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Watch the Full High Quality Video Highlights of the Common Wealth Bank, Tri-Series 1st Final between India and Australia from the Syndey on March 2nd, 2008 where India won by 6 wickets (with 25 balls remaining). Brief Score : India 4 for 242 (Tendulkar 117*, Rohit 66) beat Australia 8 for 239 (Hayden 82, Hussey 45) by six wickets | Magnificent Tendulkar seals victory. In 38 previous ODI innings in Australia, Sachin Tendulkar had never scored a hundred; in 11 previous one-day internationals against Australia in Sydney, India had never won. Both those jinxes were wiped out in a memorable evening at the SCG, as Tendulkar scripted a magnificent unbeaten 117 and shared a 123-run fourth-wicket stand with Rohit Sharma to take India to an emphatic six-wicket win and a 1-0 lead in the CB Series finals.

The match was a story of sizeable contributions by two openers – Matthew Hayden scored a brisk 82 – and two century partnerships for the fourth wicket – Andrew Symonds shared a 100-run stand with Hayden. Those efforts lifted Australia to a challenging 8 for 239, which, given the Australian bowling strength, might have been enough on another day. Today, though, they ran into an in-form Tendulkar. From the outset, Tendulkar’s approach suggested he was in the mood. In the first ten overs he only found the boundary once, through a savage lofted square-cut off Nathan Bracken, but the evidence that he was in top form came in other ways: the footwork was precise and decisive right from the start, and the judgment of length was impeccable which helped India to a historic Win Watch the Full Video Highlights from the My Choice Section, Finals of the CB Series between India and Australia below:

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