India clinch series with victory

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India (bdnews24.com): Sachin Tendulkar hit a stunning 97 as India beat Pakistan by six wickets in Gwalior to claim a first one-day series win over them on home soil since 1983.
Tendulkar was imperious in sharing 107 with Virender Sehwag (43) but fell in the 90s for the sixth time in 2007. Yousuf finished unbeaten on 99 as the tourists totalled 255-6, with Younus Khan weighing in with 68.
Salman Butt followed his 129 in Kanpur with a two-ball duck, trapped lbw by one that RP Singh nipped back, and India's seamers maintained a firm stranglehold in the first half of the innings.
Younis was twice almost caught behind off Irfan Pathan before eventually unfurling some delightful strokes as he put on 78 with Shoaib Malik and reached his 29th ODI fifty off 70 balls.
However, after skipper Malik inside-edged a delivery on to his middle-stump to hand Zaheer his 200th ODI wicket, another period of consolidation was required.
Younus swept Harbhajan Singh for six and Yousuf cut Sehwag powerfully to signal a change of tempo in their partnership of 51 but two quick wickets set Pakistan back again.
Yousuf, who reached his 59th ODI half century off 64 balls, was becalmed by those blows and he and Misbah-ul-Haq (40) only intermittently pierced the field with some good timing.