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India
beat Pakistan by 11 runs, draw Twenty20 series
Friday December 28, 2012 09:06:33 PM,
IANS
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Ahmedabad: India
squared the two-match Twenty20 International series 1-1, beating
Pakistan by 11 runs in the second encounter at the Sardar Patel
Stadium, Motera, here Friday.
A career-best 72 by Yuvraj Singh, who was also adjudged the Man of
the Match, helped India post a formidable 192 for five in 20 overs.
Pakistan managed 181 for seven in 20 overs after skipper Mohammed
Hafeez top-scored with 55, his second consecutive half-century.
Hafeez was declared Man of the Series.
Put in, the Indian middle-order put on a sterling show and atoned
for their dismal performance in the first Twenty20 in Bangalore.
Yuvraj smashed seven sixes and four fours during his 36-ball
innings. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (33), Ajinkya Rahane (28)
and Virat Kohli (27) also came up with valuable knocks. Pakistan
pacer Umar Gul picked up four for 37.
India pacer Ashok Dinda (3/36) bowled an excellent spell in the
death overs to restrict Pakistan. Dinda picked up two wickets in
the penultimate over giving away just eight runs when Pakistan
needed 20 to win.
Pakistan got off to a good start with Nasir Jamshed (41) and Ahmed
Shehzad (31) adding 74 runs for the first wicket.
The Pakistani top-order got good starts but none of the batsmen
could go on to score a big innings.
Earlier, Gautam Gambhir (21) and Ajinkya Rahane (28) gave India a
steady start with their 44-run stand for the first wicket.
Unlike the first Twenty20, Pakistani opening bowlers Sohail
Tanveer and Mohammed Irfan were wayward, prompting skipper
Mohammed Hafeez to introduce pacer Umar Gul in the fifth over.
Gambhir greeted Gul with three consecutive fours before being
trapped lbw in the fifth ball. Gul removed Rahane in the next
over, taking a good catch off his own bowling.
Yuvraj and Kohli were going strong with their 35-run stand for the
third wicket but Kohli gifted away his wicket in the 12th over
while attempting a needless single.
What followed next was a blitzkrieg by Yuvraj that left the
Pakistanis hapless. Yuvraj and Dhoni were involved in a 97-run
stand in just 7.2 overs and took India's score to a mammoth total.
Yuvraj's brilliant innings was ended by Gul with Shoain Malik
taking a good catch at long-off boundary.
Dhoni, who hit 33 off 23 balls, became Gul's fourth victim after
he was clean bowled by a yorker in the final over.
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