Ahmedabad: Indian cricket team has leveled the T20 series against Pakistan after defeating green shirts in the second Twenty20 match played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India, by 11 runs.
It was a close fight between the two arch rivals but in the end India succeded in leveling the series. Pakistani team scored 181 runs for the loss of seven wickets.
Dinda bowled an extraordinary second last over, taking two important wickets of Mohammad Hafeez and Kamran Akmal.
Mohammad hafeez remained the leading batsmen from Pakistani side and scored 55 runs of 26 balls. Nasir Jamshed 41, Ahmed Shahzad 31 and Umar Akmal 24 also played an important role in building the Pakistani innings.
Ashok Dinda was the leading wicket taker for India with three wickets. Ashwin, Singh and Kumar also shared one wicket each.
Earlier, Indian cricket team set a huge target of 193 runs in the second Twenty20 match.
Pakistan cricket team won the toss of the match and decided to ball first.
The Indian team scored 192 runs in 20 over for the loss of five wickets. Brilliant partnership between Yuvrag Singh 72 and M.S. Dhoni 33 helped the team India to setup a pile of runs against arch rival. Other batsmen who entered into the double figures include Rahane 28, Kohli 27 and Gambhir 21.
According to the sports correspondent of TheNewsTribe, Except Umar Gul, other Pakistani bowlers failed to deliver. Umar Gul was the only Pakistani pacer who took four wickets in the inning.
Pakistan Playing XI: Mohammad Hafeez (c), Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Kamran Akmal (wicket-keeper), Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan
Indian Playing XI: G Gambhir, AM Rahane, V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, SK Raina, RG Sharma, MS Dhoni (Captain, Wicket-Keeper), Ashwin , B Kumar, I Sharma, AB Dinda
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