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| March 20, 2007 | Tuesday | Safar 30, 1428 |
India amass record Cup total
PORT-OF-SPAIN (Trinidad), March 19: India recorded the highest total in World Cup history after Virender Sehwag blazed an 87-ball 114 to power them to 413 for five against debutants Bermuda on Monday.
India erased Sri Lanka's previous mark of 398 for five made against Kenya in 1996 after breaking their own one-day record of 373-6 scored against Sri Lanka in the 1999 World Cup.
Sehwag shook off his form slump in a 202-run second-wicket partnership with Saurav Ganguly, who hit 89, after Bermuda did India a favour by asking them to bat first in the Group B match.
Yuvraj Singh then smashed 83 off 46 balls and Sachin Tendulkar 57 not out in a whirlwind 122-run fifth wicket stand as Indian batsmen vented their frustration after their shock defeat to Bangladesh on Saturday.
Bermuda's 17-year-old paceman Malachi Jones struck with his first World Cup delivery to remove opener Robin Uthappa (3) in the second over.
Uthappa edged a rising ball and Bermudan policeman Dwayne Leverock flung his 19-stone frame at slip to produce a stunning one-handed catch.
Sehwag then tore into the lightweight bowling to score his eighth one-day hundred, his first since April 2005.
The Delhi batsman struck 17 fours and three sixes until he mistimed a heave off paceman Kevin Hurdle and holed out to Jones at deep mid-off.
| Scoreboard | |
| INDIA: | |
| A.R. Uthappa c Leverock b Jones | 3 |
| S.C. Ganguly st Minors b Borden | 89 |
| V. Sehwag c Jones b Hurdle | 114 |
| M.S. Dhoni c Tucker b Borden | 29 |
| Yuvraj Singh c Jones b Leverock | 83 |
| S.R. Tendulkar not out | 57 |
| R. Dravid not out | 7 |
| EXTRAS (LB-7, W-17, NB-7) | 31 |
| TOTAL (for five wkts, 50 overs) | 413 |
| FALL OF WKTS: 1-3 (Uthappa, 1.1 ov), 2-205 (Sehwag, 29.5 ov), 3-238 (Ganguly, 34.5 ov), 4-269 (Dhoni, 38.2 ov), 5-391 (Yuvraj, 48.4 ov). | |
| DID NOT BAT: A.B. Agarkar, Zaheer Khan. A. Kumble, Munaf Patel. | |
| BOWLING: Hurdle 10-0-53-1 (5nb, 1w); Jones 7-0-74-1 (1nb, 9w); Tucker 9-1-67-0 (1w); Hemp 2-0-32-0 (1nb); Leverock 10-0-96-1; Borden 5-0-30-2; Cann 7-0-54-0 (6w). | |
| BERMUDA: I.H. Romaine, D.A. Minors, O.L. Pitcher, S.D. Outerbridge, D.L. Hemp, J.J. Tucker, D.C.C. Borden, L.O.B. Cann, M.O. Jones, K.A.D. Hurdle, R.D.M. Leverock. | |
| UMPIRES: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and I.L. Howell (South Africa). | |
| TV UMPIRE: D.J. Harper (Australia). | |
| MATCH REFEREE: A.G. Hurst (Australia).—Agencies | |
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