By Daniel Brettig
November 1st 2009 @ 6:41am
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Australia were undone by an expert partnership between Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni as India strode to a six-wicket victory in the third limited overs match at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground.
The tourists had fancied their chances of successfully defending 5-229 on a pudding of a pitch that favoured slow bowlers, but the aristocratic Yuvraj [...]
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