2nd Semi-Final India vs Pakistan (Mohali) 30th March

ICC World Cup 2011 – 30^th March

48^th Match – 2^nd Semi-Final     (day/night    50-over match)

Played at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh,

India won by 29 runs;

India won the toss and preferred to bat first;

Scoreboard:

India                260/9    (50 over)

India Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
V Sehwag	lbw b Wahab Riaz	38	25	9	0	152.00
SR Tendulkar	c Shahid Afridi b Saeed Ajmal	85	115	11	0	73.91
G Gambhir	st †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Hafeez	27	32	2	0	84.37
V Kohli	c Umar Akmal b Wahab Riaz	9	21	0	0	42.85
Yuvraj Singh	b Wahab Riaz	0	1	0	0	0.00
MS Dhoni*†	lbw b Wahab Riaz	25	42	2	0	59.52
SK Raina	not out	36	39	3	0	92.30
Harbhajan Singh	st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal	12	15	2	0	80.00
Z Khan	c †Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz	9	10	1	0	90.00
A Nehra	run out (Wahab Riaz/†Kamran Akmal)	1	2	0	0	50.00
MM Patel	not out	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 8, w 8, nb 2)	18

Total (9 wickets; 50 over) 260 (5.20 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-48 (Sehwag, 5.5 over), 2-116 (Gambhir, 18.5 over), 3-141 (Kohli, 25.2 over), 4-141 (Yuvraj Singh, 25.3 over), 5-187 (Tendulkar, 36.6 over), 6-205 (Dhoni, 41.4 over), 7-236 (Harbhajan Singh, 46.4 over), 8-256 (Khan, 49.2 over), 9-258 (Nehra, 49.5 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
Umar Gul	8	0	69	0	8.62	(2nb, 1w)
Abdul Razzaq	2	0	14	0	7.00
Wahab Riaz	10	0	46	5	4.60	(4w)
Saeed Ajmal	10	0	44	2	4.40	(2w)
Shahid Afridi	10	0	45	0	4.50
Mohammad Hafeez	10	0	34	1	3.40

Pakistan            231/10    (49.5 over)    (lost by 29 runs)

Pakistan Innings	(target: 261 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
Kamran Akmal†	c Yuvraj Singh b Khan	19	21	3	0	90.47
Mohammad Hafeez	c †Dhoni b Patel	43	59	7	0	72.88
Asad Shafiq	b Yuvraj Singh	30	39	2	0	76.92
Younis Khan	c Raina b Yuvraj Singh	13	32	0	0	40.62
Misbah-ul-Haq	c Kohli b Khan	56	76	5	1	73.68
Umar Akmal	b Harbhajan Singh	29	24	1	2	120.83
Abdul Razzaq	b Patel	3	9	0	0	33.33
Shahid Afridi*	c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh	19	17	1	0	111.76
Wahab Riaz	c Tendulkar b Nehra	8	14	1	0	57.14
Umar Gul	lbw b Nehra	2	3	0	0	66.66
Saeed Ajmal	not out	1	5	0	0	20.00
Extras	(w 8)	8

Total (all out; 49.5 over) 231 (4.63 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-44 (Kamran Akmal, 8.6 over), 2-70 (Mohammad Hafeez, 15.3 over), 3-103 (Asad Shafiq, 23.5 over), 4-106 (Younis Khan, 25.4 over), 5-142 (Umar Akmal, 33.1 over), 6-150 (Abdul Razzaq, 36.2 over), 7-184 (Shahid Afridi, 41.5 over), 8-199 (Wahab Riaz, 44.5 over), 9-208 (Umar Gul, 46.1 over), 10-231 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 49.5 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
Z Khan	9.5	0	58	2	5.89	(2w)
A Nehra	10	0	33	2	3.30	(1w)
MM Patel	10	1	40	2	4.00	(1w)
Harbhajan Singh	10	0	43	2	4.30
Yuvraj Singh	10	1	57	2	5.70

Player of the match:    SR Tendulkar (India)

Umpires:        IJ Gould (England) and SJA Taufel (Australia)

TV umpire:        BF Bowden (New Zealand)

India maintained their winning streak against Pakistan in World Cups as they defeated Pakistan by 29 runs in the semi-final in Mohali in a nerve thrilling contest from both the countries. India is now one rung closer to World Cup triumph after their bowlers' destructed frail Pakistan's batting lineup. India made a place in World Cup final which would be held on Saturday in Mumbai with Sri Lanka. It is the first time in World Cup history playing two south Asian teams in World Cup final. Mumbai's contest will decide the battle of the hosts. India were exceptional in all departments of the game and snatched the victory over Pakistan. Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi said in the post match ceremony, "India played better than us".

In the end of India's batting, India had finished their innings at 260 for 9 which was a par score on the good-friendly pitch of Mohali as Pakistan bowlers did great job and restricted them to 260. Wahab Riaz was extremely remarkable in gathering five important wickets while spinners had also handy for their side. Umar Gul was proved to expensive one persisted the pressure of World Cup semi-final versus India.

India displayed very much amateur attitude in the fielding which created difference in a match on both sides. They were also very promising regarding their bowling as they did not concede any extra until the 37^th over of the innings. All the Indians bowlers got two wickets each to tight the screw around the Pakistan's batsmen. Sachin Tendulkar titled with Player of Match was very luckiest today, he was dropped four times on 27, 45, 70 and 81 and also got the successful Decision review while Ian Gould called him LBW on the ball of Saeed Ajmal of his early spell.