Watch the highlights of India vs Australia - The 3rd match of the 1994 Singer World Series quadrangular One-Day International cricket tournament between India and Australia played at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on September 09, 1994.
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| Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his maiden ODI century © REUTERS |
Match Overview:
A magnificent maiden ODI century by opener Sachin Tendulkar and his schoolmate Vinod Kambli's 43* before Manoj Prabhakar and Rajesh Chauhan's combined 5-wickets helped to India sealed a 31-run victory over Australia in the third match of a Singer World Series.
Match Stats:
- India's 31-run win was their smallest victory by terms of runs against Australia in ODIs, previous narrowest win by 52-runs at Ahmedabad in 1986.
- Sachin Tendulkar became the 15th Indian batsman to score a hundred in one-day internationals.
- Sachin Tendulkar became the fourth Indian batsman to score a century against Australia in ODIs after Ravi Shastri, Kris Srikkanth and Raman Lamba.
- Sachin Tendulkar's 110 was the sixth highest score for India in one-day international and the highest-score by an Indian batsman against Australia in ODIs, surpassing the previous record of 102 jointly held by Ravi Shastri (102) at Indore in 1984, Kris Srikkanth (102) at Jaipur in 1986 and Raman Lamba (102) at Rajkot in 1986.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
India scored 246-8 in 50 overs with top scorer by Sachin Tendulkar hit a career-best 110 off 130-balls - which was his 1st ODI hundred.
Vinod Kambli cracked a unbeaten 43 off 47-balls including a six, Mohammad Azharuddin struck 31 off 30-balls included 2-fours.
Navjot Sidhu hit 24 off 32-balls including one-six & a four and Manoj Prabhakar scored 20 off 41-balls included two-fours.
Australia best bowler by Craig McDermott, Shane Warne both took 2-wickets and one for Steve Waugh - Tim May.
Australia bowled out for 215 in 47.4 overs with top scorer by Mark Waugh cracked a 61 off 81-balls including three boundaries.
David Boon struck 40 off 55-balls including 2-fours, Michael Slater hit 26 off 36-balls contained 3-fours.
Michael Bevan cracked a 26 off 40-balls without a boundary, Steve Waugh scored 22 off 42-balls without a four and Ian Healy 15.
India best bowler by Manoj Prabhakar picked up 3-wickets for 34-runs in 8-overs, Rajesh Chauhan captured two-wickets, Anil Kumble, Venkatapathy Raju and Kapil Dev each took one-wickets.
Sachin Tendulkar named Player of the match for his magnificent batting performance to scored a career-best 110-runs knocked off facing 130-balls including 8-fours & 2-sixes.
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