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Bangla tri series.Pakistan wins:

by Nksagar | June 15, 2008 at 12:46 am | 303 views | add comment

Pakistan in finals of Bangladesh tri series ODI played their
best match in the tournament and dominated the game in all department
and exhibited their resilence to come out from their shells and played
some magnificient cricket to out class the favourites Team India.Twin ton by Salman butt and Younis
Khan 205 runs second wicket partnership helped Pakistan to propel score
to 315 for three wickets in final match between india and
Pakistan.India unable reach set target of 316 runs could muster all out
290 runs with ten balls to spare at Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka.

The Indian team experience its younger lots of batsmen cum
all rounders lacked discipline and hardwork on the field,each batsmen
played to his calibre.India needed matching winning innings required in
this final from the seniors.
Dhoni made polished efforts but fall of wickets at regular
intervals the other end he too lost his cool and with ten balls to
spare gave catch trying to score six caught midoff.Dhoni style of
batting reminds that of great Hanumant Singh,the affable cricketer who
played agrressive knock in middle order.

Salman butt 129 runs and Younis Khan108 runs record
of 205 runs second wicket partnership helped Pakistan to propel score
to 315 for three wickets in final match between india and Pakistan.Pakistan bowlers made valiant efforts specially Umar
Gul with his immaculate bowling well supported by Sohail,Anjum and
Afridi to put batmen on defence.Younis Khan was awarded Man of the
Match.Salman Butt man of the series award.Pakistan showed more team
effort and came out from their sinking performance to classic.

Parveen Kumar Indian pacer showed his mettle with good line and length but was unluck to get a wicket.India unable reach set target of 316 runs could
muster all out 290 runs with ten balls to spare at Sher-e-Bangla
stadium Mirpur .

Butt and Kamran Akmal (15) openers tamed by the Indian pacers,
especially Praveen Kumar, who bowled with lot of discipline.With the
first nine overs yielding just 29 runs, Akmal decided to hit Irfan
Pathan for a four but the pacer had his say in the next delivery the
batsmanwas caught into tickling one behind the stumps where Mahendra
Singh Dhoni took the catch.Butt had that fortune Rohit Sharma grassed one after the Pakistani had cut hard at a Praveen Kumar delivery while batting on 19.An excellent batting by Butt and Younis put the Indian attack look
helpless even though the run rate not skyrocketing. Younis stepped out
to hit Virender Sehwag out of the park and he then slog-swept Piyush
Chawla for a similar treatment to bring up the team's 150.

Chawla copped similar treatment on another occasion from the batsman
who grew in confidence with every run he scored.Though subdued compared
to his elder partner, Butt helped himself to occasional boundaries as
he cantered to his seventh ODI century, celebrating the feat by hitting
Chawla over the ropes.

Younis too soon notched up his fourth ODI century, which came off 92
balls, but could add only eight more runs before offering a skier to
Sehwag off Ishant Sharma to fall after a 99-ball knock which was
studded with eight hits to the fence, besides three sixes.

Butt and Misbah 33 runs batted with caution to the winds and went after
the Indian bowlers, who, for the first time in the series, looked
clueless.The duo went after Chawla, creaming 19 runs off the leggie's last over
as the Indian finished his wicketless toiling of 10 overs, conceding 85
runs.Butt eventually retired hurt in the 46th over but that was hardly a consolation for Dhoni's team as runs came thick and fast.

Indian opener Virender lost his wicket gambhir 40,Rohit 24,Yusuf
25,Yuvi 56,Dhoni64,Raina24 and Irfan 28 tried but could not perfect
their aggresion which was required in the last ten overs. Pakistan dominated the game with better skill and professional
touch.Win to Pakistan put them in more confidence as they lifted Bangla
tri series ODI trophy.