Northampton : India Champions defeated Australia Champions by 86 runs, at County Ground, Northampton, & book their place in final against Pakistan Champions.
Batting 1st, India got off to a flying start, kudos to Robin Uthappa (65) .
Yuvraj Singh’s (59) in middle order took India to a commanding position , to 157 in 14 overs.
Yusuf Pathan (51*), Irfan Pathan (50) notched up a 95 runs partnership to take India to a mammoth 254-6 (20).
Defending 255 was an easy task for India as none of Aussie bowlers got settled.
Dhawal Kulkarni & Pawan Negi took 2-fers , while Rahul Shukla stopped the run flow in death overs.
Australian innings stopped on 168-7 , booking India’s place in finals against Pakistan on July 13.
Brief Scorecard :
1st Innings :
Ind Ch : 254-6 (20)
Robin Uthappa : 65 (35)
Yusuf Pathan : 51* (23)
Irfan Pathan : 50 (19)
Aus Ch
Peter Siddle : 4-57
2nd Innings :
Aus Ch : 168-7 (20)
Tim Paine : 40* (32)
Ind Ch
Pawan Negi : 2-35
Result : India Champions win by 86 runs
