2nd Quarter-Final: India v Australia at Ahmedabad, Mar 24, 2011
Australia 260/6 (50 ov)
India 261/5(47.4 ov)
Tendulkar has scored more than 18,000 runs in his ODI carrier.
Tendulkar given steady basement for India to win. Sachin Tendulkar threatened to take ownership of the chase with a delightful fifty, but Shaun Tait dismissed him in the 19th over to bring Australia back in the game in Motera. Australia hustled the Indians in the field, with spirited fielding and disciplined bowling, and cracked open the game by getting Tendulkar out. Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli ensured that Tendulkar's exit didn't spark a collapse by batting sensibly to push India to 123 for 2 by the half-way stage. The pitch was increasingly aiding big turn - a few times there was a visible puff of dust flying out of the rough - and much will depend not only on the Indian middle order but also on how the Australians, with just one regular spinner in Jason Krejza, exploit the track.
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