India win comfortably; Pakistan D(hon)isappointed

India (Shar)made four changes to their playing eleven – Robin Uthappa, Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth made way for Virender Sehwag, One-day International debutant Yusuf Pathan (Irfan’s older half-brother), Suresh Raina and Ishant.

Pakistan made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Imran Nazir, Yasir Hameed, Fawad Alam and Sarfaraz Ahmed made way for Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi and Wahab Riaz.

On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, chose to bat. Their openers put on 50 off 6.2 overs (40 balls). Pakistan had conceded 11 extras at that point. While Gautam Gambhir was batting on 22, Virender Sehwag, the player of the match, was batting on 17.

The second Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 11^th and the 15^th over. Seventy-seven balls into the match, the first drinks break was taken. India had scored 91 without the loss of a wicket at that point. While Gambhir was batting on 36 at that point, Sehwag was batting on 43.

Sehwag’s half-century – which included nine boundaries – came off 42 balls. India scored 100 off 13.5 overs (85 balls). Pakistan had conceded a dozen extras at that point. While Gambhir was batting on 37, Sehwag was batting on 53.

The third Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 16^th and the 20^th over. Gambhir’s half-century – which included five boundaries – came off 52 balls. India scored 150 off 21.1 overs (131 balls). Pakistan had conceded 14 extras at that point. While Gambhir was batting on 62, Sehwag was batting on 78.

Gambhir, whose run-a-ball innings included half-century, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. A hundred and twenty-nine balls into the match, he was caught by Akmal. Riaz broke the 155-run partnership.

Sehwag, whose 76-ball innings included 13 boundaries and a six, eventually scored 89. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Akmal. Riaz broke the 19-run stand.

Twenty-seven balls into the match, the second drinks break was taken. India had scored 196 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Yuvraj Singh was batting on 18 at that point, Yusuf was batting on a couple.

Yusuf, who faced a dozen balls, eventually scored just three. Twenty-eight balls later, he was caught by Rao Iftikhar Anjum. Afridi broke the 25-run stand.

India scored 200 off 29.4 overs (190 balls). Pakistan had conceded 25 extras at that point. Yuvraj’s half-century – which included three boundaries and as many sixes – came off 49 balls. Rohit Sharma, who faced 27 balls, scored nine. Forty-nine balls later, Afridi broke the 32-run stand.

India scored 250 off 39.2 overs (249 balls). Pakistan had conceded 27 extras at that point. Dhoni, whose 23-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 24. Thirty-balls after Rohit’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Sohail Tanvir, who broke the 38-run stand.

Yuvraj, who faced 55 balls, eventually scored 54. Half-a-dozen balls after Dhoni’s dismissal, Umar Gul broke the two-run stand.

Two hundred and fifty-seven balls into the match, there was an interruption due to rain. India had scored 271 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets at that point. Raina was batting on a couple.

India scored 300 off 46 overs (293 balls). Pakistan had conceded 36 extras at that point. The seventh-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While Raina’s contribution to the partnership was 35, Irfan’s contribution to it was 17. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was 10.

Irfan, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 18. Thirty-two balls after Yuvraj’s dismissal, he was caught by Shoaib Malik, Pakistan’s skipper. Gul broke the 51-run partnership. Raina, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of sixes, eventually scored 26. Three balls later, he was caught by Misbah. Gul broke the two-run stand.

Praveen Kumar, who scored half-a-dozen, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbeaten, as was Piyush Chawla, who faced a couple of balls, failing to open his account. Pakistan eventually conceded 38 extras. India scored 330 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs.

Khan, who bowled an over, conceded a couple. He was wicketless, as was Anjum, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 63. Tanvir, who bowled 9.4 overs, conceded 57. He picked up a wicket.

Riaz, who bowled 9.2 overs, conceded 86. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Afridi, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 52. Gul, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 61. He picked up three scalps.

Salman Butt, whose eight-ball innings included a six, scored nine. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Rohit. Kumar broke the 14-run stand. Khan, who faced a ball, D(hon)idn’t get off the mark. The next ball, he was caught behind off the bowling of Kumar.

Mohammad Yousuf, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Thirteen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Kumar, who broke the 12-run stand.

Pakistan scored 50 off 8.3 overs (51 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point. The second Powerplay of the chase was between the 11^th and the 15^th over.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 44 balls. While Akmal’s contribution to the partnership was 32, Misbah’s contribution to it was 21. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Akmal, whose 35-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 38. Forty-seven balls later, he was caught by Yusuf. Kumar broke the 55-run partnership.

The third Powerplay of Pakistan’s innings was between the 16^th and the 20^th over. Misbah, whose 28-ball innings included five boundaries, eventually scored 24. Twenty-two balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Ishant broke the 13-run stand.

Pakistan scored 100 off 16.4 overs (100 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point. Afridi, whose 19-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 23. Thirty-nine balls later, he was stumped by Dhoni. Chawla broke the 44-run stand.

Tanvir, who faced 12 balls, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Chawla, who broke the 18-run stand.

Pakistan scored 150 off 25.2 overs (152 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded. Malik’s half-century – which included three boundaries and a six – came off 59 balls.

Although his nine-ball innings included a six, Gul had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 16 balls later, he was caught by Ishant. Yuvraj broke the 13-run stand. Malik, who faced 67 balls, eventually scored 53. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Raina. Chawla broke the 11-run stand.

Anjum, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. He was unbeaten. Riaz, who faced five balls, didn’t get off the mark. Eleven balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Chawla, who broke the 10-run stand.

India eventually conceded three extras. Pakistan, who were dismissed for 190 off 35.4 balls, lost by 140 runs. Both the Pathan brothers were wicketless. While Yusuf, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 11, Irfan, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 38.

Yuvraj, who bowled four overs, conceded 17. He picked up a wicket, as did Ishant, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 28. Chawla, who bowled 8.4 overs, conceded 40. He picked up four scalps, as did Kumar, who bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 53.