India imposes a stiff target on England.

@msdivkar (23359)
India
February 27, 2011 7:26am CST
India imposed a stiff target of 339 on England to win at Bangalore at the back of superb century from master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and good performances from top order batsmen. But for the heroics from T.T. Bresnan who claimed 3 quick wickets at the end of the innings, India would have well crossed 350 mark. Anderson later made short work of the tail and folded the Indian innings in 49.5 overs at 338 all out. The last overs may be the indication of things to come in second innings when England will resume their batting. Earlier in the day Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat. Sehwag and Tendulkar started in grand fashion scoring over 6 rus per over. Tendulkar continued the onslaught after Sehwag got out and completed his century in whirlwing fashion hitting five sixerx and 6 fours. Gambhir and Yuvraj also completed their half centuries with Dhoni scoring whirlwind 31 of just 25 balls. All in all a stiff target for England to achieve. England is equipped to conquer this target if their key batsman apply themselves but difficult under flood lights and Indian spinners. What do you think England will be able to achieve this target?
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3 responses
• India
27 Feb 11
Yes,India played well and put a target of 339. The little master again played well ,Also Gauti,Yuvi supported well.
@msdivkar (23359)
• India
27 Feb 11
Thank you ramaswami. It is indeed a great batting performance.
• Sweden
27 Feb 11
good batting performance by men in blue. sachin great innings again
@msdivkar (23359)
• India
27 Feb 11
Yes charan good all round batting performance from Indian top order. Only problem was last minute collapse which appears to be proving costly.
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
27 Feb 11
It turned out to be another fluent performance by the Indian batting unit. After Sehwag and Kohli, it was the turn of the master blaster Sachin to score the century today. Yuvraj also seemed to be getting a bit of his old form back despite a scratchy start. Had it not been for a collapse at the very end, India could have gone past 350. This is going to be a real stiff target for England and if they chase it then they would have worked really hard. Cheers! Ram