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INDIA BEAT BANGLADESH TO WIN TEST SERIESIndia won theIdea Cup by beatingBangladesh by 10wickets to win thesecond cricket Teston the fourth day atthe Sher-e-Banglanational stadium,Mirpur (Dhaka) onJan 27. India wonthe two Test series2-0.Zaheer Khan(10-49) took sevenwickets in the second innings as Bangladesh were all out for 312,minutes after lunch this day, giving India a two-run victorytarget.Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and made 233 in their firstinnings. India, in reply, riding on the twin hundreds by SachinTendulkar (143) and Rahul Dravid (111, retired hurt), scored544 for eight declared.For Bangladesh, Tamim Iqbal made 155 in the secondinnings after Mahmudullah showed the way with his unbeaten96 in the first.ScorecardBAN: 312/10 in 90.3 over & 233/10 in 73.5 overIND: 544/8 in 133 over & 2/0 in 0.2 over1st Test: India beat Bangladeshby 113 runsIndia beat Bangladesh by 113 runs in the first Test inChittagong Chasing an improbable 415 runs to win, Bangladeshwere bowled out for 301 with wicket keeper Mushfiqur Rahimscoring 101 for his side.Sachin Tendulkar was adjudged the Man of the Match for hiscentury in the first innings.Mishra took the last four wickets as the second session wasextended by 30 minutes.IND: 413/8 in 87 over & 243/10 in 70.5 overBAN: 242/10 in 65.2 over & 301/10 in 75.2 overAUSTRALIA BEAT PAKISTAN TO LIFT ICC U-19WORLD CUPAustralia lifted its thirdUnder-19 Cricket World Cuptitle after putting up a fine allroundperformance to beatPakistan by 25 runs in a lowscoringfinal in Lincoln, NewZealand.Put into bat, Australia first posted a competitive 207 in thestipulated 50 overs and then skittled out Pakistan for 182 in 46.4overs.Pacer, Josh Hazlewood's four-wicket haul and left-armspinner, Luke Doran's three scalps to bring the downfall of theformer champion Pakistan.Chasing 208 to win, Pakistan batsmen could not capitalise ontheir starts and the team kept losing wickets in regular intervals.Skipper Azeem Ghumman top scored with a 90-ball 41,which included just one four and the only partnership that gavePakistan's total some respectability was the 54-run first wicketstand between Ahmad Shahzad (36) and Muhammad Babar(28).Earlier batting first, Australia recovered after being reducedto 23 for three inside five overs.A 57-run stand between Jason Floros (35) and Alex Keath(25) resurrected their innings before a run-out saw the formerback into the hut.Alex also didn't last long and was dismissed after 15 balls asAustralia slipped to 127 for six in 34.5 overs but a fruitful 62-runpartnership between Tim Armstrong (37) and Kane Richardson(44) pulled them out of the crisis.CAN YOU DROWN IN THE DEAD SEA?Contrary to its name “Dead Sea” , noone ever drowns in its saline waters.The Dead Sea is land locked and is thelowest body of water on the Earth'ssurface. It is also the saltiest lake inthe world! It contains large amounts ofminerals like bromine, calcium and of course common salt.The high density of this lake prevents anything from sinking.The shores of this lake are covered with sulphur, lava and rocksalt indicating that the area is prone to volcanic activity.PT’s PrepTalk – February 2010 29