India hand 29 run defeat to Pakistan, set up final against Sri Lanka
India will now meet Sri Lanka for the final in Mumbai on April 2.
India beat Pakistan by 29 runs in the second World Cup semi-final in Mohali on Wednesday.
India posted 260-9 and then returned to bowl out Pakistan for 231 in 49.5 overs.
Sachin Tendulkar was the highest scorer for India with 85 runs, Wahab Riaz took six wickets for 46 runs for Pakistan.
India will now meet Sri Lanka for the final in Mumbai on April 2.
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50th over
Extreme pressure on Pakistan. Misbah refuses to take a run.
He lifts one up trying to get a big one and he is gone! Caught by Kohli for 56 runs.
Its over, India win the match by 29 runs.
49th over
Munaf Patel bowling to Misbah. Smacked for six straight down the ground.
Seven runs from the over. Pakistan are 231/9.
48th over
Zaheer Khan continues.
Misbah plays him on the offside for four.
Another four straight down the ground from Misbah!
Fourteen runs from the over. Pakistan are now 224/9.
47th over
Nehra bowls to Umar Gul. LBW appeal! Given out. Pakistan take review and the decision stays. Umar Gul goes for 2.
Saeed Ajmal comes in to play.
Just two runs from the over. Pakistan are 210/9.
46th over
Pakistan take the batting power play.
Zaheer Khan bowling.
Misbah smacks him away for four. Too late?
Eight runs from the over. Pakistan are 208/8
45th over
Nehra to Riaz. Two dot balls.
Two more dot balls. Riaz belts under pressure, he tries to smack one away and hits a skier which is caught by Tendulkar. Riaz goes for eight.
Pakistan are now 200/8.
44th over
Harbhajan Singh bowls.
Misbah gets another four playing a reverse sweep.
Seven runs from the over. Pakistan are 199/7.
43rd over
Nehra bowling.
Wahab Riaz is here to play savior. He plays Nehra for four, the fielder can't make it to the boundary.
Eight runs from the over. Pakistan are 192/7.
42nd over
Harbhajan continues. Why is Afridi not taking the power play?
Afridi is gone! Full toss from Harbhajan Singh and tries to hit that one away and is caught by Sehwag. He goes for 19 runs.
Wahab Riaz comes in.
Three runs from the over. Pakistan are 184/7.
41st over
Zaheer Khan continues.
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Four runs from the over. Pakistan are 181/6.
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40th over
Yuvraj Singh bowling his last over.
Misbah finally wakes up from his test match hibernation and plays a reverse sweep for four.
Close one there! Afridi lifted one and Nehra caught it. Honest Nehra says he isn't sure if it carried. TV umpire says it hasn't. Afridi stays.
Nine runs from the over. Pakistan are 177/6.
Pakistan now require 84 from 60 balls.
39th over
Zaheer Khan is back into the attack.
Afridi going for the doubles now.
Five runs from the over. Pakistan are 167/6.
38th over
Yuvraj bowling his ninth over.
Afridi smacks Yuvraj for four on the offside.
Afridi really pushing for the runs. He doesn't plan on giving up it seems.
Eleven runs from the over. Pakistan are 163/6.
37th over
Munaf Patel opens the over with a wide and helps Pakistan crawl to 150 runs.
Razzaq is clean bowled! Munaf Patel trying to wrap things up early. He goes for three runs.
Afridi comes in.
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Four runs from the over. Pakistan are 152/6.
36th over
Yuvraj is back.
Nudging the singles here and there. Run rate nearing 8 now.
Two runs from the over, Pakistan are now 148/5. 113 needed from 14 overs.
35th over
Patel bowls to Misbah. Misbah is playing a test match out there.
Two runs from the over. Pakistan are 146/5.
34th over
Harbhajan Singh bowls Umar Akmal off the first ball of the over! Clean bowled, Akmal goes for 29.
Razzaq replaces Akmal.
Two runs from the over and a wicket. Pakistan are 144/5
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33rd over
Dhoni brings in Munaf Patel to bowl. Just one run from the over. Pakistan are 142/4.
32nd over
Good start to the over, actor Amir Khan gives the crowd something extra to cheer about.
Yuvraj bowls. Six more from Akmal! Akmal teaching Yuvraj a thing or two about batting every over now. Straight down the ground!
