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India beat Pakistan by 46 runs

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Nov 11, 2007 at 08:49 AM

Cricket Salman Butt's heroic century went in vain as India made amends for the Mohali debacle by clinching the third cricket one-dayer against Pakistan with a comfortable 46-run margin to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. Salman Butt's heroic century went in vain as India made amends for the Mohali debacle by clinching the third cricket one-dayer against Pakistan with a comfortable 46-run margin to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. Chasing a stiff target of 295 for victory, the 23-year-old Butt very nearly took his team home with a career-best 129 but the visitors lost steam in the end to be bundled out for 248 in 47.2 overs on a rather difficult track at the Green Park stadium. The Pakistani run chase largely centered around the left-handed Butt who notched up his fourth ODI hundred, all of which has come against India, but a spate of wickets in quick succession in the last few overs turned the scale in the home team's favour. Having failed to defend a mammoth 321 in Mohali, the Indians reverted to the five-bowler combination and the move helped them a lot as both the spinners Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik not only choked the run flow to some extent but chipped in with useful wickets. With the asking rate mounting after each over and wickets falling at regular intervals, the momentum shifted in decisively in India's favour after Harbhajan got rid of Butt in the 47th over. Earlier, put into bat, the Indians rattled up a competitive 294 with the in-form Yuvraj Singh (77) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (49) being the top scorers and their 100-run fourth wicket stand being the highlight of the innings. User Comments Comment by GUEST on 2010-08-02 21:47:07 xFz1D1 lmwqbqwpnjbe, [url=http://vptsaxosatpp.com/]vptsaxosatpp[/url], [link=http://hwvgffjwuwwr.com/]hwvgffjwuwwr[/link], http://mvlbbrzrgpfg.com/ Comment by GUEST on 2010-08-03 01:59:24 T4wwvy sbdmfscpdtht, [url=http://didnuxlfuuvi.com/]didnuxlfuuvi[/url], [link=http://hsutirandmkl.com/]hsutirandmkl[/link], http://owjhsdjuvqcy.com/ Comment by GUEST on 2010-08-03 14:13:12 nSqmUO btocusfawyig, [url=http://mnwrgdpqzhmp.com/]mnwrgdpqzhmp[/url], [link=http://nfootobswiwf.com/]nfootobswiwf[/link], http://ydjhdzrttfmr.com/

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