India bat against Pakistan in W. Cup semis

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (2nd right) as well as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh confront a Indian group during a ICC World Cup 2011 semi-final compare during a Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium in Mohali. India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won a toss as well as inaugurated to bat opposite Pakistan in a World Cup semi-final.
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MOHALI, India (AFP) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won a toss as well as inaugurated to bat opposite Pakistan in a World Cup semi-final upon Wednesday.

India done a single shift from a side which kick champions Australia by 5 wickets in a quarter-finals, with left-arm discerning Ashish Nehra replacing off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as a hosts opted for a three-man gait attack.

Pakistan, who thrashed a West Indies by 10 wickets in their last 8 clash, were unvaried as well as which meant there was no stop for haphazard quick bowler Shoaib Akhtar.

India batting great Sachin Tendulkar came in to this compare wanting only a single some-more century to turn a initial male to measure a hundred general hundreds.

The 37-year-old has 51 Test centuries as well as 48 one-day general tons to his credit.

India have won all 4 prior World Cup matches in between a arch-rivals.

The winners of this confront will face Sri Lanka, who kick New Zealand by 5 wickets in Colombo upon Tuesday, in Saturday’s last in Mumbai.

All 3 superfluous teams in a contest have won a World Cup once, with India triumphing in 1983, Pakistan in 1992 as well as Sri Lanka in 1996.

India: Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt/wkt), Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel

Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal (wkt), Asad Shafiq, Younus Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi (capt), Abdul Razzaq, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal

Umpires: Simon Taufel (AUS) as well as Ian Gould (ENG)

TV umpire: Billy Bowden (NZL)

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)

Pitch conditions: Renowned as a great batting surface, it customarily additionally has copiousness of gait as well as rebound for quick bowlers too.