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Summary English team defeated Canada in their warm-up game after an interesting match played at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah. At the end, Canada remained short of 16 runs. India defeated NZ by 117 runs.
Canadian team fought well in their chasing streak. Umer Cheema made 93 runs and created hurdles for English team. But Canadian team was bowled out at 127 runs only 16 runs short of target. In the other match, India defeated New Zealand by 117 runs in their 2nd warm-up match played in Chennai. India won the toss and elected to bat and scored 360 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. Captain Dhoni smashed a 62-ball century and Gambhir scored vital 89 runs.Chasing this huge target, NZ bowled out at 243 runs in 43.1 overs. Only half-century was scored by McCullum and all other batsmen succumbed to India’s spin line-up.
