ICC World Cup 2011,
2nd Semi-Final, India (IND)v Pakistan (PAK) Played at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh, Mar 30, 2011 - day/night (50-over match)
full Highlights Video, Match Report and Scores.
India secured a place in Saturday’s World Cup final with a high pressure but ultimately comfortable 29-run victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in Mohali.
India v Pakistan Cricket World Cup Match Report
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| Tendulkar, Raina and Munaf celebrate after win. |
Touted in the build-up as a battle between the visitors’ bowling weaponry and India’s batting power, it was instead Pakistan’s frail middle-order which succumbed to the home side’s attack, falling to 231 all out after Wahab Riaz’s five-wicket haul had limited India to 260 for nine.
Man-of-the-match Sachin Tendulkar was dropped four times before top-scoring for India who booked themselves a date with Sri Lanka in Saturday’s World Cup final in Mumbai.
After winning the toss MS Dhoni’s side looked set for 300-plus on a pitch with an average first-innings score of 253, but Riaz struck regular blows for Pakistan with the home team’s middle order once again failing to make the most of a solid platform.
Tendulkar compiled a chance-laden 85 to set up the Indian innings, having been put down four times and survived both an lbw and stumping review in the 11th over of the innings. Although he didn’t go on to register his 100th century in international cricket in the highly-charged clash, his reprieves ultimately proved crucial to the final result.
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| Shoaib Akhtar and Sachin Tendulkar look-alikes. |
He and Virender Sehwag got off to their traditionally brisk start at the top of the innings, with Sehwag butchering 21 from an Umar Gul over as India galloped to 55 without loss inside six overs.
Although Sehwag was then trapped lbw by Riaz for 38 from just 25 balls, Gautam Gambhir put on a 68-run partnership with Tendulkar to keep Pakistan on the back foot.
Gambhir was out stumped off the bowling of Mohammad Hafeez for 27, before Riaz returned to change the course of the innings as he removed Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh with consecutive deliveries as India wobbled on 141 for four.
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| Sonia and Rahul Gandhi at India v Pakistan Cricket Match. |
Captain MS Dhoni survived the hat-trick ball and then stabilised the innings with an authoritative 25, but it was Suresh Raina’s unbeaten 36 which held the lower order together in the dying stages of the innings.
Riaz, who extracted prodigious swing in each of his spells, was easily the pick of the Pakistani bowlers with his 5 for 46 in 10 overs, while Gul had a day to forget with his eight overs costing 69 runs.
Saeed Ajmal meanwhile claimed a tidy 2 for 44 in his 10-over allotment with Pakistan’s decision to leave out Shoaib Akhtar well justified.
In response Pakistan made a positive start to their run-chase with Kamran Akmal(19) looking promising before driving Zaheer Khan straight to point.
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| Aamir Khan & his wife Kiran Rao at IND v PAK Match. |
Fellow opener Mohammad Hafeez (43) was well set when he played a forgettable scoop shot, edging through to Dhoni, and Asad Shafiq’s 30-run resistance came to an end when his stumps were re-arranged by Yuvraj.
At 103 for three the game was still a contest with the onus lying very much with Pakistan’s middle order. Younis Khan (13), however, was unable to deliver, as he chipped straight to Suresh Raina to put his side under even more pressure.
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| Preity Zinta and Neeta Ambani are watching match. |
The precocious talent of Umar Akmal briefly lifted Pakistan’s hopes with two sixes and a four, but when he was bowled by Harbhajan for 29, the writing was on the wall. The dangerous pair of Abdul Razzaq and Shahid Afridi were both unable to make an impact down the order and Misbah-ul-Haq was left fighting a lone battle with just the tail-enders for company.
The 36-year old fired his labourious innings to life with five fours and a six taking him to 56, but with the task of 30-runs required off the final over Misbah became the last man out as Pakistan were bowled out with just ball left of the full 50-overs.
