Cricket

Fifty50 Champions too good for Twenty20 champions

A scintillating century from Yuvraj Singh was not enough to deny Australia another thumping victory. The visitors easily beat India by 47 runs in the third One-Day International in Uppal, Hyderabad, on Friday to go 2-0 up in the seven-match series.

The left-hander waged a lone battle, scoring an entertaining 121, but the rest of the batsmen failed to deliver as India were bowled out for 243 in reply to Australia’s 290 for 7.

Brett Lee was best among Australian bowlers and took 3 wickets for 37, which included the wickets of Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Andrew Symonds smashed 89 runs, including five boundaries and as many sixes, in a 67-ball knock as Australia again dominated with the bat.

It’s been more than three years now that India have beaten Australia in a one-day international, their last victory over the World champions coming at MCG in February 2004. Let’s hope that the next match at Chandigarh on October 8 breaks the jinx.