IML 2025: Tendulkar Puts on a Show, but Australia Halts India
Legends back on the field: Tendulkar shines, but Watson and Dunk rewrite history!
As Sachin Tendulkar resurrected memories of the "Desert Storm" in Sharjah, hammering 64 off 33 deliveries, fans in Vadodara watched an amazing IML 2025 clash. Though wickets fell around him, he kept India in the hunt; Australia proved too powerful.
With a record-breaking 236-run alliance between Shane Watson (110*) and Ben Dunk (132%), Australia was driven to a shockingly 269/1. India answered with Tendulkar's explosive start, but they lost the pace after his dismissal and ended at 174.
With a 5/25 tournament first five-wicket haul, Xavier Doherty was the match's hero. Though they already guaranteed a playoff place, this was India's first loss. Regarding Australia, experience is about the present as much as the past.