While the Pakistani batsmen were victims of their own poor shot selection, the Indian attack to their credit were disciplined and completed an allround display with each bowler on show claiming two wickets. Ashish Nehra, who returned to the side in place of Ravichandran Ashwin, was the pick with 2 for 33 with Dhoni requiring just five bowling options. The home side were equally impressive in the field and now head to Mumbai for the World Cup final on Saturday.
India v Pakistan Cricket World Cup Scores
India won by 29 runs
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| India innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| V Sehwag | lbw b Wahab Riaz | 38 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 152.00 |
| 5.5 141.5 kph, Taufel has given Sehwag out and he's asked for a review against the lbw decision immediately. He didn't even check with Tendulkar. Brilliant decision from Taufel. That ball pitched just in line with leg stump, short of a length, and skidded on to Sehwag, beating the batsman's attempted flick off the back foot. That ball didn't bounce as much as Sehwag thought it would. He was on his toes playing the shot. The only doubt was whether it pitched in line, it did. Pakistan are ecstatic. 48/1
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| SR Tendulkar | c Shahid Afridi b Saeed Ajmal | 85 | 160 | 115 | 11 | 0 | 73.91 |
| 36.6 87.0 kph, finally, they've held one! Sachin falls. And guess who's there to take the catch? Afridi drops to his left to hold onto a stinging drive at short extra cover. 'If you want the job done right, then do it yourself,' he's thinking. Possibly. Relief flows visibly over the Pakistanis as they gather at the fall of the wicket. Plenty of smiles out there now 187/5
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| G Gambhir | st †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Hafeez | 27 | 55 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 84.37 |
| 18.5 90.3 kph, Lovely stuff from Hafeez! Beaten in flight and stumped! Gambhir went down the track but couldn't reach the pitch of the ball. Panic. He then tried to stab the ball away but is now beaten by the turn. More panic. The ball has gone past him and he looks back, trying to get back but no luck. Kamran whips off the bails. India two down. 116/2
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| V Kohli | c Umar Akmal b Wahab Riaz | 9 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 |
| 25.2 139.4 kph, Pakistan have taken a catch! Wahab strikes again! Caught at backward point. It landed on a length around off and angled away, Virat played a strange shot as if he was surprised by how it seamed away - Wahab hardly gets the ball to bend in - and had a weak waft at it. He just stabbed at it. Edge and pouched! 141/3
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| Yuvraj Singh | b Wahab Riaz | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 25.3 146.2 kph, Crashing full swinging delivery! Sensational moment! Wahab, who was kept in this game instead of Shoaib, has done the job. What a little big moment. Pakistan huddle is on. It was full, it was pacy and it swung in beautifully past the hurried stab and crashed into the stumps. Clatter! It didn't land at all. He just took the pitch out of the equation 141/4
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| MS Dhoni | lbw b Wahab Riaz | 25 | 64 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 59.52 |
| 41.4 143.7 kph, well, that's one way to take the faulty catching out of the equation! Dhoni is rapped on the pad as he shuffles to off, huge appeal and Taufel has given him out! Dhoni wants a review though ... but it's not going to help, three reds as it pitches and hits him in line, definitely hitting the stumps and that's gone. India's hopes of making a defendable total are beginning to evaporate here 205/6
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| SK Raina | not out | 36 | 69 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 92.30 |
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| Harbhajan Singh | st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal | 12 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 80.00 |
| 46.4 91.8 kph, doosra, missed and stumped! Harbhajan jumped down the wicket and aimed for the straight boundary, but ran straight past the ball and is easily stumped by several metres. Ajmal the clear winner in the battle between the two offspinners 236/7
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| Z Khan | c †Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz | 9 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.00 |
