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ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 in India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the tenth Cricket World Cup, and will be hosted by three South Asian Test cricket playing countries; India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It will take place during the months of February and March 2011, with the first match being played on 19 February 2011.

29 matches out of 49 will be played in India including one quarterfinal, semi-final and final, 12 matches in Sri Lanka including one quarterfinal and semifinal and eight matches in Bangladesh including two quarterfinals. See TV, Internet, Radio schedules.

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India vs Pakistan ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Semi Finals

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Semi-finals

Semi Final 2 - Wednesday, 30 March 2011 at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali IND vs PAK

ICC World Cup 2nd Semi Final, India vs Pakistan - India beat Pakistan to make final

India booked a place against Sri Lanka in Saturday's World Cup final after beating Pakistan by 29 runs in Mohali. Virender Sehwag (38) took 21 off Gul from the third over of the innings and Sachin Tendulkar, reprieved by referral and dropped four times on 27, 45, 70 and 81, looked set for his 100th international century with one of his least convincing innings. He was out for 85 from 115 balls as India compiled 260-9, with the help of Suresh Raina after the middle-order failures. Pakistan left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz took a career-best 5-46.

Mohammad Hafeez struck 43 and Misbah-ul-Haq made a defiant 56 but Pakistan were all out for 231 in the final over. Munaf Patel picked up two wickets and Yuvraj Singh made up for his first ball duck with a pair of wickets, but the most important breakthrough came when Harbhajan Singh bowled Umar Akmal for 29. Sachin Tendulkar was the man-of-the-match.

Pakistan XI: Mohammad Hafeez, K Akmal (W), Shafiq, Younus Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, U Akmal, Shahid Afridi (C), Razzaq, Riaz, Gul, Saeed Ajmal
India XI: Sehwag, Tendulkar, Gambhir, Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Dhoni (C/W), Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, Nehra, Patel

Reported Earlier: India and Pakistan have played against each other in 119 One-Day Internationals since 1978, with India winning just 46, Pakistan winning 69, and 4 ending in No Result. In the first ever match, India won by 4 runs at Ayub National Stadium, Quetta, on Oct 01, 1978. The last match was during the 2010 Asia Cup, which India won by 3 wickets at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Jun 19, 2010. Pakistan have never beaten India in four World Cup matches they met so far.

India 260 for 9 (Tendulkar 85, Riaz 5-46) beat Pakistan 231 (Misbah 56) by 29 runs

India beat Pakistan by 29 runs

India won the toss and decided to bat

India Innings 260 for 9 (50.0 overs)

Pakistan Innings 231 all out (49.5 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Sehwag	lbw	b Riaz	38	25	9	0
Tendulkar	c Shahid Afridi	b Saeed Ajmal	85	115	11	0
Gambhir	st K Akmal	b Mohammad Hafeez	27	32	2	0
Kohli	c U Akmal	b Riaz	9	21	0	0
Yuvraj Singh		b Riaz	0	1	0	0
Dhoni	lbw	b Riaz	25	42	2	0
Raina	not out		36	39	3	0
Harbhajan Singh	st K Akmal	b Saeed Ajmal	12	15	2	0
Z Khan	c K Akmal	b Riaz	9	10	1	0
Nehra	run out (K Akmal)		1	2	0	0
Patel	not out		0	0	0	0
Extras		2nb 8w 8lb	18
Total		for 9	260	(50.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Gul 8.0 0 69 0 Razzaq 2.0 0 14 0 Riaz 10.0 0 46 5 Saeed Ajmal 10.0 0 44 2 Shahid Afridi 10.0 0 45 0 Mohammad Hafeez 10.0 0 34 1

Fall of wicket   48 Sehwag 116 Gambhir 141 Kohli 141 Yuvraj Singh 187 Tendulkar 205 Dhoni 236 Harbhajan Singh 256 Z Khan 258 Nehra

