ICC World Cup 2011: India v/s Ireland india Won by 5 wickets- Yuvraj adjudged man of the Match
Yuvraj adjudged man of the Match as India won by 5 wickets against Ireland.
ICC World Cup 2011: India v/s Ireland india Won by 5wickets- Yuvraj adjudged man of the Match
The fear was evident on Yuvraj singhs face, he found it difficult to score against the Irish, and the elegant left hander could get only 2 boundaries in his innings. But the partnership between dhoni and Yuvaraj brought India home, when India was going for an easy win, dhoni got out, it reminded of the Game between South Africa and England earlier today, but Yusaf Pathan was in no mood to give Irish a chance, he just smashed 16 of the first over he faced shutting every hop of the Irish win.
India started the chase of Irish total of 207 with Shewag's first ball boundary, the hard hitting man didn't last he fell to Johnston a soft caught and bowled, then followed Gautam Gambir on slow ball form Johnston .
Sachin and Virat Kohli started to build the platform; they scored in singles and two's. Sachin was hitting the ball well, despite of the good start he got he couldn't make a big score, he was trapped in front by Dockrell at 38 of 56 balls.
Sachin dismissal at the score of 87 put India under pressure, yuvraj and Kohli was on dilemma over whether to attack or defend. The confusion ended in a mix up in 24th over when the team total was just 100 and 108 more to get.
Dhoni Joined Yuvaraj , well placed field setups and great efforts in the fielding from Irish made Indian scoring slow, boundaries were hard to come by . Rankin bowled really well against Yuvraj, he was exposed, and his inability to cope the bounce was evident when he faced Rankin.
The due together added 67 runs from 17 overs, still 41 to get to the target Dhoni fell to Dockrell at 34. India sensed the danger of another twist in the tail, but not this time hard luck for Ireland, Yusaf pathan Ceases Ireland every hope of another Upset hitting 2 sixes and a for in the first over he faced, reducing the target to 20 odd runs to get.
Rest was a mere formality, Yuvraj scored his first half century of the ICC World Cup 2011, India reached the target of 208 in 46 the over with 24 balls to spare, thank to Yusaf pathan for his Quick fire 30.
Earlier Ireland winning the toss elected to bat, could cope to the Indian spinners put on a totoal of 207 from 47.5 over's. WTS Porterfield* scoring 75 top scoring the Ireland innings and last match hero KJ O'Brien could only make 9 runs this time Yuvraj was the pic of the bowlers taking 5 wicket 10overs giving away 31 runs and Zhaeer took 3 wickets for 30runs.Yuvraj Singh was adjudged man of the match for his efforts with ball and bat
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