Nine runs from the over. Pakistan are 141/4.
31st over
Nehra bowling his seventh over.
Another good over, just two runs from it. Pakistan are 132/4.
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30th over
Yuvraj Singh to Umar Akmal, smacked away for four! First boundary in a long time. Pakistan needs more of these.
Six!! Second is smacked away for four on the leg-side. Akmal is on fire and lets hope he doesn't get too excited.
Twelve runs from the over. Pakistan are 130/4.
29th over
Nehra back into the attack.
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India is piling up the pressure on Pakistan, just one run from the over. Pakistan are 118/4. The run rate is creeping up to 7 now.
28th over
Yuvraj continues.
Strange happenings in the field! Run out chance and an excited Yuvraj dismantles the wickets with his arm. Umar Akmal is safe.
Five runs from the over. Pakistan are 117/4.
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27th over
Harbhajan continures. Umar Akmal came in for Younis Khan. Pakistan crumbling under pressure now?
Six runs from the over. Pakistan are 112/4.
26th over
Yuvraj Singh fishing for more wickets. And he has one! Younis Khan goes Raina takes the catch! He is gone for 13.
Wicket maiden for Yuvraj. Pakistan are 106/4.
25th over
Harbhajan singh bowls to Younis Khan. Two dot balls.
Just three runs off the over. Misbah and Younis bringing things to a halt now. Pakistan are 106/3.
Pakistan require 155 from 150 balls.
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24th over
Yuvraj Singh bowling his third over.
Pakistan have really slowed it down now.
Yuvraj Singh cleans up Asad Shafiq, he is clean bowled! He goes for 30 runs.
Misbah replaces Shafiq.
Three runs from the over. Pakistan are 103/3.
23rd over
Zaheer Khan bowling to Asad Shafiq. Single
Younis Khan facing. Appeal for LBW, Zaheer Khan looks confident. Umpire says not out. No review taken.
100 runs up for Pakistan and Shafiq plays it on leg for two runs.
Six runs from the over. Pakistan are 100/2.
22nd over
Yuvraj Singh continues.
He bowls a tight over. Just one run from it.
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21st over
Zaheer Khan is back into the attack. Good over from Khan, just four runs from it. Pakistan are 93/2
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20th over
And Yuvraj Singh is going to bowl now. After his batting display, the Indian team is probably hoping he can take a few wickets (he has 11 in the tournament).
Five runs from the over. Pakistan are 89/2. India were 119/2 at this point.
19th over
Harbhajan continues. Pakistan batsmen playing it safe, nudging the ball around for the occasional single.
Four runs from the over. Pakistan are 84/2.
18th over
Nehra bowling.
Blogger Khurram Baig takes a stroll down memory lane and discusses how Pakistan has never beaten India in a world cup match and whether they can change history today. Read it here.
Good over, just three runs from it. Pakistan are 80/2.
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17th over
Asad Shafiq joins the party. He lifts one straight down the ground, it passes through Harbhajan's hands and goes straight down the ground for four.
Five runs from the over. Pakistan are 77/2.
16th over
Patel gets Hafeez! Very very stupid shot fro Hafeez, he went across the stumps and try to flick one over leg. Dhoni takes the catch. Haeez is gone for 43.
Younis Khan replaces Hafeez.
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Two runs from the over. Pakistan are 72/2.
15th over
Harbhajan to Hafeez. Single.
Asad Shafiq faces Harbhajan, smashed on the offside for four!
Seven runs from the over. Pakistan are 70/1.
14th over
Patel bowling to Shafiq.
Maiden over from Patel.
Pakistan are 63/1.
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13th over
Harbhajan continues.
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Just four runs from the over. Pakistan are 63/1.
12th over
Patel bowling his fourth over now.
Hafeez flicks him down leg-side for four!
Five runs from the over. Pakistan are 59/1.
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11th over
Asad Shafiq faces his first ball as Harbhajan Singh comes into the attack.
Hafeez living dangerously. Drives one straight to Singh and the ball drops just short of him.
Two runs from the over. Pakistan are 54/1.
10th over
Patel is smacked away for four on his first ball. Hafeez is on fire!
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Hafeez afain, smashes it to the leg, drops just short of the fielder and crosses the boundary for a four.
At this stage India were 73/1.
Eight runs from the over. Pakistan are 52/1.
