Sunday, September 23, 2007

India set a final date with Pak




India stunned favourites Australia by 15 runs on Saturday to set up a mouth-watering final against Pakistan in the Twenty20 world championships.

This is really a great match to watch. Whole Hostel 5 is Jampacked. Only two TV' s are showing match for 1500 guys, one may be in GH. GMP is giving her best service by LIVE telecast of World twenty20 cup as food at that place sucks!! What a finish, everybody was stunned after India's win.
In a humdinger of a semi-final, India rattled up 188 for 5 in their allotted 20 overs and then held their nerve to restrict Australia to 173 for 7 and set up a title clash with arch-rivals Pakistan in Johannesburg on Monday.

Yuvraj Singh smashed 70 off 30 balls as India, electing to take first strike at the jam-packed Kingsmead, made a challenging 188-5 and then restricted Australia to 173-7 in a rousing semi-final. Australia, needing 27 off the last 12 balls, were kept down to five runs in the 19th over bowled by left-arm seamer Rudra Pratap Singh and six runs in Joginder Sharma's last over. Sharma, who was hammered for 31 runs in his first two overs, was gambled for the final over by Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and came good with two wickets at the end. So Indian team really deserve great applause for their tremendous efforts & success.

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