Pakistan vs India 2nd semi-final, Dhoni-XI beat greenshirts by 29 runs in the Pakistan VS India 2nd semi-final of ICC World Cup 2011, at Punjab Cricket Association Ground Mohali. Following the target of 261, Afridi-Xi bowled out for 231 runs. Misbah-ul-Haq played the innings of 56 runs. India will take on Sri Lanka in finals on Saturday April 2 in Mumbai.

According to details Indian Captain MS Dhoni won the toss in Pakistan vs India 2nd semi-final and elected to bat first. Aggressive Virender Sehwag played powerful strokes all around the ground. He hits five boundaries in the second over of Umar Gul. Sehwag was taken by Wahab Riaz when his score was 38. New batsman Gautam Gambhir and Tendulkar batted very well and added 68 runs in the second wicket partnership. Gambhir was stumped by wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal on the score of 27. Virat Kohli failed to play a big innings and was dismissed by Wahab. His score was 9. Wahab not give the chance to dangerman Yuvraj Singh to open his score account and clean bowled him on very first ball.

The innings of Tendulkar ended on 85. He faced 115 balls for this score. MS Dhoni became the fourth wicket of Wahab, his LBW review carries no advantage. Harbhajan Singh bowled out by on 12. Zaheer Khan turned back to pavilion after scoring 9 runs. Ashish Nehra goes runout on the second last ball of innings. India posted the total of 260/9 in the limited number of overs. Wahab Riaz was the best Pakistani bowler with five wickets. Saeed Ajmal finished the innings of two Indian players.

Following the target of 261, Pakistan lost its first wicket on 44 when Kamran Akmal was taken by Zaheer Khan he scored 19. Well-set Mohammad Hafeez bowled out on 43. He played 59 balls for this score. The third wickets of green shirts fell on when Asad Shafiq was clean bowled by Yuvraj Singh. His score was 30. Soon after, Younis Khan turned back to pavilion after scoring 13 runs. Umar Akmal, who seems a bit aggressive, failed to judge the swinging delivery of Harbhajan Singh and ball hit the stumps. He scored 29 runs on 24 balls in Pakistan vs India 2nd semi-final.

Pakistan VS India 2nd Semi-final

Captain Shahid Afridi turned back to dressing room after scoring 19 runs. Wahab Riaz (8), Umar Gul (2) failed to resist against home bowlers. Misbah-ul-Haq became the victory wicket of India; his score was 56. Zaheer picked his wicket on the second last ball of the innings. After losing all wickets, Pakistan’s final score was 231. Captain MS Dhoni used five bowlers and all bowlers picked two wickets each Pakistan VS India 2nd semi-final.

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