Ninth over
Zaheer Khan is back into the attack.
Khan strikes! Kamran Akmal is gone and Yuvraj Singh makes up for his duck by taking the catch.
One run and the wicket from the over. Pakistan are 44/1.
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Eighth over
Nehra stands there and watches Hafeez loft one away for four.
Five runs from the over. Pakistan are 43/0.
Seventh over
Munaf Patel returns after bowling a good first over.
Hafeez has had enough batting practice, he takes the aerial route and smashes Patel for four on the offside.
Another four, in the air again and this time its Akmal.
Nine runs from the over. Pakistan are 38/0
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Sixth over
Nehra bowling the over. Very tight fielding from the Indians, Sehwag manages to save a few runs off the bat of Hafeez.
Nehra gets a touch on the ball and it hits the wicket! It goes to the third umpire for the review. And Akmal is safe!
Another good over from Nehra.
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One run from the over. Pakistan are 29/0.
Fifth over
Munaf Patel comes into the attack now. Dhoni mixing things up a little.
Short ball from Patel, Akmal tries to smack it away and it lands safely just outside the circle, no fielders around to catch that one.
Good over from Patel. Two runs from it. Pakistan are 28/0.
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Fourth over
Nehra bowling his second. Hafeez drives it on the off side for four. Both openers a little edgy looking for the singles.
Six runs from the over. Pakistan are 26/0.
Third over
Zaheer continues. Akmal drives through cover, the fielders chase it to the edge of the boundary. He gets three runs for it.
Hafeez gets four! Beautifully played through mid-wicket.
Eight runs from the over. Pakistan are 20/0.
Second over
Ashish Nehra bowling the second over for India.
Nehra bowls a tight over, five runs from the over.
Pakistan are 12/0.
First over
Zaheer Khan opens the bowling for India. Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez open the batting for Pakistan.
Kamran Akmal smashes him away for four through cover point.
Straight drive from Akmal and he gets four for it.
Eight runs from the over. Pakistan are 8/0.
Second innings begin
India posted 260-9 and then returned to bowl out Pakistan for 231 in 49.5 overs.
Sachin Tendulkar was the highest scorer for India with 85 runs, Wahab Riaz took six wickets for 46 runs for Pakistan.
India will now meet Sri Lanka for the final in Mumbai on April 2.
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50th over
Extreme pressure on Pakistan. Misbah refuses to take a run.
He lifts one up trying to get a big one and he is gone! Caught by Kohli for 56 runs.
Its over, India win the match by 29 runs.
49th over
Munaf Patel bowling to Misbah. Smacked for six straight down the ground.
Seven runs from the over. Pakistan are 231/9.
48th over
Zaheer Khan continues.
Misbah plays him on the offside for four.
Another four straight down the ground from Misbah!
Fourteen runs from the over. Pakistan are now 224/9.
47th over
Nehra bowls to Umar Gul. LBW appeal! Given out. Pakistan take review and the decision stays. Umar Gul goes for 2.
Saeed Ajmal comes in to play.
Just two runs from the over. Pakistan are 210/9.
46th over
Pakistan take the batting power play.
Zaheer Khan bowling.
Misbah smacks him away for four. Too late?
Eight runs from the over. Pakistan are 208/8
45th over
Nehra to Riaz. Two dot balls.
Two more dot balls. Riaz belts under pressure, he tries to smack one away and hits a skier which is caught by Tendulkar. Riaz goes for eight.
Pakistan are now 200/8.
44th over
Harbhajan Singh bowls.
Misbah gets another four playing a reverse sweep.
Seven runs from the over. Pakistan are 199/7.
43rd over
Nehra bowling.
Wahab Riaz is here to play savior. He plays Nehra for four, the fielder can't make it to the boundary.
Eight runs from the over. Pakistan are 192/7.
42nd over
Harbhajan continues. Why is Afridi not taking the power play?
Afridi is gone! Full toss from Harbhajan Singh and tries to hit that one away and is caught by Sehwag. He goes for 19 runs.
Wahab Riaz comes in.
Three runs from the over. Pakistan are 184/7.
41st over
Zaheer Khan continues.
Blogger Imran A Khan discusses how Pakistan stands a good chance at beating India at Mohali. Read it here.
Four runs from the over. Pakistan are 181/6.
