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A Good Day For The Indian Teams

Under-19 ICC World Cup

Today the 26 of August is a good day for the Indian Cricket Team. First the ICC U-19 World Cup was won by the Indians. The team was led by Unmukt Chand. The World Cup was played in Australia. The captain Unmukt Chand scored a magnificent 111 not out and wicket-keeper batsman (A wicket-keeper who also bats well) Smit Patel scored 66 not out. Wasim Akram said that Unmukt Chand was very much like Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni. He said that U.Chand bats like Virat Kohli and captains the team like MS Dhoni.
The Indian National Team 

The Indian National Team beat New Zealand in the first test at Hyderabad. They beat them by an innings and 115 runs. Off- Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up 6 wickets in the second innings. He also got his maiden (first) 10 wicket haul (picking up 10 wickets in 1 or 2 innings). He picked up 12 wickets in 2 innings and gave away only 85 runs. The second test match will be held in Bangalore at the Chinnaswamy Stadium which will start on the 31 of August.



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  1. Aroona Bhat9 October 2012 at 17:13

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