India beat Australia in a close match by 15 runs in the Twenty20 world cup second semi-finals to join Pakistan, who earlier in the day beat New Zealand, in the first ever T20 wold cup finals.
Cricket dosent get bigger and more exciting than this. India and Pakista, arch rivals, have been known to fight every match with extreme passion, and zeal.
India, started of slowly but held on to thier wickets. By the end of 9th over the onslught began with Yuvraj Singh leading from the front(70runs of 30 balls). With a target of 189, austrailia had a job on hand. They too started of patiently but Mathew Hayden ripped the Indian bowlers for some moghty sixes. S Sreesanth struck with a clean bowled wicket to get rid of Gilchirst to break the opening pair. Andrew Simonds later joined Mathew Hayden and packed a couple of boundires. The middle overs were then excellently bowled by vetran spinner Harbhajjan Singh to tip the balance on India’s favor. Sreesanth who was viciously looking at Mathew Hayden smashed his stumps in the 14th over. Following that Irfan Pathan sent back Andrew Symonds who was looking to take away the game. Clarke and Hussey then failed to take away the game and with 22 runs reqired of the last over, It was all over for the Ausies. The final catch took by Yuvraj Singh said the stroy- India had won a crucial match and beaten Australia with style !
Match Stats
Highest Score : Yuvraj Singh 70 (30b 5×4 5×6)
Best Bowling : S Sreesanth 4-1-12-2
Longest Six : Yuvraj Singh : 119 m (longest six of the tournament)
Man of the Match : Yuvraj Singh
India Win by 15 runs and now play Pakistan in the T20 world cup finals on the 24th of Spetember
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wonderful
i once again congratulate our team
indian player playing very well in the 20-20,50-50 and test matches.
i m proud of my indian team
india always do mistakes and always cry like a child so saad 4rm pakistan
While talking to the media, Imran Khan said that the semi-final match between India and Pakistan is bigger than the final of the World Cup. The sight at the stadium will be very emotional as an old rivalry will be awakened.
Imran Khan has predicted that that Pakistan will play Sri Lanka in the in the final of the World Cup. He also dismissed Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s statement that they will keep a close eye on match fixing. Imran Khan added that no one can think of fixing the match between Pakistan and India.
On the other hand, former Indian Captain Kapil Dev said that the Pakistani Squad will be performing at their best under the leadership of Shahid Afridi.
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