Ahmedabad: Yuvraj Singh's cracked a dazzling 72 and Dinda's late fightback helped India to 11-run victory over Pakistan to level the two-match Twenty20 series.
India posted a competitive target 192 riding on Yuvraj's 36-ball Knock that included 7 sixes, and then restricted Pakistan to 181 for seven.
Ashok Dinda picked three for 36 including the important wicket of Skipper Hafeez(55).
Hafeez, who scored his runs off only 26 balls with six fours and three sixes, openers Nasir Jamshed (41) and Ahmed Shehzad (31) were the other notable contributors for the visitors.
Scoreboard:
India: G. Gambhir lbw b Gul 21 (11b, 4x4), A. Rahane c & b Gul 28 (26b, 4x4), V. Kohli (run out) 27 (22b, 3x4), Yuvraj c Malik b Gul 72 (36b, 4x4, 7x6), M.S. Dhoni b Gul 33 (23b, 4x4), S. Raina (not out) 1 (1b), Rohit Sharma (not out) 4 (1b); Extras (lb-5, nb-1): 6; Total (for five wkts. in 20 overs): 192.
Fall of wickets: 1- 44 (Gambhir), 2-53 (Rahane), 3-88 (Kohli), 4-185 (Yuvraj), 5-187 (Dhoni).
Pakistan bowling: Irfan 4-0-20-0, Tanvir 4-0-44-0, Gul 4-0-37-4, Ajmal 4-0-42-0, Afridi 3-0-33-0, Hafeez 1-0-11-0.
Pakistan: N. Jamshed c Kohli b Ashwin 41 (32b, 4x4, 1x6), A. Shehzad st. Dhoni b Yuvraj 31 (29b, 3x4, 1x6), U. Akmal b Dinda 24 (17b, 1x4, 1x6), M. Hafeez c Raina b Dinda 55 (26b, 6x4, 3x6), S. Afridi c Rohit b Bhuvneshwar 11 (5b, 1x4, 1x6), K. Akmal c Kohli b Dinda 5 (3b, 1x4), S. Malik (not out) 3 (3b), U. Gul c Rahane b Ishant 5 (5b, 1x4); Extras (lb-2, w-4): 6. Total (for seven wkts. in 20 overs): 181.
Fall of wickets: 1-74 (Jamshed), 2-84 (Shehzad), 3-146 (U. Akmal), 4-163 (Afridi), 5-168 (Hafeez), 6-172 (K. Akmal), 7- 181 (Gul).
India bowling: Bhuvneshwar 4-0-46-1, Ishant 4-0-34-1, Dinda 4-0-36-3, Ashwin 4-0-28-1, Raina 2-0-12-0, Yuvraj 2-0-23-1.
Man-of-the-match: Yuvraj Singh.
India posted a competitive target 192 riding on Yuvraj's 36-ball Knock that included 7 sixes, and then restricted Pakistan to 181 for seven.
Ashok Dinda picked three for 36 including the important wicket of Skipper Hafeez(55).
Hafeez, who scored his runs off only 26 balls with six fours and three sixes, openers Nasir Jamshed (41) and Ahmed Shehzad (31) were the other notable contributors for the visitors.
Scoreboard:
India: G. Gambhir lbw b Gul 21 (11b, 4x4), A. Rahane c & b Gul 28 (26b, 4x4), V. Kohli (run out) 27 (22b, 3x4), Yuvraj c Malik b Gul 72 (36b, 4x4, 7x6), M.S. Dhoni b Gul 33 (23b, 4x4), S. Raina (not out) 1 (1b), Rohit Sharma (not out) 4 (1b); Extras (lb-5, nb-1): 6; Total (for five wkts. in 20 overs): 192.
Fall of wickets: 1- 44 (Gambhir), 2-53 (Rahane), 3-88 (Kohli), 4-185 (Yuvraj), 5-187 (Dhoni).
Pakistan bowling: Irfan 4-0-20-0, Tanvir 4-0-44-0, Gul 4-0-37-4, Ajmal 4-0-42-0, Afridi 3-0-33-0, Hafeez 1-0-11-0.
Pakistan: N. Jamshed c Kohli b Ashwin 41 (32b, 4x4, 1x6), A. Shehzad st. Dhoni b Yuvraj 31 (29b, 3x4, 1x6), U. Akmal b Dinda 24 (17b, 1x4, 1x6), M. Hafeez c Raina b Dinda 55 (26b, 6x4, 3x6), S. Afridi c Rohit b Bhuvneshwar 11 (5b, 1x4, 1x6), K. Akmal c Kohli b Dinda 5 (3b, 1x4), S. Malik (not out) 3 (3b), U. Gul c Rahane b Ishant 5 (5b, 1x4); Extras (lb-2, w-4): 6. Total (for seven wkts. in 20 overs): 181.
Fall of wickets: 1-74 (Jamshed), 2-84 (Shehzad), 3-146 (U. Akmal), 4-163 (Afridi), 5-168 (Hafeez), 6-172 (K. Akmal), 7- 181 (Gul).
India bowling: Bhuvneshwar 4-0-46-1, Ishant 4-0-34-1, Dinda 4-0-36-3, Ashwin 4-0-28-1, Raina 2-0-12-0, Yuvraj 2-0-23-1.
Man-of-the-match: Yuvraj Singh.
