Sachin Tendulkar\u2019s valiant 64-run knock went in vain as Australia Masters outclassed India Masters by a massive 95-run margin in their International Masters League clash.<\/p>\n
Chasing a daunting 270-run target, India faltered under pressure, managing only 174 in their 20 overs. Tendulkar\u2019s blistering 33-ball innings, featuring seven boundaries and four towering sixes, was the lone bright spot for the team. Yusuf Pathan added a quickfire 25 off 15 balls, striking three fours and a six, but the rest of the batting lineup failed to fire.<\/p>\n
Australia\u2019s dominance began with the bat as skipper Shane Watson (110*) and Ben Dunk (132*) produced a record-breaking unbeaten 236-run stand for the second wicket, powering their side to a mammoth 269\/1 in 20 overs. Dunk was particularly destructive, hammering 10 sixes and 12 fours in his 53-ball carnage, while Watson\u2019s 52-ball knock was laced with 12 boundaries and seven maximums.<\/p>\n
Despite Tendulkar\u2019s lone resistance, India lost wickets at regular intervals, losing momentum after reaching 100\/3 at the halfway mark. Australia\u2019s spin wizard Xavier Doherty wreaked havoc with figures of 5\/25 in four overs, while Ben Hilfenhaus, Ben Laughlin, Bryce McGain, Dan Christian, and Nathan Reardon chipped in with a wicket each.<\/p>\n
Though this was India Masters’ first defeat in four matches, it did not affect their tournament progress, as they had already secured a semifinal berth.<\/p>\n
Australia Masters:<\/strong> 269\/1 in 20 overs (Ben Dunk 132*, Shane Watson 110*) Result:<\/strong> Australia Masters won by 95 runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sachin Tendulkar\u2019s valiant 64-run knock went in vain as Australia Masters outclassed India Masters by a massive 95-run margin in their International Masters League clash. Chasing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60240","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60242,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60240\/revisions\/60242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
India Masters:<\/strong> 174 all out in 20 overs (Sachin Tendulkar 64, Yusuf Pathan 25; Xavier Doherty 5\/25)<\/p>\n