India vs Pakistan

Match: 2nd Semi Finals Match ICC CWC 2011
Venue: PCA Stadium, Mohali
Date: March 30, 2011 (Wednesday)
Toss: Team India won The Toss and Bat First
Result: India beat Pakistan by 29 runs

Scoreboard : India Innings

Fall of Wickets (India):

1-48 (Sehwag, 5.5 ov), 2-116 (Gambhir, 18.5 ov), 3-141 (Kohli, 25.2 ov), 4-141 (Yuvraj Singh, 25.3 ov), 5-187 (Tendulkar, 36.6 ov), 6-205 (Dhoni, 41.4 ov), 7-236 (Harbhajan Singh, 46.4 ov), 8-256 (Khan, 49.2 ov), 9-258 (Nehra, 49.5 ov)

Powerplay: 1-10, 11-15 (Bowling), 45-49 (Batting)

Scoreboard : Pakistan Innings

Fall of Wickets (Pakistan) –

1-44 (Kamran Akmal, 8.6 ov), 2-70 (Mohammad Hafeez, 15.3 ov), 3-103 (Asad Shafiq, 23.5 ov), 4-106 (Younis Khan, 25.4 ov), 5-142 (Umar Akmal, 33.1 ov), 6-150 (Abdul Razzaq, 36.2 ov), 7-184 (Shahid Afridi, 41.5 ov), 8-199 (Wahab Riaz, 44.5 ov), 9-208 (Umar Gul, 46.1 ov), 10-231 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 49.5 ov)

Powerplay: 1-10, 11-15 (Bowling), 46-50 (Batting)

Teams:
Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal(w), Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi(c), Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz, Abdul Razzaq, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal

India (Playing XI): Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni(w/c), Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Ashish Nehra

March 30, 2011 : It will be a high voltage match is set between the two all time rivals in World Cricket. The team India will take on Pakistan in the 2nd Semi Final of Cricket World Cup 2011. Both the teams will look to test each other capability in the big Semi Final of World Cup. The two teams are feeling the heat of a big match. The two teams wanted to settle the score with each other. It will be a tough fight for both the teams as they got a dream run in the World Cup tournament. The Pakistan team was at the top of points table and maintained their winning streak in the quarterfinals. On the other hand team India look to maintain their winning streak against Pakistan in World Cup matches.

Match Details
Match – ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 2nd Semi Finals Match
Date – March 30, 2011 (Wednesday)
Time – 09:00 GMT (14:30 IST)
Venue – Mohali

The Pakistan team displayed a outstanding show in this mega event of World Cup 2011. They improved their selves in all the department of the game. The Pakistan team wants to beat India on their home ground. The team of Pakistan is packed with some impressive young players. The Pakistan team Captain Afridi had to gave a all round performance in this big Semi Final of World Cup. The Pakistan team spinner has done wonders for the Pakistan team and look to carry their good form against team India. The form of Pakistan team top order batsmen will be a good sign for the team. The performance of Younis Khan and Razzaq will play a huge factor in this epic battle of World Cup. It will be a pressure situation for the Pakistan but they need to keep their nerves in tact and had to play like a true champions in the Semi Final of World Cup 2011.

The team India after a huge victory over the World Champion Australia team will look to carry their winning run in the World Cup Semi Final. Team India had a good record against Pakistan in World Cup. The team India had to come with a right plan against the impressive Pakistan team. The little master Sachin Tendulkar had to play a long inning for the hopes of team India in the World Cup Semi Final. The form of Yuvraj and Raina will be good sign for team India. The team India had work on their bowling. The Captain Dhoni had to fire in this World cup semi final. The team India experienced spinner Harbhajan Singh had to take some quick wickets for team India for making things easier for other team India bowlers. Both the teams are equally balanced but team India will look to utilize the home condition. A mouth watering Semi Final is set for the World Cup 2011.

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Pakistan’s limited-overs captain Shahid Afridi has said that Pakistan has always given a tough time to India when playing in the neighbouring country, and that his team will plan a better strategy against the hosts in their World Cup semi-final clash in Mohali.

Afridi, who led his team to a thumping victory against the West Indies in the quarterfinal on Wednesday, said that the morale of his squad is very high, and that each player of the team has a sense of responsibility, especially against India. He further said that he had fulfilled the promise of reaching the semi-finals, and now all his boys were confident enough to tackle India and give positive results in the March 30 game.

“The Pakistan team is ready to compete with any team anywhere and he will plan a strategy according to the situation. The boys are professional cricketers,” The Nation quoted the skipper, as saying.

Afridi had initially said that his team would prefer to play their quarterfinal or semifinal out of India because of the pressure involved in playing in front of the Indian crowd, but later retracted his statement, saying that Pakistan was willing to play at any venue, including India, as its main emphasis was on cricket and doing well on the field.

Of course, every team like to have the crowd supporting them but it doesn’t mean we cannot play in front of fans, who are backing our rival team. There were over 30,000 people supporting Sri Lanka in Colombo but we won that match,” he said

It will be a tough contest between two top sides of World Cricket and going to be a mouth watering contest for all the cricket fans.

Ahmedabad, March 25 [PTI] : Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Thursday predicted that India would beat Pakistan in the World Cup semifinal and Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men are the strong favourites to win the coveted title after a gap of 28 years.

“India played well as a team on Thursday and deserved victory.

On Thursday we were not good enough (to win). Going forward they will be pretty hard to beat. They will beat Pakistan in the semifinal and go on to win the World Cup now,” Ponting said at the post-match press conference after Australia were knocked out of the World Cup by India here.

“India have a very good batting line up. We played very competitive cricket tonight but I’m disappointed with the two successive losses (against Pakistan in their last league game and on Thursday against India),” he said after his side’s five-wicket loss in a high-octane World Cup quarterfinal.

He said he would not be playing in the next World Cup but ruled out quitting one-day cricket.

“I am not quitting one-day cricket but this is probably my last World Cup game. I will be happy to look back after retirement that I made a century in my last innings in the World Cup,” Ponting said

He also said that the talk of the end of an era in Australian cricket was misplaced.

“It’s a bit premature to say it was the end of an era for Australian cricket, it was a pretty good game tonight. I do not think we were far away from winning the game against a very good Indian team on their home soil. I think it’s a bit too early to say it’s the end of an era,” said Ponting.

Ponting said his side had the chances to win the game and they were devastated by the loss on Thursday.

“We had great expectations from the game. We were a well organized group. We are devastated. We found it difficult to get momentum. Not performing at critical moments cost us the game. We did not grab our opportunities,” he said.

“We were 15 to 20 runs short with the bat. 250-260 was a good total but we lost wickets at bad time and never got the momentum going. We did not execute the plans properly, said the 36-year-old Tasmanian who scored a superb 104 on Thursday after having struggled in the earlier part of the tournament.

The Australian captain felt the schedule of the tournament could have been spread out better but said that that cannot be an excuse for his side’s crashing out in the quarterfinals.

“The schedule did not help us. But that cannot be put as an excuse for the loss. Over the last ten days my team has played four games. It would have been nice to have them (games) evenly spread out,” he said.

He sympathised with his key fast bowler Brett Lee who had made a great effort to get back into the team after a 14-month injury lay-off.

“Brett has given a lot for Australian cricket during his entire career and at times coming back after big injuries. He will be shattered as he has worked very hard to get here,” he said.