Stunning Younis floors India

Jul 02, 2008

Gautam Gambhir started off in brisk fashion, hitting two boundaries in Sohail Tanvir's first over•AFP

Sehwag hit four fours and two sixes in his 33-ball 49•AFP

Abdur Rauf struck soon after in the 12th over, removing both Sehwag and Suresh Raina•AFP

... along with Rohit Sharma, who had struggled so far in the tournament•AFP

Along with Rohit, he added 112 runs for the fifth wicket•AFP

Dhoni worked his way to 76, as India pushed their total to 308 for 7•AFP

Mohammad Yousuf fell cheaply to Piyush Chawla•AFP

Virender Sehwag was quick off the blocks as well, and India raced to their 50 in six overs•AFP

He added 88 for the first wicket along with Gambhir•AFP

Suresh Raina, who has hit two centuries and a fifty in the tournament, perished after top-edging a pull•AFP

Dhoni stayed away from taking risks•AFP

Rohit swivels on one leg to play the pull during his half-century•AFP

Salman Butt and Nasir Jamshed got Pakistan off to a flying start before Butt was run out for 36•AFP

Pakistan, though, were never under threat as Younis and Misbah-ul-Haq steered their team to victory. Younis was Man of the Match for his unbeaten 123•AFP

Gambhir was out for 35, caught in the covers by Shahid Afridi off Iftikhar Anjum•AFP

Mahendra Singh Dhoni then stabilised the innings ...•AFP

He relied mostly on singles to push the scoring•AFP

Rohit fell after scoring 58•AFP

Jamshed raced to a 39-ball fifty, but cramps forced him to retire hurt on 53. Younis Khan then picked up the pace to maintain Pakistan's tempo•AFP