Chennai: Sachin Tendulkar smashed a masterly 139 as India Blues inflict a humiliating 266 run defeat on India Greens in the three-team round-robin Challenger Series day/night cricket tournament for the NKP Salve Trophy in Chennai on Monday.

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. (PTI)