Pakistan beat India in Asia Cup
submitted 1 month 18 days 4 hours ago by: PINKY : 11 comments
Younis's undefeated 123, his fifth one-day century in 174 matches, gave Pakistan their fifth victory while chasing 300 or more runs for victory and revived their fading hopes of a place in the final.
Pakistan reached their victory target of 309 for the loss of only two wickets with 4.3 overs to spare after India had compiled 308 for seven from their 50 overs.
If Sri Lanka beat India on Thursday, Pakistan have to defeat Bangladesh in the final league match by a big margin to play in the final. Sri Lanka have already qualified.
Younis shared partnerships of 56 with Nasir Jamshed (53), who retired hurt with cramps, and an undefeated 144 from 123 balls with captain Misbah-ul-Haq (70 not out).
Younis also passed 5,000 international one-day runs in his innings of 117 balls which contained 11 fours and one six.
Misbah said Younis's century ws one of the best he had seen from him.
"When he plays like this we usually win. We knew we could win this one when we restricted them to 308 after their strong start. The pitch was very good and all credit to our bowlers for bowling aggressively and playing positively," he said. ______Eurosport
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Well done guys. Although personally I am fan of our women cricket team. They are the cutest team ever.
Plant a tree
Damn! missed your reply Sophisticated! must have been a dose for Babar!
Congrats from myself also to all buzzers. May Sri Lanka also win the match against India and Pakistan against Bangaldesh with a heavy margin, so that Pakistan easily make road to final.
Pakistan really put up a good show even in the absence of Shoaib Malik. May they have more successes.
RizSh
aray wah smily hi nai aiya
i think our team only wins those matches which i can't watch...(i missed this one too)...anyways just watched the highlights...plenty of new blood in there.....nasir jamshed, saeed ajmal, sarfaraz ahmed....(at least i have never seen them in action before)
by the way, i really dint liked the action of younis khan on completion of his century
Oh I loved them.. why didn't you like his antics?
not all of them,just that one......i thought he was gratefully bowing to God but he DID a push-up???? i dint found it funny
They reflected his fitness and he was showing off to the physiotherapist for good reasons. I enjoyed them more for just that reason. Unconventional. :)
Good show by Younis Khan.
Good luck, entire team.
Pinky,
Why is religion the only criteria for judging people? Only because Younis did not bowed properly made him a bad player or a person?
Plant a tree
Well, India totally messed it up for the hosts by easily beating the in form Sri Lankans. Doesn't Pakistan finally have a test series coming up?
ESPN360 has started showing live cricket in North America; in fact the current Asia cup is being broadcast free! Life just got better!