India beat Pakistan by three wickets in a thrilling encounter in Dambulla to reach the final of Asia Cup 2010. Pakistan and Bangladesh are out of the tournament. India will take on Sri Lanka in the final.
India's se
nsational victory over Pakistan sent both India and Sri Lanka to the final, even though both teams will meet once more in a league match. That is termed as a rehearsal before the final.
nsational victory over Pakistan sent both India and Sri Lanka to the final, even though both teams will meet once more in a league match. That is termed as a rehearsal before the final.
Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. They bowled out for 267 in 49.3 overs. Salman Butt was the top scorer with 74, while Kamran Akmal scored 51. Shoaib Malik made 39, Shahid Afridi 32, Imran Farhat 25 and Umar Akmal 21.
For India, Praveen Kumar took 3 wickets, while Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh took 2 wickets each. Chasing a victory target of 268, India started cautiously, but lost Sehwag early.
Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni added 98 runs for the third wicket. Things were going well for India, but Kamran Akmal played the tricks and provoked Gambhir to an ugly spat in the drinks break over a caught-behind appeal.
The umpires and Dhoni had to intervene to calm things down. But Gambhir lost concentration and was out for 83. Dhoni departed after making 57. Rohit Sharma scored 22.
Suresh Raina and Harbhajan batted well. Raina was ran out in the last over. He scored 34. India needed 3 runs from the last 2 balls. However, Harbhajan hit Mohammad Aamer to a six and India won the match by three wickets.
India reached 271/7 in 49.5 overs. For Pakistan, Saeed Ajmal took 3 wickets. Gautam Gambhir was declared "Man of the Match". It was the highest-ever run chase in Dambulla in a D/N game.
Today's match witnessed an ugly spat between Gautam Gambhir and Kamran Akmal and then a heated exchange between Harbhajan Singh and Shoaib Akhtar.
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