Super Eights: India bat against Australia in World Twenty20

COLOMBO: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in a group two Super Eights match of the World Twenty20 in Colombo on Friday.
In the same group, Pakistan beat South Africa by two wickets earlier in the day.
Australia: George Bailey (capt), David Warner, Shane Watson, Matthew Wade, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, Brad Hogg, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Rohit Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Harbhajan Singh.

ٹی 20 ورلڈ کپ، دفاعی چیمپئن انگلینڈ کم ترین سکور 80 پر آؤٹ

ٹی 20 ورلڈ کپ، دفاعی چیمپئن انگلینڈ کم ترین سکور 80 پر آؤٹ

September 24, 2012 - Updated 340 PKT

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کولمبو…انگلینڈ کی ٹیم ٹی 20 ورلڈ کپ کے گروپ میچ میں بھارت کے خلاف کم ترین سکور 80 پر آؤٹ ہوگئی۔ اتوار کو آر پریما داسا سٹیڈیم، کولمبو میں کھیلے گئے گروپ اے کے آخری میچ میں انگلش ٹیم بھارت کے خلاف 171 رنز کے تعاقب میں صرف 80 رنز پر ڈھیر ہوگئی، یہ انگلینڈ کا کسی بھی ٹیم کے خلاف کم ترین سکور ہے، اس سے قبل دفاعی چیمپئن انگلینڈ نے ویسٹ انڈیز کے خلاف 2011 میں اوول کے مقام پر 88 رنز پر ہتھیار ڈال دیئے تھے۔

Pakistan-India warm-up: Akmal's sixes win the day

COLOMBO: Kamran Akmal smashed an unbeaten 92 off 50 balls as Pakistan came from behind to defeat India by five wickets in a warm-up match for the World Twenty20 on Monday.
Pakistan, chasing India's commanding 185-3, appeared to be out of contention when they lost five wickets by the 12th over with just 91 runs on the board at the Premadasa stadium.
But Akmal and former captain Shoaib Malik turned the game around with a brilliant unbroken stand of 95 off 46 balls that helped Pakistan beat the shell-shocked Indians with five balls to spare.
Akmal plundered six sixes, including the winning shot off seamer Irfan Pathan which sailed over the cover fence. Malik remained unbeaten on 37 off 18 balls.
Virat Kohli had earlier top-scored for India with 75 not out, while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed four wickets for 23 runs.
Some 3,000 Sri Lankan fans watched the arch-rivals battle out in the middle in the only warm-up match to be beamed live by the host broadcasters of the World Twenty20 that opens on Tuesday.
"We knew that if India could post a huge total, so could we," said Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez. "Kamran was exceptional, and Malik's experience also helped."
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the batting worked well, but the bowlers needed to contain runs on the easy-paced wickets.
"It was not really a bad game for us," he said. "We have got to work on a few things with our bowling."
India and Pakistan are drawn in different groups for the preliminary league, but are seeded to meet in the Super Eights round in Colombo on September 30.