Sabbir Hossain :
India set to win against Pakistan in their Group B match of the ICC World Twenty20 Cricket when they scored 73 for the loss of three wickets in 11.4 overs in reply to Pakistan’s total of 130 for the loss of seven wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma, the two openers of India put on 54 runs in the opening stand.
Dhawan made 30 from 28 balls with five fours while Rohit Sharma scored 24 off 21 balls.
Indian bowlers restricted Pakistan to a modest total by their tight bowling attack.
Pakistan faced a debacle losing three wickets for 47 runs.
Later, Umar Akmal and Shoaib Malik repaired the damage adding together 97 runs in the four-wicket partnership before Shoaib Malik was caught at the long-off by Suresh Raina off Amit Mishra when Pakistan’s score was 97 for the loss four wickets.
Umar Akmal was the highest scorer of Pakistan who hit a notable 33 from 30 balls with two fours. Umar Akmal was caught at the long-off by Suresh Raina off Mohammed Shami when Pakistan’s total was 103 for the loss of five wickets.
Opener Ahmed Shehzad, Sohaib Maqsood and Shoaib Malik added 22, 21 and 18 runs respectively to the Pakistan total.
Amit Mishra picked up two wickets instead of 22 runs while Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammad Shami took one wicket each for 18, 21 and 31 runs respectively.
