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Jamaica:India beat minnows Holland by a convincing 182 runs to win their first warm-up game of the World Cup though this one may not count but it will do wonders for India's confidence.
Skipper Rahul Dravid and master blaster Sachin Tendulkar put up a crucial 116 run stand that took India to a total of 300/9.
"We rested Zaheer and Ajit, who are our frontline bowlers just to give a bit of a bowl to the other three guys as they haven't had much bowling. Harbhajan and Anil are the top two spinners but we wanted to give Yuvraj the opportunity to bowl as well and maybe Sehwag a little later to try on the fifth bowling option.
"We are trying to fine tune a few things, we are comfortable, trying to five everyone as much chance as we can in the middle with whatever skill," said Dravid.
Ryan ten Doeschat was the pick of the Dutch bowlers with five wickets in his bag.
For India, Yuvraj Singh, who has recently recovered from his knee injury, took four wickets, while Harbhajan picked up two. India meet West Indies in the next warm-up match, on Friday.
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