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Special Coverage: India Pakistan Semi Final
India in Mohali PCA Stadium in their semi-final match on Wednesday arch-rival Pakistan in the conflict by inflicting a 29 run defeat of Sri Lanka established a World Cup final clash.
Misbah-ul-Haq top scored for Pakistan with 56 and his last wicket had fallen out of India as Pakistan bowled 49.5 overs for 231 runs.
Ashish Nehra in his constant over Wahab Riaz and Umar Gul ruled to take India to verge of victory.
Nehra Riaz Gul trapped Sachin Tendulkar caught plumb in front of him was next to.
Harbhajan Singh, Shahid Afridi from Pakistan, Virender Sehwag, Indian dominated stiff covers caught off a full toss.
Munaf Patel Pakistan's run chase on a superb leg cutter choke with the dangerous Abdul Razzaq bowled clean.
Munaf is a good length delivery on middle landed just inside the crease straight after pitching and Razzaq was caught napping as he tried to save it but he completely missed and was bowled off stump was rocked.
Harbhajan Singh hit a superb delivery with it when it most counts Umar Akmal b.
Harbhajan a flatter, medium-fast delivery that skidded on with bold angles, Akmal tried to cut it was but it was beaten for pace off stump disturbed.
Yuvraj Singh, Asad Shafiq and his consecutive overs to dismiss Younis Khan India fight back.
Prince of India and her third success in the next over when he bowled Shafiq 4 / 106 to cover at Pakistan Younis was caught by Suresh Raina.
Munaf Patel took the second wicket when he had Mohammad Hafeez M. Dhoni caught behind.
Hafiz was trying to fine leg for a scoop shot but the ball took an edge and went straight into the hands of Dhoni. Hafiz him hit 59-43 balls, 7 fours.
Zaheer Khan gave India the first breakthrough when he had Yuvraj Singh caught by Kamran Akmal at backward point.
Success came after Pakistan's 44-run opening stand with a closed to a good start.
Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar rode his luck as nine India 260 / made.
Tendulkar, India's total was not much less four times on his way to the left of the top scoring with 85 - a shift that still left him shy of a hundred international hundreds.
Wahab Riaz match of his career best 5 / 46 on his way to a left-arm pace with the impressive performance put Pakistan.
25-year old performance all the more commendable as it would have been omitted experienced Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was recalled.
But Riaz, who took a wicket in his first over and then struck twice in two balls as he was a constant threat beyond three for 22 against Bangladesh in Dhaka, the best the last three years
"I think 260 would be enough to spin wickets. And if we bowl in the right places it will be very difficult for them" Suresh Raina, who finished unbeaten on 36 said.
Virender Sehwag is usually a fast start after the Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won 21, with runs coming second Toss over Umar Gul - the fast bowler in the cost of all eight 69.
However, Riaz strike a bowling change saw the fifth ball when Sehwag was hit across the line, lbw 38 including nine fours.
Tendulkar, Sehwag open later to have class for four Riaz first ever World Cup to score 400 runs to become the batter.
But off-spinner Saeed Ajmal was about him out twice in consecutive balls for 23, lbw to a review and tight stumping call is going against both Pakistan.
Then, on 27, Tendulkar and Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq leg-spinner Shahid Afridi took two hands to hold the drop at mid-wicket for the hard work.
45 and Tendulkar was dropped again, when in the middle mistimed a drive off Afridi and Younis Khan, the close failed to hold on to.
Tendulkar your Afridi 67 ball fifty with a full range of the eighth, before Riaz struck again.
Virat Kohli was the next ball backward point and Yuvraj Singh fending Umar Akmal, the hero of the quarter-finals champions clean bowled India to victory over Australia with a full toss swinging batter nothing on home ground.
Dhoni survived a hat-trick after the ball just missed his outside edge.
Tendulkar was 70 when the Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal a third reprieve for a torrent Afridi leg-break failed to hold a difficult chance.
And he was on 81 when a short mid-wicket off spinner Mohammad Hafeez checked against bounce Umar Akmal dropped the drive.
However, Afridi - who had vowed Tendulkar reached the milestone will not score the match - his innings ended when he hit a hard drive against Ajmal little extra cover off a sharp caught.
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