48 year old Sachin Tendulkar popularly known as God of Cricket and 39 year old Yuvraj Singh the best all rounder the Indian Cricket team had in the past proved themselves still matchless. In their crucial league match played today against South Africa both of them displayed their best while scoring 60 and 53 runs respectively at Rauipur late today evening.
Sachin Tendulkar
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While India Legends captain Sachin scored his 60 runs off 36 balls, Yuvraj entertained the packed stadium with his towering sixes, with four of them coming in just one over. The crowd response at the Raipur stadium was overwhelming to watch their favourite heroes in action. This also indicated that these veterans were more popular than our present day cricketers.
Yuvraj Singh
Though popular former Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag failed to click in this match, others who made their presence felt were S. Badrinath ( who was later injured while batting)and Yusuf Pathan who bagged 3 big wickets. He was supported by Yuvraj Singh who bagged 2 wickets. With this win the Indian masters have ensured their place in semis to be played either on 17th or 18th March. The matches are telecast live on Voots channel.