India out of T20 World Cup’10

India out of T20 World Cup’10

Bridgetown (Barbados), May 9: West Indies beat India by 14 runs to keep their hopes alive for semi-final race. The former Champions India were, however, out of the Tournament. In reply to West Indies 170-run target, India performed meekly as there batsman were kept in the back foot with some fast and aggressive bowling by the West Indian bowlers.

Earlier, Chris Gayle butchered the Indian bowlers with a whirlwind 66-ball 98 as West Indies posted a competitive 169 for six in their Group F Super Eight match of the Twenty20 cricket World Cup here today. Gayle slammed five fours and seven sixes and involved in three crucial partnership with Shivnarine Chanderpaul (23), Darren Sammy (19) and Keiron Pollard (17) after India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni put West Indies to bat.

India beat South Korea 3-2 in Azlan Shah

India beat South Korea 3-2 in Azlan Shah

Ipoh (Malaysia), May 9: Defending champions India quelled a late Korean surge to eke out a narrow 3-2 victory and stretch their unbeaten run in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament here today. The Indian scorers were Arjun Halappa (10th minute), Tushar Khandker (45th) and Shivendra Singh (60th), while Korea scored through two penalty corner strikes by Nam Hyun Woo in the 12th and 70th minutes.

India began aggressively mounting onslaughts with central midfielders Arjun Halappa and Vikas Pillay setting up wingers Mandip Antil and Tushar Khandker who penetrated and split the Korean defence. They earned the first penalty corner in the fifth minute after Halappa found the foot of Korean captain and sweeper Lee Nam Yong.