Pakistan vs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750: Expert Analysis – ICC World Cup 2011
India thrashed Pakistan in the second semi-final of the ICC World Cup 2011 at Mohali, as the Men in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723 fell short by 29 runs. It was a terrific match and the players from both the teams did not let their fans down, however the Pakistani fans will be disappointed
that their batsmen could not chase down a score which was achievable.
As a result, India and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 on Saturday and this is a great chance for MS Dhoni and company to change the history as no team has ever won the World Cup on home soil.
India made one change to their previous line-up, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ravichandran-Ashwin-c84208, whereas Pakistan did not take a chance to change their winning combination.
There was a lot of hype around the cricketing world that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Akhtar-c90080 might replace Wahab Riaz in the epic encounter, but the later justified his selection by picking up five wickets on such a big stage.
India were off to a great start today and it looked as if they will post something in access of 300 on the board, but the Pakistani bowlers did a good job to pull back things. The Indian batsmen could not fulfill the expectations of their fans and were all
out for 260 runs.
It was a typical Pakistan like show in the field, as they dropped a lot of catches especially of Sachin Tendulkar, who went on to make 85 precious runs. Even though India lost crucial wickets in the middle of the innings, but that did not stop them to score
their runs at a reasonable pace.
Indian bowling was also brilliant today, as they never allowed the Pakistani batsmen to run away with the show. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 and company tightened up the screws very quickly. It was a team effort
by India with the ball, as all five bowlers used by Dhoni picked up a couple of wickets each to destruct Pakistan’s innings.
It was a disappointing effort by Pakistan’s senior players, as the onus was on them to win the match for the Men in Green. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 dropped easy catches of Tendulkar and looked off-color with the bat as well. However, the positive thing
for Pakistan was the fact that youngsters like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 looked promising and seems to have a bright future ahead of them.
Same was the case with the ball, as the senior bowler of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 was terrible today and he failed to make an impression on the Indian batsmen with both the new and the old ball.
Overall, it was not a bad effort for Pakistan in the tournament, as nobody was giving them a chance to qualify for the semi-final of the mega event. Pakistan team’s management did a great job throughout the World Cup and their tactics were brilliant in the
last couple of months.
This result has now set up the final of the World Cup nicely and India now look to be the favourites to be crowned as the World Champions. It is a huge achievement for Subcontinent, as the final of the World Cup will be contested between two Asian teams.
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