A final six leaves Pakistan devastated as India wins the fourth match of the Asia Cup on Saturday.
Pakistan is out of the tournament as a result.
Capturing the moment (via Cricinfo)
Mohammad Aamer to Harbhajan Singh, SIX, 128.5 kph, Bhajjiiiiiiiii! He has absolutely smoked this one. Gets a length he can get under, and hits it with the sweetest part of the bat, over midwicket. HUGE. And he roars, removes the helmet and roars. As soon as he sees he has hit it clean, he looks towards third man, where Shoaib is, and roars. It is a primal roar, what a blinder from Bhajji, Akhtar makes a V sign, and looks away. The whole team runs out to congratulate Bhaj, Raina is the first to hug him. Spare a thought for Aamer, he bowled really well until now
India dismissals
The last batsman to be dismissed was Suraish Raina, run out in the final over.
G Gambhir was bowled by Saeed Ajmal, he scored 83 runs and hit six 4s and one 6.
Virat Kohli was bowled by Saeed Ajmal, and scored 18 runs with the help of one four.
Virender Sehwag was caught behind the wicket by Kamran Akmal after scoring 10 runs with just one four.
Pakistani innings
Top scorers for Pakistan were Salman Butt, who made 74 runs from 85 balls with nine fours and Kamran Akmal who scored 51 runs off 41 balls hitting three sixes and two fours.
Captain Shahid Afridi made a modest 32 off 29 balls with two fours and one six.
Pakistan dismissals
Saeed Ajmal was the last man to be dismissed without scoring any runs. Ajmal was caught by Ashish Nehra in the last over of the match.
Kamran Akmal had scored 51 runs off 41 balls hitting three sixes and two fours when he was caught in the second last over.
Muhammad Aamer was run by at a score of only 3 runs.
Before that Abdul Razzaq only managed to make 3 runs when he was caught behind the wicket.
Shahid Afridi made 32 runs with two fours and a six and was bowled out by Praveen Kumar.
Umar Akmal who scored 21 runs with one four was caught behind the wicket in Ravindra Jadeja's over.
Umar Amin departed for a score of only 5 runs. Amin's wicket fell in Harbhajan Singh's over when he was caught by Kohli.
Salman Butt who scored 74 runs with nine fours was run out by Ravindra Jadeja.
Shoaib Malik was bowled out by Zaheer Khan after scoring 39 runs with three fours.
Imran Farhat who scored 25 runs with three fours was the first batsman to get out. Farhat was caught by Virendar Sehwag in Harbhajan Singh's over.
Pakistan lost their first match to Sri Lanka by 16 runs while India easily beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets. However, the Pakistani bowlers sis manage to impress with their bowling in the first game but the batsmen put up a poor show except skipper Shahid Afridi who made 109 runs.
Afridi must make changes at the top of his batting order which could not cope up with quality seam bowling against Sri Lanka. India on the other hand, were not at their best, yet managed to defeat Bangladesh comprehensively.
If Pakistan lose today, they will be out of the tournament but if India lose, they will still have a chance to make it to the final two.
Correction: June 20, 2010
Due to a transcription error, an earlier version of this article misstated that the last batsman out was Harbhajan Singh. It was Suraish Raina, not Harbhajan Singh.
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