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India’s performance at the Trination ODI match against Pakistan was nothing short of stellar. Top scorers Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh and the rest put up a formidable score of 330 runs for Pakistan to catch up to. And Pakistan’s hopes of getting close to that target were ruined by Praveen Kumar’s opening spell claiming 4 four wickets of the innings within just 81 runs of the innings.

Teenage leg-spinner Piyush Chawla then took over claiming four wickets of his own to wrap up the Pakistan innings for 190 in just 35.4 overs.

India’s victory prevented Pakistan from confirming their place in Saturday’s final after they defeated tournament hosts Bangladesh on Sunday.

Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi set about retrieving the situation with a 44-run stand, but Chawla brought their resistance to an end when he had Afridi (23) stumped by Dhoni. Wickets continued to fall at regular intervals as the Pakistan batsman continued to look for quick runs, which fell into the hands of Chawla who claimed figures of four for 40. Kumar finished with four for 53 while Malik was Pakistan’s top scorer contributing 53.

Earlier, an impressive opening partnership of 155 runs between Gambhir and Sehwag laid the foundations for an impressive total. Both players were dropped early in their innings, and Pakistan were made to pay for their mistakes as first Sehwag and then Gambhir notched up quick fifties.

Dhoni then arrived in the middle and set about his innings in his usual belligerent fashion hitting a quick fire 24 off 23 balls, including four boundaries before being trapped lbw by Sohail Tanvir.

All in all a very eventful match, one which should not have been missed by any cricket fan. If you did miss it, catch the rerun of the entire game today (11th May) at 11:00 p.m. on Neo Sports. If you just want the highlights, watch them today at 9:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.