Irfan Pathan made an elegant 54 and Mahendra Singh Dohni in his inimitable style remained unbeaten on 79 while Dravid, electing to bat, made a superb 62 of 63 balls as the Blues crafted an emphatic total of 381.India Blues missed the servies of star opener Virender Sehwag, who twisted his ankle while scampering for a second run on Sunday in their match against India Red. Tanmay Srivatsav took to the field in his place.
Needing 7.60 runs an over, India Greens started their reply in a cautious manner but failed to apply themselves to the medium pacers Munaf Patel (2/15) and Irfan Pathan (2/24).Harbhajan Singh (4/10) was the wrecker-in-chief for the Blues.
India Greens were skittled out for 115 in 26.4 overs after their top four batsmen - Wasim Jaffer (12), Sourav Gaguly (24), Suresh Raina (zero) and Mohd Kaif (Zero) - paid prices for their indiscreet selections of shots.
Once, the middle order collapse was effected, Harbhajan dismissed a settled Parthiv Patel (43) and India U-19 all rounder Praveen Kumar (zero) and the India Blues victory became imminent.
India Blues completed their engagement with a win and a loss.
