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15-Jun-2013 18:30:00 GMT
India v Pakistan, Group B, Edgbaston

India Beat Pakistan in Wet Birmingham

Birmingham: An impressive performance by the Indian bowlers set up a comprehensive 8 wicket victory for the Men in Blue at Wet Birmingham on Saturday.

Shikhar Dhawan smashed a 41-ball 48.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the Man of the match for his spell of 8-2-19-2.

The target has been revised again after the rain delay, India now have to chase 102 runs in 22 overs to win the tie.

India were playing at 63/1 in 11.3 overs, when rain again stopped the match.

The stoppage came soon after India lost Rohit Sharma (18) in the eleventh over, after a solid 58-run opening stand with in-form Shikhar Dhawan.

Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal gave Pakistan their first breakthrough, when Misbah-ul-Haq took a simple catch in the midwicket to send back Rohit to the pavilion.

India resumed their run chase after another rain halt, which set new revised target of 157 runs for them in 36 overs. The initial revised target for India was 168 runs in 40 overs.

India comfortably reached 47/0 in 8.1 overs, when the play was stopped for the third time due to rain.

Dhawan and Sharma continued their red hot forms to lay a good foundation for India in their pursuit against Pakistan.

Earlier, India put on a dazzling display in the field to bowl out Pakistan for 165 in 39.4 overs in a rain-hit match.

Four bowlers claimed two wickets each and the last two batsmen were run out after India sent Pakistan in to bat in front of flag-waving supporters from both sides who packed the Edgbaston stands.

The match drew a full house even though it held only academic interest since India had already qualified for the semifinals and Pakistan are out of the race after losing both their previous games.

The game was reduced to 40-overs-a-side due to rain stoppages. Further bad weather has been forecast over Birmingham for the rest of the day.

Asad Shafiq top-scored with 41 and Umar Amin made 27 not out, but Pakistan's batting woes that had dogged them through the tournament continued.

Opener Nasir Jamshed, whose previous five innings against India included three centuries and a half-century, managed only two when he was snapped up in the slips off Bhuvaneshwar Kumar.

Pakistan plodded to 7-1 in the first five overs, before a cover driven boundary by Mohammad Hafeez off Umesh Yadav, produced a flurry of fours from either end.

Pakistan moved to 50/1 in 12 overs when a 15-minute interruption due to light rain caused them further trouble.

Hafeez, who hit five boundaries in his 27, fell on the first ball after resumption, edging Kumar to a diving Mahendra Singh Dhoni behind the stumps.

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq helped Shafiq put on 54 runs for the fourth wicket on either side of a second rain stoppage, before he was bowled by Ravindra Jadeja for 22.

Shafiq was dismissed with the help of a television review after umpire Richard Kettleborough initially rejected a catch down the leg-side by Dhoni off Ishant Sharma.

Shoaib Malik was trapped leg-before by Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, who had earlier dismissed Kamran Akmal, bowled Wahab Riaz to reduce Pakistan to 140/7. 

Earlier, India captain MS Dhoni has won the toss and decided to field first in last Group B match of Champions Trophy.

India are unchanged, while only change in Pakistan, Imran Farhat is out and Asad Shafiq is back.

Teams

India:
Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (Captain & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav

Pakistan: Nasir Jamshed, Kamran Akmal (wk), Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Umar Amin, Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain), Shoaib Malik, Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan

Brief scores
Pakistan
165 (Shafiq 41)
India 102/2 (Dhawan 48)
Result India won by 8 wickets
Points India 2, Pakistan 0
MOM Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India)


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