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Sachin Tendulkar slam a solid 76 to help India score a at ease five-wicket victory over the West Indies on Wednesday in the first test, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-game series.
Sachin Tendulkar miss out on a potential 100th international century, but his innings put India in a winning place on the fourth day at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium.
He added 67 for the third wicket with Rahul Dravid (31) and 71 for the next with V.V.S. Laxman (58 not out) as India cruise to the win with approximately five sessions to spare.
Yuvraj Singh (18) was bowled by West Indian captain Darren Sammy with just one run wanted for victory, departure captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the other not out batsman without scoring a run.
Tendulkar, who resume on 33, stopped up in on the historic 100 centuries milestone but was attentive lbw by leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo when trying to pull a short-pitched delivery. He hit 10 fours in his 148-ball innings.
A crowd of more than 10,000 had turned up at the ground to watch Tendulkar get another three-figure mark but went back dissatisfied as the Mumbai batsman failed to do so.
Tendulkar, who became the first batsman to reach 15,000 test runs on Tuesday, has been on 99 centuries since the World Cup in March-April this year when he strike tons against England and South Africa.
Tendulkar smashed two fours each off over’s from pace bowlers Darren Sammy and Ravi Rampaul to lift hopes of ensure a win as well as attainment the milestone.
Laxman, who had started with a couple of brand shots off the leg to pace bowler Fidel Edwards early in his innings, struck six fours off 105 balls.
The wristy Hyderabad batsman ensures India returned to winning ways in style after an unmemorable earlier test series which it lost 4-0 in England.
Earlier, overnight batsman Dravid was out for 31, adding only one run to his overnight score.
Pace bowler Fidel Edwards bowled a striking incoming delivery that went between bat and pad. Dravid bat for a total of 154 minutes, beating only three fours off 101 balls.
The West Indies, which had won a earlier two-test series in Bangladesh by a 1-0 margin, had a at ease 95-run first innings lead but failed to drive home the benefit when India bowled the visitors out for only 180 in the second innings.
"That was a big lead, we all feel we did not bat the way we should have in the first innings," Dhoni said. "It was not an easy wicket to score; you had to be aware of the ball that kept low."
India's well-known batting lineup, which had folded for only 209 in the first innings, made few mistakes the second time around and also hidden fears of low bounce on a pitch which did not see huge scores.
"When you play next to a top team, you want to create the chance to win which we did that in the first innings," Sammy said. We did not bat well in the second but consider we can win matches here."
The next test will be detained in Kolkata from Nov. 14 to 18 and the final game in Mumbai from Nov. 22 to 26. The tests will be follow by a series of five one-day internationals.
Sachin Tendulkar miss out on a potential 100th international century, but his innings put India in a winning place on the fourth day at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium.
He added 67 for the third wicket with Rahul Dravid (31) and 71 for the next with V.V.S. Laxman (58 not out) as India cruise to the win with approximately five sessions to spare.
Yuvraj Singh (18) was bowled by West Indian captain Darren Sammy with just one run wanted for victory, departure captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the other not out batsman without scoring a run.
Tendulkar, who resume on 33, stopped up in on the historic 100 centuries milestone but was attentive lbw by leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo when trying to pull a short-pitched delivery. He hit 10 fours in his 148-ball innings.
A crowd of more than 10,000 had turned up at the ground to watch Tendulkar get another three-figure mark but went back dissatisfied as the Mumbai batsman failed to do so.
Tendulkar, who became the first batsman to reach 15,000 test runs on Tuesday, has been on 99 centuries since the World Cup in March-April this year when he strike tons against England and South Africa.
Tendulkar smashed two fours each off over’s from pace bowlers Darren Sammy and Ravi Rampaul to lift hopes of ensure a win as well as attainment the milestone.
Laxman, who had started with a couple of brand shots off the leg to pace bowler Fidel Edwards early in his innings, struck six fours off 105 balls.
The wristy Hyderabad batsman ensures India returned to winning ways in style after an unmemorable earlier test series which it lost 4-0 in England.
Earlier, overnight batsman Dravid was out for 31, adding only one run to his overnight score.
Pace bowler Fidel Edwards bowled a striking incoming delivery that went between bat and pad. Dravid bat for a total of 154 minutes, beating only three fours off 101 balls.
The West Indies, which had won a earlier two-test series in Bangladesh by a 1-0 margin, had a at ease 95-run first innings lead but failed to drive home the benefit when India bowled the visitors out for only 180 in the second innings.
"That was a big lead, we all feel we did not bat the way we should have in the first innings," Dhoni said. "It was not an easy wicket to score; you had to be aware of the ball that kept low."
India's well-known batting lineup, which had folded for only 209 in the first innings, made few mistakes the second time around and also hidden fears of low bounce on a pitch which did not see huge scores.
"When you play next to a top team, you want to create the chance to win which we did that in the first innings," Sammy said. We did not bat well in the second but consider we can win matches here."
The next test will be detained in Kolkata from Nov. 14 to 18 and the final game in Mumbai from Nov. 22 to 26. The tests will be follow by a series of five one-day internationals.
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