A match between the eternal and fiercest rivals in the Cricketing history, India and Pakistan is always more engrossing than a world-cup final. All the tags of Warm up, friendly lose their meaning in a tie up between the two. People on both the sides eagerly watch the cricket live streaming at home or merely turn on their live cricket score updates, driving themselves to the edge of the seat. Today's “warm up” between the two had begun well with India performing well after the skipper Dhoni won the toss and electing to bad. They had set a difficult target of 185 runs for the opponents but the later proved to be a strong team both on paper and in the field as Akmal had pushed the team to success with five wickets remaining in hand.
After making a decent score of 185 runs for just three wickets and troubling Pakistan breaking their partnerships in the India vs Pakistan t20 warm up match, India could still not emerge victorious after the Pakistan's batsmen at R Premadasa Stadium. The victory in this match is their taste of revenge for the unfortunate loss in the first T20 World Cup. They have proved themselves a formidable opponent worthy of the World Cup title with their performance.
India played with a good form not letting their guard down even for a single moment. Virat Kohli was the top scorer batsman from the Indian batting line and India finished with a cricket score of 185-run in twenty overs on the loss of 3 wickets. If it were not for the bashing batsman Kamran Akmal who battered the ball to the boundaries with an uneasy frequency had scored 92-runs Inning off 50 balls. Kamran Akmal sent the ball over the boundary for a sixer on the first ball of last over leading Pakistan to victory with five balls and five wickets to spare. The game ended at 186/5 in 19 overs.
Teams:
India: MS Dhoni (Capt.), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Lakshmipathy Balaji, R Ashwin.
Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez (Capt.), Shahid Afridi, Imran Nazir, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Nasir Jamshed, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Sami.
(AW- Anil)
