Breaking News: India defeats Pakistan in Twenty20 World Cup

This is the first tie in the history of Twenty20 World Cup history. India first batted and piled up 141 runs from their 20 overs. Pakistani players thought that it was not a difficult target to achieve but Indian bowlers made it extremely difficult. In fact, Pakistan could not score any run from the last two balls of their innings and as a result the score remained tied. Get the full story of the match here.

India (3) - Pakistan (0)

Shahid Afridi could not scored for Pakistan. SO, India won the match.

India scored another. Paksitan is in pressure.
Umar Gul could not score for Pakistan.

Harbhajan SIngh scored for India.

Yasir Arafat could not score for Pakistan.

Sehwag could score for India.


Sreesanth, Harbhjajan, Pathan, Uthappa and Sehwag will be in tie breaker for India.

Tie breaker will start soon.

The match is a tie. So, come back for the tie breaker

The match has been tied. Now, there will be tie breaker in the match. This is most probably the first tie breaker in Twenty20 cricket. So, you can understand that how much exciting the match. It was like a typical India- Pakistan match. In the last over, Pakistan needed 12 runs. They could take 11 runs from the first 4 bowls but could not get the winning run from the last two balls. So, the match is now tied and everybody waiting for the tie breaker.

20 Overs: Pakistand is tied with India

5 balls left and Pakistan needs 11 runs.

Srishanth is bowling the last over. 12 runs needed from it for Pakistan.

After 19 Overs: Pakistan is 130/6. 17 runs came in this over of Agarkar. Pakistan needs 12 runs from 6 balls.

18.4 overs: Pakistan is 124/6. Yasin and Misbah ul Haq is playing tremendously.

18 Overs: Pakistan is 113/6

17.4 Overs: Afridi is out. So, India is now in good chance of winning the match. Pakistan is 103/6

I think that India is already in super eight stage wehter India win or loses.

Harbhajan Singh bowled this over.

After 17 Overs: Pakistan is 100 /5. The over was good for India. However, India missed Afridi's catch.

Agarkar has missed a catch in his own bowl.

16 Overs: Pakistan is 93/5

Harbhajan Singh bowled this over.

15 Overs: Pakistan is 87/5

Pakistan loses 5^th wicket. Irfan Pathan is the hero. Shoaib Malik is out for 20.

India is now almost sure of getting into the super eight stage even if India loses this match.

Irfan Pathan is bowling this over.

14 Overs: Pakistan is 80/4

Harbhajan Singh is bowling this over.

13 Overs: Pakistan is 75/4

A good boundary by leg glance.

Irfan Pathan is bowling this over.

After 12 Overs: Pakistan is 69/4. India misfield and Pakistan got four runs.

11.4 Overs: Pakistan is 65/4

11.1 Over: Pakistan is 61/4. Harbhajan Singh is bowling now.

11 Overs: Pakistan is 60/4

7 runs came from this over

A boundary was scored with inside edge.

Irfan Pathan is bowling the over.

After 10 Overs: Pakistan is 53/4. This was a good over for India as they conceded just6 runs in this over.

9.5 overs: Pakistan is 53/4

9.2 overs: Pakistan is 51/4

9 overs: Pakistan is 47/4. Wicket maiden from Irfan Pathan

Irfan Pathan bowled Younus Khan and Pakistan is 47/4

Shoeb Malik has come bat. Irfan pathan is bowling well.

Pakistan lost 3^rd wicket from run out. This is a big wicket of Kamran Akmal. Youvraj Singh did a direct hit and did the magic. It was an amazing direct hit from Yubraj Singh.

Irphan Pathan bowling the over.

After 8 Overs: Pakistan is 47/2

Yunis Khan is the new batsmen in the wicket.

7.2 Overs: Pakistan is 44/2 Salman Butt got caught behind by Agarkar.

7 Overs: Pakistan is 42/1

Salman Bhat looks like the danger man. He is trying to score quickly. India needs wicket at this moment.

RP Singh bowled the over.

After 6 Overs: Pakistan is 39/1. Irfan Pathan saved a four in the last ball of the over.

5.3 Over: Pakistan is 38/1

5 Overs: Pakistan is 33/1

Kamran Akmal is trying to be aggressive and he is doing fine too. India is already in a defensive field setting.

RP Singh bowled this over.

After 4 Overs: Pakistan is 29/1.

3.5 overs: Pakistan is 29/1. Salman Butt hit a four now.

After 3 Overs: Pakistan is 22/1

A superb six too in this over.

A superb boundary from Kamran Akmal.

Kamran Akmal is the new batsman.

2 Overs: Pakistan is 12/1

1.5 overs: Pakistan lost their first wicket. Pakistan is now 12/1

1.4 over: A good caught behind appeal from bowler Sreesanth. Waiting for Third umpire decision. it was not given out.

1.3 over: Pakistan is 12/0

1 Over: Pakistan is 7/0

First boundary of Paksitan.

Imran Nazir is with Salman Bhat in the opening pair.

1.1 Over: A wide ball and Paksitan is 1/0.

Salman Bhat is the first Paksitani batsman.

RP Singh is bowling the first over for India.

Indian batsmen could not impress in the match. Except Uthappa and Dhoni, all other batsmen failed to do their job. Uthappa got half century and Dhoni scored 33. So, it will tough for India to win the match. India should also think about run rate because to progress to the next round, India need to have better run rate than Scotland. However, if India wins the match then India will be in the super eight round.

