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Beat Pakistan by 29 runs to enter WC final:
India to meet Sri Lanka
Disciplined bowling by India saw them beat Pakistan by 29 runs on
Wednesday to set-up a World Cup final against Sri Lanka in Mumbai on
Saturday.
Pakistan, chasing 261 for victory, were dismissed for 231 with a ball
to spare after all of India’s five bowlers took two wickets apiece.
Misbah-ul-Haq, who top-scored for Pakistan with 56, helped take them
from 208 for nine to a situation where an unlikely 30 was needed off the
last over.
But Zaheer Khan held his nerve, bowling four dot balls before Misbah
holed out to Virat Kohli to the delight of a capacity crowd.
India’s 260 for nine after winning the toss against their arch-rivals
was built around man-of-the-match Sachin Tendulkar’s 85.
But they might have made considerably less had not the star batsman
been dropped four times in an innings that still left him one short of a
hundred international hundreds.
Left-arm fast bowler Wahab Riaz led Pakistan’s attack with
career-best figures of five for 46. Pakistan saw Kamran Akmal start
their pursuit with a first ball four off Zaheer.
But the left-arm quick had his revenge with a slower ball the opener
sliced to Yuvraj Singh at point to leave Pakistan 44 for one. Mohammad
Hafeez made 43 before he was caught behind after trying to sweep seamer
Munaf Patel.
Yuvraj, out for a golden duck, atoned in front of his home crowd with
two wickets for no runs in five balls as Pakistan slumped to 106 for
four. AFP
INDIA
V Sehwag lbw b Riaz 38
S Tendulkar c Afridi b Ajmal 85
G Gambhir st K Akmal b Hafeez 27
V Kohli c U Akmal b Riaz 9
Yuvraj Singh b Riaz 0
MS Dhoni lbw b Riaz 25
Suresh Raina not out 36
Harbhajan Singh st K Akmal b Ajmal 12
Zaheeer Khan c K Akmal b Riaz 9
A Nehra run out (K Akmal/Riaz) 1
M Patel not out 0
Extras (lb8, w8, nb2) 18
TOTAL (9 wkts, 50 overs) 260
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-48 (Sehwag), 2-118 (Gambhir), 3-141 (Kohli), 4-141 (Yuvraj),
5-187 (Tendulkar), 6-205 (Dhoni), 7-236 (Harbhajan), 8-256 (Zaheer), 9-258 (Nehra)
BOWLING: Gul 8-0-69-0 (2nb, 1w); Razzaq 2-0-14-0; Riaz 10-0-46-5 (4w);
Ajmal 10-0-44-2 (3w); Afridi 10-0-45-0; Hafeez 10-0-34-1
PAKISTAN
Kamran Akmal c Yuvraj b Zaheer 19
Mohammad Hafeez c Dhoni b Patel 43
Asad Shafiq b Yuvraj 30
Younus Khan c Raina b Yuvraj 13
Misbah-ul-Haq c Kohli b Zaheer 56
Umar Akmal b Harbhajan 29
Abdul Razzaq b Patel 3
Shahid Afridi c Sehwag b Harbhajan 19
Wahab Riaz c Tendulkar b Nehra 8
Umar Gul lbw b Nehra 2
Saeed Ajmal not out 1
Extras (w8) 8
TOTAL (all out, 49.5 overs) 231
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-44 (K Akmal), 2-70 (Hafeez), 3-103 (Shafiq), 4-106 (Younus), 5-142 (U Akmal),
6-150 (Razzaq), 7-184 (Afridi), 8-199 (Riaz), 9-208 (Gul), 10-231 (Misbah)
BOWLING: Zaheer 9.5-0-58-2 (6w); Nehra 10-0-33-2 (1w); Patel 10-1-40-2 (1w); Harbhajan 10-0-43-2; Yuvraj 10-1-57-2; |
