Dhoni, 1 run
short in length, goes back to clip it past square-leg
34.2
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Kruger to Dhoni, no run
gets forward to smash it but straight to mid-off
34.1
4
Kruger to Dhoni, FOUR runs
starts off with a whipped on drive through wide mid-on region
end of over 342 runs
IND: 172/5CRR: 5.05 • RRR: 1.12
Yuvraj Singh41 (66b 5x4)
MS Dhoni10 (32b)
Ryan ten Doeschate 6-0-37-0
Bradley Kruger 2-0-5-0
DRinks break
33.6
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Ryan ten Doeschate to Yuvraj, no run
slow off cutter, defended to cover
33.5
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Ryan ten Doeschate to Yuvraj, no run
goes for the pull but mistimes it to short midwicket
33.4
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Ryan ten Doeschate to Yuvraj, no run
reaches across to tap to backward point
33.3
1
Ryan ten Doeschate to Dhoni, 1 run
shortish, bit of width outside off, cut away to sweeper cover
33.2
1
Ryan ten Doeschate to Yuvraj, 1 run
droves this for a single to bring Dhoni on strike
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