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40th over
Yuvraj Singh bowling his last over.
Misbah finally wakes up from his test match hibernation and plays a reverse sweep for four.
Close one there! Afridi lifted one and Nehra caught it. Honest Nehra says he isn't sure if it carried. TV umpire says it hasn't. Afridi stays.
Nine runs from the over. Pakistan are 177/6.
Pakistan now require 84 from 60 balls.
39th over
Zaheer Khan is back into the attack.
Afridi going for the doubles now.
Five runs from the over. Pakistan are 167/6.
38th over
Yuvraj bowling his ninth over.
Afridi smacks Yuvraj for four on the offside.
Afridi really pushing for the runs. He doesn't plan on giving up it seems.
Eleven runs from the over. Pakistan are 163/6.
37th over
Munaf Patel opens the over with a wide and helps Pakistan crawl to 150 runs.
Razzaq is clean bowled! Munaf Patel trying to wrap things up early. He goes for three runs.
Afridi comes in.
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Four runs from the over. Pakistan are 152/6.
36th over
Yuvraj is back.
Nudging the singles here and there. Run rate nearing 8 now.
Two runs from the over, Pakistan are now 148/5. 113 needed from 14 overs.
35th over
Patel bowls to Misbah. Misbah is playing a test match out there.
Two runs from the over. Pakistan are 146/5.
34th over
Harbhajan Singh bowls Umar Akmal off the first ball of the over! Clean bowled, Akmal goes for 29.
Razzaq replaces Akmal.
Two runs from the over and a wicket. Pakistan are 144/5
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33rd over
Dhoni brings in Munaf Patel to bowl. Just one run from the over. Pakistan are 142/4.
32nd over
Good start to the over, actor Amir Khan gives the crowd something extra to cheer about.
Yuvraj bowls. Six more from Akmal! Akmal teaching Yuvraj a thing or two about batting every over now. Straight down the ground!
Nine runs from the over. Pakistan are 141/4.
31st over
Nehra bowling his seventh over.
Another good over, just two runs from it. Pakistan are 132/4.
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30th over
Yuvraj Singh to Umar Akmal, smacked away for four! First boundary in a long time. Pakistan needs more of these.
Six!! Second is smacked away for four on the leg-side. Akmal is on fire and lets hope he doesn't get too excited.
Twelve runs from the over. Pakistan are 130/4.
29th over
Nehra back into the attack.
Blogger RA Toori talks about how Pakistanis love to hate India and how this needs to be changed. Read it here.
India is piling up the pressure on Pakistan, just one run from the over. Pakistan are 118/4. The run rate is creeping up to 7 now.
28th over
Yuvraj continues.
Strange happenings in the field! Run out chance and an excited Yuvraj dismantles the wickets with his arm. Umar Akmal is safe.
Five runs from the over. Pakistan are 117/4.
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27th over
Harbhajan continures. Umar Akmal came in for Younis Khan. Pakistan crumbling under pressure now?
Six runs from the over. Pakistan are 112/4.
26th over
Yuvraj Singh fishing for more wickets. And he has one! Younis Khan goes Raina takes the catch! He is gone for 13.
Wicket maiden for Yuvraj. Pakistan are 106/4.
25th over
Harbhajan singh bowls to Younis Khan. Two dot balls.
Just three runs off the over. Misbah and Younis bringing things to a halt now. Pakistan are 106/3.
Pakistan require 155 from 150 balls.
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24th over
Yuvraj Singh bowling his third over.
Pakistan have really slowed it down now.
Yuvraj Singh cleans up Asad Shafiq, he is clean bowled! He goes for 30 runs.
Misbah replaces Shafiq.
Three runs from the over. Pakistan are 103/3.
23rd over
Zaheer Khan bowling to Asad Shafiq. Single
Younis Khan facing. Appeal for LBW, Zaheer Khan looks confident. Umpire says not out. No review taken.
100 runs up for Pakistan and Shafiq plays it on leg for two runs.
Six runs from the over. Pakistan are 100/2.
22nd over
Yuvraj Singh continues.
He bowls a tight over. Just one run from it.
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21st over
Zaheer Khan is back into the attack. Good over from Khan, just four runs from it. Pakistan are 93/2
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20th over
And Yuvraj Singh is going to bowl now. After his batting display, the Indian team is probably hoping he can take a few wickets (he has 11 in the tournament).
