Pakistan defeated India by 5 wkts in the much awaited warm-up game of ICC World T20 2012 here at Colombo.It was the last warm-up game for both the teams before the start of real battle as the World Cup gets underway from tomorrow.
India won the toss and elected to bat first.Both the Indian openers added 41 runs for the first wicket but it was Virender Sehwag who hit most of the runs.Gautam Gambhir made only 10 runs and he was clean bowled by Umar Gul.Soon after,Sehwag too followed him after he was caught by Afridi on the bowling of Saeed Ajmal.But after this,man in form for India Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma added 127 runs for third wicket.Both of them hit their half-centuries and helped India reach 150.Rohit fell just after completing his half-century as he was trapped lbw by Saeed Ajmal in the 19th over of the innings.Finally,India set a target of 186 runs off 20 overs for Pakistan to win the game.
Pakistan started their chase steadily with both openers playing cautiously but they lost quick wickets.First to go was Imran Nazir who made 13 runs.After him,Nasir Jamshed got run out without even facing a delievery.After this,Mohammed Hafeez and Kamran Akmal added 51 runs for third before Hafeez got out.Soon after his departure,Pakistan lost their middle-order batsmen quickely with Pakistan's score changing from 84/3 to 91/5 in 11.3 overs and it looked that they already lost the match but Kamran Akmal and Shoaib Malik had other plans in store for Indians.Both of them played very aggressively and added unbeaten 95 runs for sixth wicket and took Pakistan to win.Kamran Akmal sealed the win for Pakistan with a huge six off Irfan Pathan's bowling in 20th over.
Brief Scores:
India: 185/3 (20 overs)
V.Kohli: 75*(47) S.Ajmal: 2/22 (4.0)
R.Sharma: 56 (40) U.Gul: 1/31 (4.0)
Pakistan: 186/5 (19.1 overs)
K.Akmal: 92* (50) R.Ashwin: 4/23 (4.0)
M.Hafeez: 38 (29) Y.Singh: 0/11 (1.0)
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