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Virender Sehwag, Follow on in Cricket, India South Africa, NAGPUR, India: Virender Sehwag cracked a fine century under pressure before South Africa hit back to reduce India to 221-4 at tea on the third day of the first Test on Monday.
The explosive opener hit 15 fours in his 109-run knock and shared 136 runs for the fourth wicket with debutant Subramaniam Badrinath after India were reeling at 56-3 at the Vidarbha Cricket Association stadium in Nagpur.
Sehwag was dismissed shortly after reaching his 18th Test century when he sliced a wide-ish delivery from paceman Wayne Parnell (1-31) to cover where Jean-Paul Duminy took a well-judged catch.
Badrinath (56 not out) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (six) were the two not out batsmen at the break.
India faced an uphill task of saving the match as they trail South Africa by 337 runs with six wickets in hand, with another 138 runs needed to avoid the follow-on.
The Indians would have been in deeper trouble but for Badrinath and Sehwag, who batted with a mix of caution and aggression during his 139-ball knock.
Badrinath overcame a nervous start to complete his half-century off 123 balls and had hit seven fours so far.
He proved a perfect foil for Sehwag, who twice hit Morne Morkel (1-58) for fours and did not spare Dale Steyn (2-48) either.
Replying to South Africa’s first innings 558-6 declared, India were off to a disastrous start, losing their three top-order wickets inside the first hour.
Steyn got rid of Sachin Tendulkar (seven) and Murali Vijay (four) after Morkel had dismissed Gautam Gambhir (12) to reduce the hosts to 119-3 at lunch.
Gambhir, coming into the series with eight centuries in his last 11 Tests, was out off the first ball he faced when he was caught by wicketkeeper Mark Boucher after poking at an away-going delivery.
Vijay, playing only his fourth Test, was surprised by a searing delivery from Steyn that moved in off the seam to clip his off-stump.
Steyn struck again within five overs when he had Tendulkar caught by Boucher. Tendulkar tried to drive but ended up offering an outside edge.
The second and final Test between the world’s top two teams begins in Kolkata on February 14.
South Africa can snatch back the number one Test ranking from India if they win the series while the hosts need just a draw to remain on top.
Sri Lanka vs India, The world saw one of the highest scoring thrillers of the ODI format with both India and Sri Lanka going past the 400-run mark. In the end, Dhoni’s men managed to clinch the cliff-hanger, winning it by three runs.
India’s best bowler of the day, Harbhajan Singh started the ball rolling in the host’s favour as he clean bowled Tilakratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka’s star of the day at a score of 160 runs. His fall brought down some jitters down the Lankan batting line-up as India seemed to regain their groove with two new batsmen on the crease. The result- Mahela Jayawardene got in the middle of a mix-up and was run out.
Dilshan was the chief nemesis of the hosts though, as he smashed his fourth ODI century off just 73 balls, making the run-chase more interesting and poised. He was given due support from Tharanga, who completed a quick-fire fifty too.
India had struck some luck as Upul Tharanga fell to Suresh Raina’s unorthodox bowling style. Dhoni had made a smart change, getting the part-time bowler to upset the combo that had whacked the regular bowlers all over the park. However, the fall of the first wicket did not reap rich dividends as constant bad fielding and dropped catches gave the Lankans full time to recover.
The battle of the willow seemed to be going in the favour of the visitors, but just then, Praveen Kumar pegged captain Kumar Sangakkara to bring back some life into the contest. The feat was followed-up by Harbhajan’s prized scalp of the most dangerous hitters of them all, Sanath Jayasuriya. The plot for the visitors got hazy from here on and the home team gained ground just when it was needed the most.
India registered their highest ever ODI total (414/7) to make the Sri Lankans sweat bullets in the first ODI at Rajkot. The batsmen made merry in the absence of Muralitharan and everyone got into the act, lead by centurion Sehwag, MS Dhoni and the ever so graceful Sachin Tendulkar.
Ravindra Jadeja’s high hitting towards the end helped the hosts cross the 400-run mark after some wickets tumbled in an effort to take the pyrotechnics to a new level.
Soon after crossing the 300-run mark, Sehwag-Dhoni duo seemed poised to take the team’s score past 450, but the dream was cut short when, first Chanaka Welegedara and then later, Dilhara Fernando dismissed Sehwag (146) and Dhoni (72), respectively.
Sehwag had slammed his 12th ODI hundred in his typical style, less balls-more runs. This was his second ton against Sri Lanka and the islanders were left wondering what hit them as the Najafgarh blaster kept his aim simple- Smash everything out of the park!
DUNEDIN: Pakistan Vs New Zealand 1st Test Day 3 Live Streaming, Mohammed Asif claimed his fourth wicket as Pakistan quickly mopped up the New Zealand tail at the start of day three of the first Test in Dunedin.
With the Black Caps resuming on 404 for eight, Asif and Saeed Ajmal removed the last two wickets to dismiss the hosts for 429 in their opening innings.
Shane Bond, returning to the crease on eight, managed to take his score to 22 before Asif struck with a deceptive ball which the New Zealander edged to wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal.
His replacement Chris Martin then followed eight balls later, trapped leg before wicket by Ajmal.
Iain O’Brien was the last man standing for the hosts having added 11 runs to his overnight score of two, while Asif was the pick of the Pakistan bowlers with four for 108.
was first posted on November 26, 2009 at 10:17 am.