Earlier in the day, India won the toss and elected to bat first.Swashbuckling Virender Sehwag started smashing Umar Gul all over the park. He raced to 38 off only 25 balls, including nine fours.But Wahab Riaz trapped Sehwag LBW. Sachin Tendulkar then continued to build the innings with Gambhir.Gambhir got out for just 27 to the off spin of Mohammad Hafeez.Riaz picked up the wicket of Virat Kohli and then bowled Yuvraj Singh for a golden duck taking two wickets in two consecutive delieveries.Skipper MS Dhoni steadied the ship with Tendulkar who was not at his best.He was dropped four times by pakistani fielders.He scored 85 runs off 115 balls, including eleven fours before Afridi finally caught him off Saeed Ajmal. Dhoni and Raina steered India past 200 before Riaz got him LBW. Harabhajan Singh (12) and Zaheer Khan (9) stayed on with Raina.Raina played a sensible knock of 36 runs off 39 balls in the death overs, taking India to a competitive total of 260 for 9 in fifty overs. Riaz finished with 5 for 46 off his ten overs.
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