Gwalior

GWALIOR / MUMBAI - Cricket fans in India rejoiced after cricketer Sachin Tendulkar created history by scoring the first double century in one-day internationals against South Africa in the second one day international at Gwalior on Wednesday.

GWALIOR - Sachin Tendulkar hit a record unbeaten double century as India scripted an emphatic 153-run win over South Africa in the second one-day international (ODI) at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium here Wednesday and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

GWALIOR - After scoring a record unbeaten 200 here Wednesday, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar was happy that at the age of 36 he was good enough to last 50 overs.

GWALIOR - The following is the scoreboard of the second ODI between India and South Africa at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium here Wednesday: India: Virender Sehwag c Steyn b Parnell 9 Sachin Tendulkar not out 200 Dinesh Karthik c Gibbs b Parnell 79 Yusuf Pathan c de Villiers b van der Merwe 36 Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 68 Extras (lb 3, w 5, nb 1) 9 Total (for three wickets in 50 overs) 401 Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Sehwag, 3.5 ov), 2-219 (Karthik, 33.2 ov), 3-300 (Pathan, 41.1 ov) Bowling: Dale Steyn 10-0-89-0 Wayne Parnell 10-0-95-2 Roelof van der Merwe 10-0-62-1 Charl Langeveldt 10-0-70-0 Jean Paul Duminy 5-0-38-0 Jacques Kallis 5-0-44-0 South Africa: Hashim Amla c Nehra b Sreesanth 34 Herschelle Gibbs b Kumar 7 Roelof van der Merwe c Raina b Sreesanth 12 Jacques Kallis b Nehra 11 AB de Villiers not out 114 Alviro Petersen b Jadeja 9 Jean Paul Duminy lbw Pathan 0 Mark Boucher lbw Pathan 14 Wayne Parnell b Nehra 18 Dale Steyn b Sreesanth 0 Charl Langeveldt c Nehra b Jadeja 12 Extras (lb 5, w 8, nb 4) 17 Total (all out in 42.5 overs) 248 Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Gibbs, 2.2), 2-47 (van der Merwe, 5.4), 3-61 (Amla, 7.4), 4-83 (Kallis, 10.2), 5-102 (Petersen, 13.6), 6-103 (Duminy, 14.2), 7-134 (Boucher, 22.2), 8-211 (Parnell, 36.5), 9-216 (Steyn, 37.5), 10-248 (Langeveldt, 42.5) Bowling: Praveen Kumar 5-0-31-1 Ashish Nehra 8-0-60-2 Sreesanth 7-0-49-3 Ravindra Jadeja 8.5-0-41-2 Yusuf Pathan 9-1-37-2 Virender Sehwag 5-0-25-0 Toss: India, who chose to bat Result: India won by 153 runs Man of the Match: Sachin Tendulkar (India) Umpires: Ian Gould (England) and Shavir Tarapore TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe) Reserve umpire: Rajesh Deshpande

GWALIOR - India defeated South Africa by 153 runs in the second ODI and wrapped up the three-match series at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium here Wednesday.