Yuvraj inspires India to victory

Nov 11, 2007

Sourav Ganguly was dropped by Kamran Akmal off Shoaib Akhtar from the first ball of the match after India were put in•AFP

Tendulkar was in good touch during is 27-ball 29•AFP

Tanvir finished with impressive figures of 2 for 26•AFP

Umpire Ian Gould had to intervene to put a stop to the word play •AFP

Yuvraj was the top-scorer, and his 95-ball 77 helped India reach 294 for 6•AFP

With wickets tumbling around him, Salman Butt kept Pakistan in the hunt with a flurry of strokes•AFP

Butt got to his fourth hundred against India, but the target of 294 proved to be too much for the tourists, as they went down by 46 runs •AFP

Ganguly made use of the reprieve to score a 46-ball 39 and was involved in a 68-run stand opening stand with Sachin Tendulkar •AFP

Ganguly innnings was cut short when he was bowled by Sohail Tanvir ...•AFP

Gautam Gambhir gave a good account of himself before playing on for 25•AFP

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was his usual attacking self as he went onto to score 49, and add 100-runs for the fourth wicket with Yuvraj Singh•AFP

Irfan Pathan was soon in action as he induced a rash stroke from Shahid Afridi to have the ball crashing into the stumps•AFP

Yuvraj Singh ran out Mohammad Yousuf and then dismissed Shoaib Malik in his first over to halt Pakistan's progress•AFP

... who soon had Tendulkar caught behind to slow down India's innings•AFP

Prior to his dismissal, Gambhir had a mid-pitch collision with Shahid Afridi and an argument ensued•AFP

Dhoni's innings was cut short when he was bowled by a slower delivery from Akhtar•AFP

A terrible misjudgment from Younis Khan - shouldering arms - resulted in his dismissal after a promising start•AFP

With runs hard to come by, Pakistan batsmen had to employ unconventional methods to keep the scoreboard ticking•AFP