| 49.2 137.9 kph, gone! Caught behind, it was only a matter of time. Another enormous heave, this time he does lay bat on ball but it's a thin edge and safely pouched by Kamran. Five wickets for Wahab Riaz in a World Cup semi-final! 256/8
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| A Nehra | run out (Wahab Riaz/†Kamran Akmal) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| 49.5 from Wahab Riaz, Nehra's been watching too much of Zaheer! A big swing, nowhere near it ... but Raina calls him through for one! Kamran throws to Riaz, who runs back and takes the bails off, Nehra doesn't bother to dive, easily run out 258/9
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| MM Patel | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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| Extras | (lb 8, w 8, nb 2) | 18 | | | | | |
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| Total | (9 wickets; 50 overs; 231 mins) | 260 | (5.20 runs per over) |
Fall of wickets1-48 (Sehwag, 5.5 ov), 2-116 (Gambhir, 18.5 ov), 3-141 (Kohli, 25.2 ov), 4-141 (Yuvraj Singh, 25.3 ov), 5-187 (Tendulkar, 36.6 ov), 6-205 (Dhoni, 41.4 ov), 7-236 (Harbhajan Singh, 46.4 ov), 8-256 (Khan, 49.2 ov), 9-258 (Nehra, 49.5 ov)
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | | |
| Umar Gul | 8 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 8.62 | (2nb, 1w) | |
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| Abdul Razzaq | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | | |
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| Wahab Riaz | 10 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 4.60 | (4w) | |
| 5.5 to Sehwag, 141.5 kph, Taufel has given Sehwag out and he's asked for a review against the lbw decision immediately. He didn't even check with Tendulkar. Brilliant decision from Taufel. That ball pitched just in line with leg stump, short of a length, and skidded on to Sehwag, beating the batsman's attempted flick off the back foot. That ball didn't bounce as much as Sehwag thought it would. He was on his toes playing the shot. The only doubt was whether it pitched in line, it did. Pakistan are ecstatic. 48/1
25.2 to Kohli, 139.4 kph, Pakistan have taken a catch! Wahab strikes again! Caught at backward point. It landed on a length around off and angled away, Virat played a strange shot as if he was surprised by how it seamed away - Wahab hardly gets the ball to bend in - and had a weak waft at it. He just stabbed at it. Edge and pouched! 141/3
25.3 to Yuvraj Singh, 146.2 kph, Crashing full swinging delivery! Sensational moment! Wahab, who was kept in this game instead of Shoaib, has done the job. What a little big moment. Pakistan huddle is on. It was full, it was pacy and it swung in beautifully past the hurried stab and crashed into the stumps. Clatter! It didn't land at all. He just took the pitch out of the equation 141/4
41.4 to Dhoni, 143.7 kph, well, that's one way to take the faulty catching out of the equation! Dhoni is rapped on the pad as he shuffles to off, huge appeal and Taufel has given him out! Dhoni wants a review though ... but it's not going to help, three reds as it pitches and hits him in line, definitely hitting the stumps and that's gone. India's hopes of making a defendable total are beginning to evaporate here 205/6
49.2 to Khan, 137.9 kph, gone! Caught behind, it was only a matter of time. Another enormous heave, this time he does lay bat on ball but it's a thin edge and safely pouched by Kamran. Five wickets for Wahab Riaz in a World Cup semi-final! 256/8
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| Saeed Ajmal | 10 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 4.40 | (2w) | |
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36.6 to Tendulkar, 87.0 kph, finally, they've held one! Sachin falls. And guess who's there to take the catch? Afridi drops to his left to hold onto a stinging drive at short extra cover. 'If you want the job done right, then do it yourself,' he's thinking. Possibly. Relief flows visibly over the Pakistanis as they gather at the fall of the wicket. Plenty of smiles out there now 187/5
46.4 to Harbhajan Singh, 91.8 kph, doosra, missed and stumped! Harbhajan jumped down the wicket and aimed for the straight boundary, but ran straight past the ball and is easily stumped by several metres. Ajmal the clear winner in the battle between the two offspinners 236/7
