India crush the mighty Australians by seven wicket in Twenty20

Opener Gautam Gambhir’s hurricane half-century and responsible batting by Robin Uthappa and Yuvraj Singh helped Twenty20 world champions India crush the mighty Australians by seven wicket in the first ever Twenty20 Internationals at home at the Brabourne Stadium here on Saturday.

It was indeed a Saturday night fever for the packed stadium at the Cricket Club of India as the Indians went about their task of taming the Kangaroos on a humid night with clinical precision.
Set to get 167 for victory, the hosts never looked in any kind of trouble from the word go as their young brigade marched authoritatively towards the victory to keep their slate clean against the Aussies in this format of the game.

Despite losing Virender Sehwag early, the Indians got to their first fifty in just five overs. The fifth over of the Indian innings, bowled by Brett Lee, yielding as many as 20 runs with the left-right batting combination of Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa, who was caught off a no-ball earlier, going all out to decimate the Australian bowling
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In the very next over the Indian batsmen plundered 18 runs.

Gambhir and Uthappa added 50 runs for the second wicket off just 27 balls, which really set the tone for the run chase by the home team.

Courtesy:cricketnext.com
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