India - Pakistan Triangular series

[Parm]

well am glad you added such a valuable contribution

[Jayesh87]

India beat Bangla by 7 wickets.

India v Pakistan in the final.

[Tee]

India beat Bangla by 7 wickets.

India v Pakistan in the final.

How surprising.

[Jayesh87]

How surprising.

In fairness if Bangla could field they would have had Gambhir out for 6 and Viru out for about 10!

The IPL has seriously helped out players like Gambhir/Raina/Kumar/Sharma etc. As it has given them alot of experiance playing with world class players and has made the step up to international level alot easy.

[Jayesh87]

Pakistan won the final by about 25 runs.
Was a good game and a great knock by Younis Khan was the difference!
MS nearly got us back into it but couldn't bat through.

[Tee]

Pakistan won the final by about 25 runs.
Was a good game and a great knock by Younis Khan was the difference!
MS nearly got us back into it but couldn't bat through.

Great result Pakistan!!! Sounds like it was a good game.

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Pakistan clinched the tri-series title after centuries from Salman Butt and Younus Khan helped set up a 25-run win over rivals India in Mirpur.

The pair recorded a brilliant 205-run second wicket stand before Younus fell to Ishant Sharma for 108, while Butt was forced to retired hurt for 129.

Set a daunting 316 target for victory, India lost wickets at regular intervals until Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 64.

However, the total proved too much as they were eventually dismissed for 290.

Virender Sehwag had given India blistering starts in their previous two matches in the tournament, but when he fell for just two it appeared India would struggle to get anywhere near their required total.


Pakistan showed their grit and determination to get a big partnership and nullify India's bowling attack.


That total was largely thanks to Younus - who had failed to get off the mark in his previous two games of the series - and Butt, who both took the attack to India.

Younus was particularly harsh on the spinners and Piyush Chawla, India's joint leading wicket-taker along with Praveen Kumar in the series, conceded 85 runs in his 10 overs.

Misbah-ul-Haq also chipped in with 33 as Pakistan raced past the 300-run mark, leaving their opponents an uphill task.

However, India bravely took up the run chase with Dhoni top scoring and Yuvraj Singh also passing the half century mark with 56.

Gautam Gambhir hit 40 off 33 deliveries, but Rohit Sharma (24), Yusuf Pathan (25) and Suresh Raina (24) all failed to convert on good starts as fine bowling from Umar Gul (4-57) saw Pakistan home.
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Quality stuff, Pakistan hit back well. I was speaking to Inzamam the other day (as he is here in Scotland just now) and he was saying chill everyone, Pakistan will hit back make no mistake about it He was right

[Parm]

Pakistan clinched the tri-series title after centuries from Salman Butt and Younus Khan helped set up a 25-run win over rivals India in Mirpur.

The pair recorded a brilliant 205-run second wicket stand before Younus fell to Ishant Sharma for 108, while Butt was forced to retired hurt for 129.

Set a daunting 316 target for victory, India lost wickets at regular intervals until Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 64.

However, the total proved too much as they were eventually dismissed for 290.

Virender Sehwag had given India blistering starts in their previous two matches in the tournament, but when he fell for just two it appeared India would struggle to get anywhere near their required total.


Pakistan showed their grit and determination to get a big partnership and nullify India's bowling attack.


That total was largely thanks to Younus - who had failed to get off the mark in his previous two games of the series - and Butt, who both took the attack to India.

Younus was particularly harsh on the spinners and Piyush Chawla, India's joint leading wicket-taker along with Praveen Kumar in the series, conceded 85 runs in his 10 overs.

Misbah-ul-Haq also chipped in with 33 as Pakistan raced past the 300-run mark, leaving their opponents an uphill task.

However, India bravely took up the run chase with Dhoni top scoring and Yuvraj Singh also passing the half century mark with 56.

Gautam Gambhir hit 40 off 33 deliveries, but Rohit Sharma (24), Yusuf Pathan (25) and Suresh Raina (24) all failed to convert on good starts as fine bowling from Umar Gul (4-57) saw Pakistan home.
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Quality stuff, Pakistan hit back well. I was speaking to Inzamam the other day (as he is here in Scotland just now) and he was saying chill everyone, Pakistan will hit back make no mistake about it He was right

easy tiger, you beat our ressies...woooh,lets see how you do in the final against the first team!

[Tee]

easy tiger, you beat our ressies...woooh,lets see how you do in the final against the first team!

I thought that was the final??

[Jayesh87]

I thought that was the final??

It was

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easy tiger, you beat our ressies...woooh,lets see how you do in the final against the first team!

It was the final
You Lose

[Jayesh87]

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[Jayesh87]

Thats the carling cup of cricket

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Atleast its the proper form of the game that Pakistan beat you at. Not the crap little mini game that you lot won at