India thrash Malaysia, make it three consecutive wins

India had their third breeze of a match when hosts Malaysia put up atotally unsatisfactory performance in the Asian Cricket Councilunder-15 tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday

Anand Vasu03-Jul-2000India had their third breeze of a match when hosts Malaysia put up atotally unsatisfactory performance in the Asian Cricket Councilunder-15 tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. On winning the tossIndia put Malaysia in to bat and skittled them out for 76. Even thistotal was made possible due mainly to some indisciplined bowling fromthe Indians, who gave away 33 extras in as many overs.For the hosts, no one managed to make it to double figures. India usedseven bowlers, with all but Subhash Dixit picking up at least onewicket.When India came out to bat, the result was never in doubt. The marginof victory however could not have been larger. Openers Swapnej Thakur(27) and Ambati Tirupati Rayudu (47) steered India to a comprehensiveten wicket victory in just 8.5 overs.This makes it three wins out of three for India. However, all thesevictories have come against sides that are well out of their depth.When India takes on Sri Lanka (on July 4) and Pakistan (July 5), thetruth about the strength of the team will be known.