Clinical India maul Pakistan

Jun 10, 2008

The Indian players had just come off the IPL, and the batsmen showed they were still in the Twenty20 hangover after Mahendra Singh Dhoni decided to bat•AFP

Sehwag, who had been dropped from the India's XI mid-way during the CB Series, came back strongly as he flayed the Pakistan bowlers•AFP

... and his commanding opening stand of 155 with Gambhir set India for a big score•AFP

... he was done in by a slower delivery from Wahab Riaz•AFP

Sohail Tanvir, however, trapped him leg-before•AFP

India would have managed a bigger total than the 330 they ended with if not for Umar Gul's late strikes•AFP

Kamran Akmal led a brief resistance with Misbah-ul-Haq ... •AFP

Shoaib Malik, the Pakistan captain, battled to score 53 as wickets tumbled at the other end•AFP

Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir had been opening for the Delhi Daredevils, and a change of colours and format didn't abate their run-scoring•AFP

At the other end, Gambhir too went for his shots•AFP

The duo fell four short of India's record opening stand against Pakistan•AFP

Riaz dismissed both the openers, but leaked 86 runs in 9.2 overs before he was taken off the attack for bowling two beamers•AFP

Yuvraj Singh then maintained the momentum with a quickfire 55•AFP

Pakistan had already suffered a battering at the hands of India's batsmen, and Praveen Kumar threw in the knockout blow•AFP

... but he too perished to Praveen•AFP

Piyush Chawla also finished with four wickets as Pakistan crumbled to 190 all out and their first defeat in 13 matches•AFP

Sehwag raced to his fifty off 42 balls ...•AFP

Sehwag smashed 14 boundaries in his 89 before ... •AFP

Mahendra Singh Dhoni chipped in with a rapid 24•AFP

Reading the sluggish nature of the pitch, Yuvraj relied on late touches•AFP

Praveen took four top-order wickets in a superb display of swing bowling to leave Pakistan floundering•AFP

Misbah-ul-Haq followed soon after, and the match was all but won•AFP