 India beat Scotland by 7 wickets
17th Aug 2007 09:44 IST
Agencies
Earlier, Munaf Patel made a successful return as India dished out a tidy bowling performance to restrict Scotland to 204/9.
Put in to bat, Scotland scored 203/9 in 46 overs in the rain-curtailed match with Gavin Hamilton and Neil McCallum putting up a solid 82-run fifth wicket stand after being reduced to 49/4.
Munaf, who missed the Ireland one-dayers and England Tests with an injury, picked up 2/37 with a changed action from a shortened run up.
Rudra Pratap Singh continued with his good form of the Test series to claim 2/26 while Ajit Agarkar and Piyush Chawla also grabbed two wickets each.
Scotland failed to break the shackles thrown around them by the Indian bowlers who had them on the mat at 49/4 in 15 overs. The home team then owed their total to a fifth wicket stand of 82 runs between Hamilton (44) and McCallum (41).
Two rain stoppages reduced the match to 46 overs a side.
Play began under overcast conditions and, after Dravid won the toss and fielded, the Indians exploited it to their advantage.
With Fraser Watts (6), Navdeep Poonia (1) and Haq (11) falling cheaply the hosts were in trouble early.
Agarkar started with three wides but then struck the first blow in the fifth over removing Poonia leg before.
RP Singh had the other opener Watts caught at the wicket in the 8th over of the innings.
Scotland skipper Ryan Watson, who batted number three, then played a breezy little knock scoring 24 off 32 balls with two fours before he nicked Munaf to the wicketkeeper.
McCallum batted with controlled aggression to score 41 off 65 balls with 3 fours and one huge six off Ramesh Powar before falling to Chawla.
Hamilton, who batted with a lot of calm and composure, kept guiding the middle order before the rains came. |
