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Pakistan record thrilling victory against India

CENTURION: Pakistan defeated India by 54 runs in an exciting contest in their Group A day-night match in the ICC Champions Trophy here on Saturday.

Chasing a difficult target of 303, India batted well but their tail collapsed after experienced Rahul Dravid departed in 42nd over.

Dravid made 76 with four boundaries while opener Gautam Gambhir smashed 57 from 46 balls with two sixes and seven fours and Suresh Raina hit 46 off 41 balls with five fours and two sixes.

Seamers Mohammad Aamer and Rana naved-ul-Hasan, spinners Shahid Afridi and Saeed Ajmal claimed two wickets each.

Earlier, an enterprising century by Shoaib Malik and brilliant 87 by Mohammad Yousuf helped Pakistan set India a difficult target of 303 runs.

Malik made 128 from 126 balls and struck 16 fours while Yousuf hit seven fours in his 88-ball innings. He was later declared man-of-the-match.

Both added 206 runs, a record fourth wicket partnership against India.

For India, seamers Ashish Nehra bagged four wickets for 55 runs while Ishant Sharma claimed two for 39.

 

[Righteous_Fire]

^ Very Nice Pix Emo!

Thanx

 

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[mjnaushad]

Great Victory. Congratz to All Pakistanis.

 

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[MZUBAIR]

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Nice video

 

[Aamirkhan(ssg)]

Pakistan Beat India By 54 runs; and Qualify for Semi final

 

[Aamirkhan(ssg)]

Inshallah pak Win Semi final But Pak try to Develop Opening Oder batsman and To send Imran nazir on 3rd

 

[Spring Onion]

Mabruk Ya Ahl-e-Pakistan Mabruk

 

[King Julien]

congrats Pakistan!

even though we lost, match was worth to watch.. full paisa vasool...
Hopefully with blessings of our politicians India and Pakistan will play more cricket...

 

[Spring Onion]

Yeh i wish if games should not be made hostage to geo-political relations

Indo-Pak cricket or hockey match is always a feast to watch no matter who wins

 

[DaRk WaVe]

Look at this from Cricinfo

Sex, lies and a captain you can smoke

It's not all fun and games - the sex dossier has given rise to a few complications for the Indian side

While the "have sex before playing cricket" clause in the now-famous leaked Gary "The Monk of Bonk" Kirsten dossier has led to much embarrassment for the Indian cricket team, it has also created an unexpected backlash. Apparently the Indian players' wives and girlfriends have retaliated with a "play cricket before having sex" clause of their own.

"In the interests of better performance, we insist that our men play some good, hard cricket before having sex," said one of the team India WAGs. The players' wives and girlfriends were speaking at the inauguration of the BCCI - Babes for Cricket before Copulation in India - a new body
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that will ensure the new suggestions are implemented.

"Well, at least Kirsten is asking us to have sex before cricket, and the ladies are asking us to play cricket before sex. Until now, we were only taking instructions from the BCCI(Babes for Cricket before Copulation in India ), which always asks us to play cricket before (and after) playing cricket," said skipper MS Dhoni, who did not want to be named. (Oops.) "Oh, the original BCCI, not the new one," he clarified with his trademark mischievous grin.

"Damn. This puts me in a spot. Now that I'm injured, I can't play cricket. Since I can't play cricket, I can't have sex. And if I can't have sex, then I can't play cricket. Woe is me," said a disconsolate Yuvraj Singh, turning unexpectedly Shakespearean towards the end of his sentence. "I wonder if that's a Catch-22 situation, a contradiction, or a paradox?" he pondered, reaching for his copy of Godel, Escher, Bach: The Eternal Golden Braid.

Rumour also has it that now that coach Kirsten has made his requirements clear, the players are hurriedly asking the BCCI (the original one, not the new one) to not allow the WAGs to travel with the team. "Poor things. With the amount of cricket we play, they will get tired. Or even injured," said an unusually considerate-sounding player who did not want to be named. (Whew. Got it right that time.)

Meanwhile, the Pakistan team has shown much amusement at the ridiculous controversy that their arch-rivals have been saddled with. "Hahaha. Kirsten wants them to have sex before matches? I wonder what he'll want them to do before net practice?" said stand-in skipper Shahid Afridi. "At this rate, we'll hammer them on Saturday. Then they'll have all the time in the world to have sex," he said. He then left to audition for the role of Boromir or Faramir in a new Lord of The Rings musical.

"Wait, wait. Just give me a moment… I'll come up with a joke using some play on the words "balls", "leg slip", "deep gully" or something. Please, just a moment…" pleaded Imran Nazir to increasingly impatient reporters. He then left to audition for the role of Itto Ogami in a new Lone Wolf and Cub musical.

In other news, the young West Indies side haven't allowed themselves to be demoralised by their defeat at the hands of Pakistan. "We're still upbeat. Our captain continues to motivate us - all we need to do is smoke his second name and listen to his first " said a young player, who didn't bother to wink since he had already used the relevant emoticon in his sentence.

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[paritosh]

the sex before match thing can't be blamed for our loss....i am pretty sure before the all important Indo-Pak match our players wouldn't have been getting laid all day.
Shoaib Malik and your spinners and sheer bad luck on our part took it away from us.
We won't be winning any more matches in the near future...the truth is we depend too much on a set pattern....Sehwag and gambhir on top make up for 80% of our batting....rest all are average save yuvraj.
and our bolwing without Zaheer is dismal.
Great going Pakistan I hope we meet again in the final.

 

[Hasnain2009]

Funny thing is that, none of our fast player made runs yesterday Afridi, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal and Imran Nazir nobody made runs, but we still won!