/ 13 October 2010

India cruise to seven-wicket win, sweep series

India cruised to a seven-wicket win over Australia in the second Test on Wednesday to sweep their two-match series 2-0.

Debutant Cheteshwar Pujara (72) cracked a half-century as the hosts chased down a target of 207 runs, the highest successful run chase at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Sachin Tendulkar (53) and Rahul Dravid (21) completed the victory soon after tea.

Earlier, Zaheer Khan and fellow new-ball bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth took less than an hour to polish off the Australian tail after the tourists had resumed on 202-7 wickets.

The last three Australian batsmen could add only 21 runs to their overnight score before their second innings folded on 223. — Reuters