Five runs from the over. Pakistan are 89/2. India were 119/2 at this point.
19th over
Harbhajan continues. Pakistan batsmen playing it safe, nudging the ball around for the occasional single.
Four runs from the over. Pakistan are 84/2.
18th over
Nehra bowling.
Blogger Khurram Baig takes a stroll down memory lane and discusses how Pakistan has never beaten India in a world cup match and whether they can change history today. Read it here.
Good over, just three runs from it. Pakistan are 80/2.
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17th over
Asad Shafiq joins the party. He lifts one straight down the ground, it passes through Harbhajan's hands and goes straight down the ground for four.
Five runs from the over. Pakistan are 77/2.
16th over
Patel gets Hafeez! Very very stupid shot fro Hafeez, he went across the stumps and try to flick one over leg. Dhoni takes the catch. Haeez is gone for 43.
Younis Khan replaces Hafeez.
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Two runs from the over. Pakistan are 72/2.
15th over
Harbhajan to Hafeez. Single.
Asad Shafiq faces Harbhajan, smashed on the offside for four!
Seven runs from the over. Pakistan are 70/1.
14th over
Patel bowling to Shafiq.
Maiden over from Patel.
Pakistan are 63/1.
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13th over
Harbhajan continues.
Blogger Said Chaudhry reminisces about the last time Pakistan played and defeated India at Mohali. Read it here.
Just four runs from the over. Pakistan are 63/1.
12th over
Patel bowling his fourth over now.
Hafeez flicks him down leg-side for four!
Five runs from the over. Pakistan are 59/1.
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11th over
Asad Shafiq faces his first ball as Harbhajan Singh comes into the attack.
Hafeez living dangerously. Drives one straight to Singh and the ball drops just short of him.
Two runs from the over. Pakistan are 54/1.
10th over
Patel is smacked away for four on his first ball. Hafeez is on fire!
Op-ed writer George Fulton talks about how Pakistan and India will go back to being neighbours at war after the match. Read it here.
Hafeez afain, smashes it to the leg, drops just short of the fielder and crosses the boundary for a four.
At this stage India were 73/1.
Eight runs from the over. Pakistan are 52/1.
Ninth over
Zaheer Khan is back into the attack.
Khan strikes! Kamran Akmal is gone and Yuvraj Singh makes up for his duck by taking the catch.
One run and the wicket from the over. Pakistan are 44/1.
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Eighth over
Nehra stands there and watches Hafeez loft one away for four.
Five runs from the over. Pakistan are 43/0.
Seventh over
Munaf Patel returns after bowling a good first over.
Hafeez has had enough batting practice, he takes the aerial route and smashes Patel for four on the offside.
Another four, in the air again and this time its Akmal.
Nine runs from the over. Pakistan are 38/0
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Sixth over
Nehra bowling the over. Very tight fielding from the Indians, Sehwag manages to save a few runs off the bat of Hafeez.
Nehra gets a touch on the ball and it hits the wicket! It goes to the third umpire for the review. And Akmal is safe!
Another good over from Nehra.
Op-ed writer Khurram Hussain talks about what would happen if Pakistan loses the match. Read it here.
One run from the over. Pakistan are 29/0.
Fifth over
Munaf Patel comes into the attack now. Dhoni mixing things up a little.
Short ball from Patel, Akmal tries to smack it away and it lands safely just outside the circle, no fielders around to catch that one.
Good over from Patel. Two runs from it. Pakistan are 28/0.
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Fourth over
Nehra bowling his second. Hafeez drives it on the off side for four. Both openers a little edgy looking for the singles.
Six runs from the over. Pakistan are 26/0.
Third over
Zaheer continues. Akmal drives through cover, the fielders chase it to the edge of the boundary. He gets three runs for it.
Hafeez gets four! Beautifully played through mid-wicket.
Eight runs from the over. Pakistan are 20/0.
Second over
Ashish Nehra bowling the second over for India.
Nehra bowls a tight over, five runs from the over.
Pakistan are 12/0.
First over
Zaheer Khan opens the bowling for India. Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez open the batting for Pakistan.
Kamran Akmal smashes him away for four through cover point.
Straight drive from Akmal and he gets four for it.
Eight runs from the over. Pakistan are 8/0.
Second innings begin