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
K Akmal	c Yuvraj Singh	b Z Khan	19	21	3	0
Mohammad Hafeez	c Dhoni	b Patel	43	59	7	0
Shafiq		b Yuvraj Singh	30	39	2	0
Younus Khan	c Raina	b Yuvraj Singh	13	32	0	0
Misbah-ul-Haq	c Kohli	b Z Khan	56	76	5	1
U Akmal		b Harbhajan Singh	29	24	1	2
Razzaq		b Patel	3	9	0	0
Shahid Afridi	c Sehwag	b Harbhajan Singh	19	17	1	0
Riaz	c Tendulkar	b Nehra	8	14	1	0
Gul	lbw	b Nehra	2	3	0	0
Saeed Ajmal	not out		1	5	0	0
Extras		8w	8
Total		all out	231	(49.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Z Khan 9.5 0 58 2 Nehra 10.0 0 33 2 Patel 10.0 1 40 2 Harbhajan Singh 10.0 0 43 2 Yuvraj Singh 10.0 1 57 2

Fall of wicket   44 K Akmal 70 Mohammad Hafeez 103 Shafiq 106 Younus Khan 142 U Akmal 150 Razzaq 184 Shahid Afridi 199 Riaz 208 Gul 231 Misbah-ul-Haq

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Umpires: I J Gould, Taufel, R S Madugalle, Bowden
Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, K Akmal (W), Shafiq, Younus Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, U Akmal, Shahid Afridi (C), Razzaq, Riaz, Gul, Saeed Ajmal
India: Sehwag, Tendulkar, Gambhir, Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Dhoni (C/W), Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, Nehra, Patel

India, Pakistan & the World Cups

India's World Cup Victory in 1983

The 1983 Prudential World Cup in England was a turning point in the history of cricket and for the Indian Subcontinent. The West Indies, India, Australia, and the newcomers Zimbabwe contested the B group, and it got off to a rousing start when India with only one World cup win to this point beat the favourites, the West Indies, by 34 runs. They along with their neighbours, Pakistan, reached the semi-finals for the first time, bringing the spirit of the subcontinent into the world arena for the first time. Though Pakistan lost to West Indies, India beat the then world champions in the final to bring the trophy to Asia for the first time.

Binny with 18 (still a record for most wickets in a World Cup tournament), and Madan Lal with 17 wickets were their leading bowlers, and Kapil Dev topped the batting averages. Kapil's Kapil Dev 175* against Zimbabwe still remains one of the most astonishing comebacks in a cricket match.

Finals: India won by 43 runs
Score: INDIA 183 all out in 54.4 overs [Srikkanth 38(57 b, 7-4s 1-6); Roberts 3-32] Beat W INDIES 140 all out in 52 overs [IVA Richards 33(42 b, 7-4s); Madan Lal 3-31 Amarnath 3-12]

Pakistan's World Cup Victory in 1992

The 1987 World Cup in India and Pakistan was disastrous for both the countries as they lost in their semifinal matches held in their respective countries. Despite Australia's (the 1987 champions) failure to reach the final of the 1992 Benson & Hedges Cricket Championships, a record World Cup final crowd of more than 85,000 greeted Pakistan and England at the MCG.

Before the finals, a supreme effort from Inzamam-ul-Haq (60 off only 37 balls) aginst New Zealand secured Pakistan's place in the 1992 World Cup final. Pakistan's greatest moment in World Cup history came in 1992 with victory in Australia. After a slow start they built as a team over the course of the competition, winning as other more fancied opponents slipped by the wayside. They beat a tired and beleaguered England in the final with ease.

Finals: Pakistan won by 22 Runs
Score: PAKISTAN 249 for 6 Wickets in 50 overs [Imran Khan 72(110 b, 5-4s 1-6; Miandad 58(98 b, 4-4s); Derek Pringle 3-22] Beat ENGLAND 227 all out in 49.2 overs [Neil Fairbrother 62(70 b, 3-4s); Wasim Akram 3-49 Mushtaq Ahmed 3-41]