It was incredible 200 runs in an ODI innings is quite an achievement. And that is what they did ending up with more than 400 runs and of course, Sachin Tendulkar's milestone. Considering all that, India needed to do something special given the team they are with so many world- class batsmen and so much depth in their batting. The pitch was flat, the ground is small and just the atmosphere there - every second of third ball was disappearing for four.
It was easy to see early in the innings when India elected to bat first that it was a pitch totally in favour of the batsmen, and whoever the bowler was the odds were really stacked against him.