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| Shahid Afridi | 10 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 4.50 | | |
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| Mohammad Hafeez | 10 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 3.40 | | |
| 18.5 to Gambhir, 90.3 kph, Lovely stuff from Hafeez! Beaten in flight and stumped! Gambhir went down the track but couldn't reach the pitch of the ball. Panic. He then tried to stab the ball away but is now beaten by the turn. More panic. The ball has gone past him and he looks back, trying to get back but no luck. Kamran whips off the bails. India two down. 116/2
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| Pakistan innings (target: 261 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Kamran Akmal | c Yuvraj Singh b Khan | 19 | 40 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 90.47 |
| 8.6 123.9 kph, Done in by the slower one. And also done by his own favourite square drive. It was full and outside off stump, Kamran couldn't resist the temptation and reached out for his square drive. But he ended up slicing it straight to point. 44/1
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| Mohammad Hafeez | c †Dhoni b Patel | 43 | 66 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 72.88 |
| 15.3 125.6 kph, What was Hafeez thinking? Again, yet again, a lovely 30 -40 and he has combusted. He went for a paddle sweep, yeah a paddle sweep, to a full delivery outside off stump and edged it to Dhoni. Oh dear. Pressure? or over confidence? 70/2
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| Asad Shafiq | b Yuvraj Singh | 30 | 61 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 76.92 |
| 23.5 75.3 kph, whoops! Shafiq's gone. Too straight and a touch too full to cut, Shafiq went back and tried to, he missed and the ball skidded straight past him and hit middle stump, the Indians get into a huddle. He was cramped for room and short of time to play that shot 103/3
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| Younis Khan | c Raina b Yuvraj Singh | 13 | 44 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 40.62 |
| 25.4 78.8 kph, caught at cover! A slow ball on a good length outside off, inviting Younis forward and into the drive. He takes the bait and spoons the ball towards Raina who leaps and takes the catch at head height. India are back in this ... 106/4
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| Misbah-ul-Haq | c Kohli b Khan | 56 | 134 | 76 | 5 | 1 | 73.68 |
| 49.5 117.0 kph, there's the game! Misbah swings, the ball goes miles up in the air and lands safely in Kohli's hands at long-on 231/10
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| Umar Akmal | b Harbhajan Singh | 29 | 35 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 120.83 |
| 33.1 86.4 kph, bowled 'im! Bhajji strikes straight away, it wasn't the doosra - more of an arm ball - but Umar played it horribly, neither forward nor back and swishing hopefully through the line of the ball. It nipped past the bat and clattered into the off stump 142/5
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| Abdul Razzaq | b Patel | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| 36.2 116.2 kph, gone! Bowled! Munaf sends down a slower ball, another legcutter, and Razzaq plays down completely the wrong line to lose his off stump. India surge ahead with that wicket, they've got control now. 150/6
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| Shahid Afridi | c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh | 19 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 111.76 |
| 41.5 98.6 kph, gone! Harbhajan sends down a high full toss, Afridi attempts to smash it baseball-style down the ground but the ball takes the top edge and swirls up for cover to take an easy catch. The captain departs, he had to go for his shots but couldn't execute that one too well. This is India's game now 184/7
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| Wahab Riaz | c Tendulkar b Nehra | 8 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 |
| 44.5 127.4 kph, there's another one! Full and straight, Riaz swings mightily across the line but all he can do is send the ball straight up in the air, an easy catch for Tendulkar at cover. India are just two wickets away from a World Cup final. Pakistan are still alive, but only just. The pressure really told on Riaz there, all those dot balls made him feel as though he absolutely had to hit the boundary 199/8
