da esoccer bet： Indian batting star, Sachin Tendulkar, steered his team to a excitingten-runs win over Rest of India with a sterling 117, despite runninghigh temperature, in the former Mumbai spinner Ravi Thakkar’s benefitcricket match at Thane on Saturday
28-Apr-2001Indian batting star, Sachin Tendulkar, steered his team to a excitingten-runs win over Rest of India with a sterling 117, despite runninghigh temperature, in the former Mumbai spinner Ravi Thakkar’s benefitcricket match at Thane on Saturday.Batting first, Tendulkar Eleven, scored 298 allout in 35 overs withJatin Paranjape getting 50 apart from Tendulkar’s ton while Indian newball bowler Zaheer Khan picked up three for 42 for the Rest of Indiateam led by Indian vice captain Rahul Dravid.Despite a quick fire 73 by Sunil Joshi and patient knocks of 56 and 42by Dravid and V V S Laxman respectively, the Rest of India, fell shortby eleven runs with still two overs to spare making 288 allout off 33overs. Thakkar (two for 16) and Vinod Kambli (two for 24) were amongwickets for Tendulkar Eleven.Thakkar, speaking to PTI after the match said it was very kind of allthe top cricketers especially Tendulkar, who was suffering from feverand sore throat, to participate in my benefit tie despite their heavyschedules.”The match was a big success with nearly 25,000 people turning out towitness the match and the total collection was just over Rs sixlakhs”, he added.Brief scores: Sachin Tendulkar Eleven 298 allout off 35 overs (STendulkar 117, J Paranjape 50, Z Khan three for 42) beat Rest of India(S Joshi 73, R Dravid 56, V V S Laxman 42, R Thakkar 2/16, V Kambli2/24).