Indian cricketer Ashish Nehra reacts after receiving a wicket of Pakistan batsman Umar Gul during their semi-final compare of The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 in Mohali, India. India won by twenty-nine runs as well as will fool around Sri Lanka in a final.
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MOHALI, India (AFP) – Disciplined bowling by India saw them kick Pakistan by twenty-nine runs upon Wednesday to set-up a World Cup final opposite Sri Lanka in Mumbai upon Saturday.
Pakistan, chasing 261 for victory, were discharged for 231 with a round to gangling after all of India’s 5 bowlers took dual wickets apiece.
Misbah-ul-Haq, who top-scored for Pakistan with 56, helped take them from 208 for 9 to a incident where an doubtful thirty was indispensable off a final over.
But Zaheer Khan reason his nerve, bowling 4 dot balls prior to Misbah holed out to Virat Kohli to a pleasure of a genius crowd.
India’s 260 for 9 after winning a toss opposite their arch-rivals was built around man-of-the-match Sachin Tendulkar’s 85.
But they competence have done extremely reduction had not a star batsman been forsaken 4 times in an innings which still left him a single reduced of a hundred general hundreds.
Left-arm discerning bowler Wahab Riaz led Pakistan’s conflict with career-best total of 5 for 46.
Pakistan saw Kamran Akmal begin their office with a initial round 4 off Zaheer.
But a left-arm discerning had his punish with a slower round a opener sliced to Yuvraj Singh during indicate to leave Pakistan 44 for one.
Indian cricket group players applaud after violence Pakistan in a ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-finals in Mohali, India. India won by twenty-nine runs as well as will fool around Sri Lanka in a final.
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Mohammad Hafeez done 43 prior to he was held during a back of after perplexing to brush seamer Munaf Patel.
Yuvraj, out for a golden duck, atoned in front of his home throng with dual wickets for no runs in 5 balls as Pakistan slumped to 106 for four.
The left-arm spinner bowled Asad Shafiq (30) as a batsman done room to cut as well as afterwards had a gifted Younus Khan (13) held during cover by Suresh Raina.
Umar Akmal, however, counter-attacked in heading style, pulling as well as pushing Yuvraj for a initial dual sixes of a match.
But upon twenty-nine he was bowled by an arm round from internal favourite Harbhajan Singh to leave Pakistan 142 for five.
Pakistan compulsory 84 off a final 10 overs as well as indispensable a large innings from big-hitting though out of form skipper Shahid Afridi.
Afridi usually managed nineteen prior to he sliced Harbhajan to Virender Sehwag during cover-point as well as during 184 for 7 a diversion was roughly up for Pakistan.
Earlier, a 25-year-old Riaz kept his side in a match.
Riaz, upon as initial change, struck fifth round when he had dangerman Sehwag, attack opposite a line, lbw for 38 together with 9 boundaries.
Tendulkar, opening with Sehwag, subsequently square-drove Riaz for 4 to turn a initial batsman ever to measure 400 runs in 3 apart World Cups.
But off-spinner Saeed Ajmal scarcely had him out twice in unbroken balls for 23, a reviewed lbw as well as parsimonious stumping call both starting opposite Pakistan.
Then, upon 27, Tendulkar pulled leg-spinner Afridi difficult to reduced mid-wicket usually for Misbah to dump a catch.
Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar reacts after receiving a locate to boot Pakistan batsman Wahab Riaz during their ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final match.in Mohali, India. India won by twenty-nine runs.
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Tendulkar was forsaken again, upon 45, when Younus during mid-off unsuccessful to reason upon to a untimely expostulate off leg-spinner Afridi.
Riaz, however, had Kohli held by Umar Akmal during back indicate as well as subsequent round purify bowled Yuvraj with a overhanging full toss.
Tendulkar was since a third postpone by Pakistan upon 70 when wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal unsuccessful to reason a difficult possibility off an edged Afridi leg-break.
And he was upon 81 when a leaping Umar Akmal during reduced mid-wicket forsaken a checked expostulate opposite off-spinner Hafeez.
However, Afridi finished his innings when he took a pointy locate during reduced extra-cover off Ajmal. Tendulkar faced 115 balls with eleven fours.
Riaz had Dhoni lbw prior to completing his five-wicket transport when Zaheer was held behind.
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