After a long time finally India and Pakistan played out a one-sided Twenty20 game at Kennington Oval, London. Filling in for Virender Sehwag as opener, Rohit Sharma continued to give India a combination dilemma and made the chase seem like an afternoon walk in a London park. A target of 159, with extra bowlers available by the virtue of this being a 13-a-side game, was by no means an easy one, but Gautam Gambhir and Rohit managed with the ease that belies the tension an India-Pakistan match brings.
This game is not looking like a warm up match as stadium was full of crowd. Praveen Kumar and Shehzad set the agenda early. Praveen followed two bouncers with an outswinger to clean up Shahzaib Hasan. Akmal then crashed the first ball after the wicket through the covers for four. In the next over, Shehzad hit RP Singh for three boundaries, an over during which he was also dropped by Harbhajan Singh at short midwicket.
Match Summary:
Pakistan
158/6 in 20 overs (7.90 runs per over)
Younis Khan 32 (32)
Misbah-ul-Haq 37* (30)
India
159/1 in 17 overs (9.35 runs per over)
Gambhir 52* (47)
Rohit Sharma 80 (53)
Result: India won by 9 wickets
This game is not looking like a warm up match as stadium was full of crowd. Praveen Kumar and Shehzad set the agenda early. Praveen followed two bouncers with an outswinger to clean up Shahzaib Hasan. Akmal then crashed the first ball after the wicket through the covers for four. In the next over, Shehzad hit RP Singh for three boundaries, an over during which he was also dropped by Harbhajan Singh at short midwicket.
Match Summary:
Pakistan
158/6 in 20 overs (7.90 runs per over)
Younis Khan 32 (32)
Misbah-ul-Haq 37* (30)
India
159/1 in 17 overs (9.35 runs per over)
Gambhir 52* (47)
Rohit Sharma 80 (53)
Result: India won by 9 wickets
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