India Red win convincingly to advance to the final
Three plucky half-centuries helped India Red seal a spot in the final of the Challenger Series, wrapping up the final league game by a comfortable 39-run margin.
03/10Result
(D/N)NKP Salve Challenger Trophy at Chennai, Oct 3 2006
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![India Red]( "India Red")
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![India Green]( "India Green")
278 (48.4/50 ov)
03/10Result
(D/N)NKP Salve Challenger Trophy at Chennai, Oct 3 2006
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![India Red]( "India Red")
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![India Green]( "India Green")
278 (48.4/50 ov)
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
India Red , elected to bat first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Match days
3 October 2006 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
India Red 4, India Green 0
Scorecard Summary
INDIA RED 317/4 (50 OVERS)
- Dinesh Karthik85 (68)
- Robin Uthappa92 (99)
- Lakshmipathy Balaji2/68 (10)
- Praveen Kumar1/65 (10)
INDIA GREEN 278 (48.4 OVERS)
- Parthiv Patel69 (80)
- Piyush Chawla*55 (41)
- Ramesh Powar3/36 (10)
- Vikram Singh4/54 (7.4)
Dinesh Karthik dazzled with his innovative strokeplay - he paddle-swept the seamers, swept and reverse-swept the spinners and ran like a hare to make full use of fantastic start given by Uthappa and Gambhir
48.4
W
VRV Singh to Nehra, OUT, VRV Singh cleans up the middle stump of Nehra with a perfect yorker and India Red are through to the finals
A Nehra b VRV Singh 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
48.3
W
VRV Singh to Balaji, OUT, Perishes trying to go for the maximum. He walks across the stumps and swings a low full-toss to Sreesanth at long-leg
L Balaji c Sreesanth b VRV Singh 9 (11b 1x4 0x6) SR: 81.81
48.2
4
VRV Singh to Balaji, FOUR, Awesome strike by Balaji! It was full in length, on the off, he backed away and drove it inside-out. one-bounce into the ropes
48.1
0
VRV Singh to Balaji, no run,
END OF OVER:48 | 7 Runs | IND-G: 274/8 (44 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 5.70, RRR: 22.00)
- Piyush Chawla55 (41b)
- Lakshmipathy Balaji5 (8b)
- Zaheer Khan10-0-67-0
47.6
4
Khan to Chawla, FOUR, lofted to the right of long-on. It should have been just a single but the fielder over ran
47.5
0
Khan to Chawla, no run, beaten outside off. It landed on a length, just outside off and shaped away slgihtly. Chawla has a tentative poke at it
Match Coverage
All Match NewsIndia Red win convincingly to advance to the final
Three plucky half-centuries helped India Red seal a spot in the final of the Challenger Series, wrapping up the final league game by a comfortable 39-run margin.
Little to play for really
If this Challenger Series held the public's imagination at any stage, it certainly didn't beyond 7pm on Tuesday, when the tournament ended for Sourav Ganguly.