Explosive knocks by Tendulkar and Ganguly

DHAKA, APRIL 8The Indian batting might was on full display today as Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly struck explosive half- centuries to enable the Asia XI pile up a massive 320 for nine wickets against the Rest of the World XI in the limited overs day-night exhibition match here.

Former India skipper Tendulkar and his successor Ganguly enthralled the Dhaka crowd hitting breezy 80 and 67 runs respectively as the Asian stars thrived on the perfect batting strip despite the early dismissal of explosive Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya after skipper Wasim Akram elected to bat at the Bangabandhu national stadium here.

Tendulkar took command of the innings from the word go, hitting two superb boundaries in the very first over itself from Andrew Caddick. Jayasuriya, however, failed to match the Indian maestro as he gave a simple catch to Michael Bevan off South African fast bowler Nantie Hayward (three for 39) for only 12 runs in the 49- run first wicket partnership.

But Ganguly measured up fully to Tendulkar as the duo raised 114 runs for the second wicket to put the Asian XI in a strong position. Tendulkar (80 off 77 balls), was caught by Franklyn Rose off England spinner Phil Tuffnel (two for 68).

Asia XI: S. Jayasuriya c Bevan b Hayward 12, S. Tendulkar c Rose b Tuffnel 80, S. Ganguly c Rose b Tuffnel 67, A. De. Silva c Gilchrist b Bevan 39, A. Jadeja c Johnson b M. Waugh 28, A. Razzaq b M. Waugh 3, Moin Khan c & b Hayward 34, W. Akram b Hayward 15, A. Kumble (not out) 14, C. Vaas (run out) 0, M. Muralitharan (not out) 0, Extras (lb-9, w- 16, nb-3) 28. Total (for 9 wkts in 50 overs) 320.

Fall of wickets: 1-49, 2-163, 3-183, 4-242, 5-248, 6-248, 7-291, 8-314, 9-319.

Rest of World XI bowling: Caddick 4-0-27-0, Hayward 7-0-39-3, Rose 6-0-44-0, Cairns 4-0-22-0, Tuffnel 9-0-68-2, Klusener 4-0-22-0, Bevan 10-0-61-1, M. Waugh 6-0-28-2.

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