Wednesday, June 25, 2008

India canter to 256-run win in one-sided affair


Karachi: Even before the start of the match the result was known to one and all. And when both Suresh Raina and India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored centuries to pile up 374–4 against a hapless Hong Kong, the tame battle was just waiting to get
over and the job was successfully finished sooner than later by Piyush Chawla, who claimed 4-23 to give India a 256-run victory against the minnows in their Asia Cup tie here on Wednesday.
it was Virender Sehwag who laid a solid platform in the beginning and from there Raina and Dhoni continued the good work to score their respective centuries as well.
A 127-run stand between the openers - Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir -- and then another huge fourth-wicket partnership of 166 between Dhoni and Raina left Hong Kong looking for cover.

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