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| Umar Gul | lbw b Nehra | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| 46.1 130.4 kph, gone! Full, swinging, and Gul is struck flush on the foot as he swipes across the line. He asks for a review but to no avail, that's stone dead. Gul's unhappy day comes to an end. India are just one wicket away from a dream final 208/9
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| Saeed Ajmal | not out | 1 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
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| Extras | (w 8) | 8 | | | | | |
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| Total | (all out; 49.5 overs; 239 mins) | 231 | (4.63 runs per over) |
Fall of wickets1-44 (Kamran Akmal, 8.6 ov), 2-70 (Mohammad Hafeez, 15.3 ov), 3-103 (Asad Shafiq, 23.5 ov), 4-106 (Younis Khan, 25.4 ov), 5-142 (Umar Akmal, 33.1 ov), 6-150 (Abdul Razzaq, 36.2 ov), 7-184 (Shahid Afridi, 41.5 ov), 8-199 (Wahab Riaz, 44.5 ov), 9-208 (Umar Gul, 46.1 ov), 10-231 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 49.5 ov)
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| Z Khan | 9.5 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 5.89 | (2w) | |
| 8.6 to Kamran Akmal, 123.9 kph, Done in by the slower one. And also done by his own favourite square drive. It was full and outside off stump, Kamran couldn't resist the temptation and reached out for his square drive. But he ended up slicing it straight to point. 44/1
49.5 to Misbah-ul-Haq, 117.0 kph, there's the game! Misbah swings, the ball goes miles up in the air and lands safely in Kohli's hands at long-on 231/10
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| A Nehra | 10 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 3.30 | (1w) | |
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44.5 to Wahab Riaz, 127.4 kph, there's another one! Full and straight, Riaz swings mightily across the line but all he can do is send the ball straight up in the air, an easy catch for Tendulkar at cover. India are just two wickets away from a World Cup final. Pakistan are still alive, but only just. The pressure really told on Riaz there, all those dot balls made him feel as though he absolutely had to hit the boundary 199/8
46.1 to Umar Gul, 130.4 kph, gone! Full, swinging, and Gul is struck flush on the foot as he swipes across the line. He asks for a review but to no avail, that's stone dead. Gul's unhappy day comes to an end. India are just one wicket away from a dream final 208/9
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| MM Patel | 10 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 4.00 | (1w) | |
| 15.3 to Mohammad Hafeez, 125.6 kph, What was Hafeez thinking? Again, yet again, a lovely 30 -40 and he has combusted. He went for a paddle sweep, yeah a paddle sweep, to a full delivery outside off stump and edged it to Dhoni. Oh dear. Pressure? or over confidence? 70/2
36.2 to Abdul Razzaq, 116.2 kph, gone! Bowled! Munaf sends down a slower ball, another legcutter, and Razzaq plays down completely the wrong line to lose his off stump. India surge ahead with that wicket, they've got control now. 150/6
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| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 4.30 | | |
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33.1 to Umar Akmal, 86.4 kph, bowled 'im! Bhajji strikes straight away, it wasn't the doosra - more of an arm ball - but Umar played it horribly, neither forward nor back and swishing hopefully through the line of the ball. It nipped past the bat and clattered into the off stump 142/5
41.5 to Shahid Afridi, 98.6 kph, gone! Harbhajan sends down a high full toss, Afridi attempts to smash it baseball-style down the ground but the ball takes the top edge and swirls up for cover to take an easy catch. The captain departs, he had to go for his shots but couldn't execute that one too well. This is India's game now 184/7
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| Yuvraj Singh | 10 | 1 | 57 | 2 | 5.70 | | |
| 23.5 to Asad Shafiq, 75.3 kph, whoops! Shafiq's gone. Too straight and a touch too full to cut, Shafiq went back and tried to, he missed and the ball skidded straight past him and hit middle stump, the Indians get into a huddle. He was cramped for room and short of time to play that shot 103/3
25.4 to Younis Khan, 78.8 kph, caught at cover! A slow ball on a good length outside off, inviting Younis forward and into the drive. He takes the bait and spoons the ball towards Raina who leaps and takes the catch at head height. India are back in this ... 106/4
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