Mohammed Asif bowled well in the match as he took 4 wickets in his 4 overs. So, Now, let us see if Indian bowlers can repeat the success of Asif in the match.

Indian total is 141/9. Pakistan needs 142 runs to win this match.

20 Overs: India is 141/9

19.1: Dhoni is out and India is 138/8

19 Overs: India is 138/7

Two boundaries came from Agarkar in this over.

Umar Gul is bowking this over.

Ajit Agarkar is with MS Dhoni now.

18 Overs: India is 128/7

The match is going to start again.

Rain has again stopped play.

17 Overs: India is 123/6

Appeal against Harbhajan Singh for caught behind but umpire did not response.

Then another six from Dhoni.

Another boundary from MS Dhoni. It was a straight drive.

In the last over, Irphan Pathan played two excellent shots and got 2 sixes but he got out in the last ball of the over.

16 overs: Pathan Got out. India is 111/6

15.5 overs: India is 111/5. Two sixes came from Pathan

15 Overs: India is 97/5

Cracking boundary from Dhoni. It was superb shot from Dhoni.

Another over from Tanvir. Now, Irphan Pathan and Dhoni are batting

13.3 overs: 87/5

12.1 Overs: Uthappa got out of the ball of Tanvir. India lost their 5^th wicket. Now, much depends on Dhoni.

12 overs: India is now 82/4. Two fours came in this overs. Uthappa reached at his 50

11.4: India is now 81/4.

11.2 Overs: India is now 75/4. Shahid Afridi is now bowling.

11 Overs: INdia is 70/4

10.4 Overs: Another good delivery from Tanvir. His angle is becoming tough for Indian batsmen. now.

The match has started again.

Good news. Rain has stopped. So, play is expected to resume in a minute or two.

Covers are on and rain has stopped play for the time being. The only good thing is that it is not heavy rain.

Slight drizzle seen in the stadium. I wish that the match does not stop and we can have a match.

Tanvir is bowling well in this over too. In the last over, Uthapa took a lot of runs. Now, let us see what happens in this over.

10 Overs: India is 64/4

9 Overs: India is 47/4

This was a good over from Tanvir and a bad over for Indian batsmen. They struggled a lot against Tanvir.

Soheil Tanvir has come to bowl. He is left handed bowler and his fast ball was impressive.

8 Overs: India is 44 /4.

7.5 overs: India is 44/4

7.3 Overs: India is 42/4. Dhoni hit a four just now

7.1 overs: Yasir Arafat is now bowling. Good appeal was in the first ball

7 Overs: India is 36/4

MS Dhoni has come to bat. He is the captain.

6.3 Overs: India lost another wicket. Kartikh is out and India is now 36/4

5.1 Overs: Kartikh hit a good shot and 2 runs came.

Mohammad Asif is bowling the 7^th over. Indian batsmen just need to play him safe.

5.5 overs: India is 31/3. One run came from a wide ball call

5.4 Overs: India is 29/3. Asif is bowling very well.

5 Overs: India is 28/0

Another cracking shot from Karthik and a boundary.

Lovely shot from Dinesh Kartikh. He scored a boundary of the ball of Asif. He hit the ball high over extra cover.

4.1 Overs: India lost 3^rd wicket. Yuvraj Singh is out and Mohammad Asif took the wicket. I really don’t understand why Indian batsmen are not trying to play cautiuously against Mohammad Asif.

4 Overs: India is 19/2. Not a good over for India. just five runs came.

3.4: India still 19/2

3.3 Overs: India 19/2 Uthappa hit a four now

3 Overs: India is 14/2

Uthapa scored a nice boundary.

India needs to survive against Mohammad Asif and play against other bowlers. Asif is bowling like a test match.

2.1 Overs: Shehbag is out by Mohammad Asif. Shehbag was clean bowled. India is 9/2

2 Overs: India is 9/1

Umar Gul could not impress like Mohammad Asif.

Uthapa hit a superb shot but the outfield is slow because of rains of the last few days. So, only 2 runs.

1.3 Overs: Shehwabh took 1 run and India is now 7/1

Shehbagh scored first boundary of the match. He is hungry for runs today.

Umar Gul is bowling the second over.

1 Over: India is 1/1

0.4 Overs: Still no run in the fourth ball. Mohammad Asif is looking dangerous for India.

0.3 Overs: Robin Uthapa is the new batsman. He faced the 3^rd ball and no run. Mohammad Asif is bowling good.

0.2 Overs: Gautam Gambhir is out in the second ball. India is 0/1

0.1 Gautam Gambhir faced the first ball and there was no run.

The match has just started.

Shehbagh will open the match with Gautam Gambhir

The match will start within 1 minute. So, dont go anywhere.

Just 5 minutes left now. Dont go anywhere.

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Toss

Pakistan won the toss now and is putting India into bat.

Thanks God that it is not raining today in Durban. However, the condition is a bit overcast.

Just 30 minutes left before the start of the game.

Less than One hour before the start of the match. So, come back every few minutes to this live score report.

India will play against their arch rival Pakistan tomorrow. This is going to be first India vs Pakistan of this year. So, fans are now waiting for this exciting match. When India and Pakistan plays against each other it does not remain a cricket match. It becomes like a war. On the other hand, Twenty20 is the most exciting format of cricket. So, fans are now ready to see the most exciting war of the cricket world.

The match will be held tomorrow. You will get live score and updates of the match in this entry. So, keep this entry open in your browser and enjoy the match.