Mohali, March 30: Indian cricket team made his way into the world cup Final by beating the arch rival Pakistan by a margin of 29 runs.
The 29-run victory, which enabled India to maintain its unbeaten record against the arch rivals in 36 years of World Cup history, was the result of some brilliant bowling and fielding show by the home side after its much-vaunted batting line-up had posted a modest 260 for nine to which man-of-the match Sachin Tendulkar made a lucky 85-run contribution.
India now meet Sri Lanka in the final in Mumbai on Saturday in a bid to win the coveted Cup for the second time since it first stunned the cricketing world by beating West Indies in 1983 at the Lords.
Brief Score:
India: 260 for nine in 50 overs (Sachin Tendulkar 85, Virender Sehwag 38, Wahab Riaz 5/46).
Pakistan: 231 all out in 49.5 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 56; Mohammad Hafeez 43; Ashish Nehra 2/33, Munaf Patel 2/40, Harbhajan Singh 2/43, Yuvraj Singh 2/57).
–Agencies