And in bowling, RP Singh and Irfan Pathan took three wickets each for Team India. Apart from this, Sachin Tendulkar also took a wicket.
Sachin had missed the century
After bowling, now it was Pakistan’s turn to reply with the bat. In the match, Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir landed on the field for the opening. Gambhir returned to the pavilion after scoring just two runs. At the same time, Irfan Pathan, who came out to bat at number three, could not even open his account. The start of Team India was very disappointing.
Although Sachin stood at one end. Sachin single-handedly thrashed the Pakistani bowlers. However, he got out after reaching his century. Sachin played a marathon inning of 95 runs but as soon as he got out, there was gloom in the Indian dressing room.
Sachin went back to take shower. Meanwhile Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni had started taking news of Pakistani bowlers. Sitting in the dressing room, Harbhajan Singh was repeatedly telling the score to Sachin while taking a bath. In this way, seeing Yuvraj and Dhoni playing well, Sachin decided that he would not leave the bathroom. What was it then, until Team India won the match, Sachin kept taking bath after being locked in the bathroom for 40 minutes.
Apart from Sachin’s innings of 95 runs, Yuvraj played a strong innings of 79 runs in 87 balls while Dhoni scored 72 runs in 46 balls in the match. Thus, Team India crushed Pakistan by 5 wickets in the Lahore ODI with 14 balls to spare.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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