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India 192 v Pakistan 181 - India won by 11 runs
India after losing the opening match on the 25th of this month against Pakistan, returned the favour today by levelling the series, as they won the second and final encounter which was played at Sardar http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad.
It was a close finish with the Indians winning the match only by 11 runs, successfully defending a target of 193.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 drew first blood by trapping Gambhir in front of stumps. The left-handed batsman perished after bolstering 21 runs off 11 deliveries.
Then with 53 runs on the scoreboard, India saw their second wicket go down on the dismissal of Rahane, who was caught and bowled by Gul after smacking 28 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 and Yuvraj Singh then led another charge in the third-wicket partnership, taking the score to 88 before Kohli lost his wicket on a run out after scoring 27 runs.
It was then time for skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 was perforated, as the left-handed batsman hammered him everywhere without respect.
Thanks to a 72-run knock by Singh, the Indians raced to 185, before Gul grabbed his third wicket of the match by nabbing the left-handed all-rounder.
On the penultimate delivery of the same over, the bowler dismissed Dhoni for 33, completing his four-wicket haul.
After reaching 192 runs, the Indians knew it would be hard for Pakistan to chase the target by maintaining an almost ten runs an over scoring rate.
Pakistan openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasir-Jamshed-c78752 and Ahmed Shehzad gave their side a stand of 74 runs, before this partnership met its end on the wicket of the former, who fell after smacking 41 off 32 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364 after hitting 31 runs. By this time, Pakistan had posted 84 runs on the scoreboard.
The third-wicket partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 and Mohammad Hafeez was a marvel as it took the score to 146, before Akmal was clean-bowled by Dinda after scoring 24 runs.
The Pakistani skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 played a captain’s knock, smashing 55 runs, but his innings could not take Pakistan across the finish line, as they lost the match in the final over with seven wickets down.
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