History at Gabba

India ended their tour of Australia on a high note when they beat the hosts by nine runs on Tuesday to win their best-of-three finals series 2-0.

Sachin Tendulkar scored a superb 91 and paceman Praveen Kumar went on to capture four wickets as the tourists followed up Sunday's six-wicket win in Sydney with a thrilling victory at the Gabba in Brisbane.

The Australians, who also lost last year's tri-series finals at home to England, recovered from a terrible start to give themselves a glimmer of hope when James Hopes (63) and Matthew Hayden (55) made half-centuries, only to come up short.



Australia (249/10)

		Batting																																																										R	B	4s	6s	S/R
		Adam Gilchrist (W)																									c MS Dhoni b Praveen Kumar																																	2	3	0	0	66.67
		Matthew Hayden																									run out Yuvraj Singh																																	55	68	7	0	80.88
		Ricky Ponting (C)																									c Yuvraj Singh b Praveen Kumar																																	1	7	0	0	14.29
		Michael Clarke																									b Praveen Kumar																																	17	22	0	0	77.27
		Andrew Symonds																									lbw Harbhajan Singh																																	42	56	2	1	75
		Michael Hussey																									c MS Dhoni b Sreesanth																																	44	42	3	0	104.76
		James Hopes																									c Piyush Chawla b Irfan Pathan																																	63	80	3	1	78.75
		Brett Lee																									b Praveen Kumar																																	7	12	1	0	58.33
		Mitchell Johnson																									c MS Dhoni b Sreesanth																																	8	6	1	0	133.33
		Nathan Bracken																									c Piyush Chawla b Irfan Pathan																																	1	2	0	0	50
		Stuart Clark																									Not Out																																	0	0	0	0	0
		Extras: 9(NB-0, WB-7, LB-2, Byes - 0, Penalty-0)																																																												Run Rate:5.01
		Target: 259 runs from 50 overs																																																										Total Score: 249/10 (49.4)

India (258/9)

Batting												R	B	4s	6s	S/R
Robin Uthappa							c James Hopes b Stuart Clark					30	49	1	0	61.22
Sachin Tendulkar							c Ricky Ponting b Michael Clarke					91	121	7	0	75.21
Gautam Gambhir							c Mitchell Johnson b Michael Clarke					15	16	1	0	93.75
Yuvraj Singh							c Matthew Hayden b Andrew Symonds					38	38	2	2	100
MS Dhoni (W & C)							c Michael Clarke b Nathan Bracken					36	37	2	1	97.3
Rohit Sharma							c Andrew Symonds b Michael Clarke					2	5	0	0	40
Irfan Pathan							b Nathan Bracken					12	20	1	0	60
Harbhajan Singh							lbw Brett Lee					3	3	0	0	100
Praveen Kumar							c Ricky Ponting b Nathan Bracken					7	7	1	0	100
Piyush Chawla							Not Out					6	2	1	0	300
Sreesanth							Not Out					1	2	0	0	50
Extras: 17(NB-0, WB-12, LB-5, Byes - 0, Penalty-0)														Run Rate:5.16
												Total Score: 258/9 (50.0)

Hats off to a stupendous team effort. The Indian team has come off the shackles. We dont see them wilting under pressure. This is a team that has the spirit of youth with the right blend of experience.I wish and pray that we keep developing this thirst to win, and more importantly, make it a habit.
















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