10 Mar 2011

India overcome mid-innings hiccup to beat Netherlands

6:37 am on 10 March 2011

India have overcome a mid-innings hiccup to beat the Netherlands by five wickets in their World Cup cricket match in Delhi to maintain their unbeaten run in the competition.

Chasing 190 to win Sachin Tendulkar with 27 and Virender Sehwag with 39 gave India a brisk start before India lost the hosts lost five wickets.

An unbeaten 51 from Yuvraj Singh steered India home with 13 overs to spare.

Tonight Sri Lanka play Zimbabwe in Kandy.