Men in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723 stage a stunning come-back after initial damage – ICC World Cup 2011 semi-final
There is no denying the fact that the Men in Blue took a marvellous start with brash Virendar Sehwag hitting six fours in an over and Sachin Tendulkar following him with meticulous batting in a bid to complete his hundred tons. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 staged a stunning
come-back and built up some massive pressure over the mighty Indian batsmen after the first 10 unlucky overs of the innings.
Though the most reliable and constant bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wahab-Riaz-c95839 filled all the gaps by wrecking havoc on the four top wickets and leaving the rest of the batsmen confused and frustrated.
By the first 5-overs, Sehwag had scored 38 with the help of 9 sterling fours, but Riaz attacked him lbw and celebrated the biggest wicket of the match in his very first over of the power play. The mighty Tendulkar stayed in the crease after enjoying six
lucky chances of having his shot dropped and lbw-missing, as he went on to score 85 with the help of 11 fours. Muhammad Hafeez bowled out http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364,
the latter’s was spectacularly clean bowled.
Tendulkar was just 15 runs away from completing his most wanted and needed century when Saeed Ajmal bowled him which was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482. It was indeed a great wicket for Pakistan. After wrecking five wickets for 187 in 36.6-overs, Pakistan made
a miraculous and astonishing come-back, as silence prevailed over the ground with the Indian batsmen coming under pressure. Soon after Tendulkar, the skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820, fell lbw to Wahab.
Now, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s entire top and middle-order is reeling and the innings has entered into the wind-up round.
Though Pakistan displayed very shoddy fielding, the spinners compensated for it by controlling runs and grabbing wickets as well.
Afridi’s decision to keep the previous squad intact and to not include http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Akhtar-c90080 has proved to be judicious and successful, as Wahab has exhibited an extra-ordinary performance, helping his side to fight back quickly after initial damage. India is likely
to be restricted to 250, as they are playing under severe pressure of both the home crowd and the mighty Pakistani bowlers.
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