Pakistan's Chase
The Pakistan innings couldn't have gotten off to a better start as the very first ball of the innings went for a boundary. The opening pair of Kamran Akmal and Mohammed Hafeez were scoring freely and getting runs with some ease. India's best bowler of the tournament Zaheer Khan then struck as usual by first picking up Akmal. After that Pakistan started rebuilding the innings with the arrival of Asad Shafiq along with Hafeez stitched a small partnership when Hafeez's attempt at playing a scoop sweep of Munaf Patel resulting in him getting caught out by the keeper. Younis Khan was the new batsman in and he was building his innings rather slowly which built pressure on Shafiq who tried to cut Yuvraj Singh and was bowled and he struck again by next dismissing Younis Khan as well. India were on top at this moment and two new batsmen were at the crease for Pakistan. Umar Akmal started attacking the Indian bowling and Misbah Ul Haq holding the other end was playing a conservative innings. A brilliant ball from Harbhajan from around the wicket got Umar Akmal bowled and India again started to believe since U Akmal was starting to take the match away from them. Munaf Patel with a brilliant slower ball got Abdul Razzaq and again Harbhajan got Shahid Afridi cheaply. The game was pretty much sealed for India and they picked up wickets of the lower order and tail with Misbah still batting. Misbah's late hitting gave Pakistan a glimmer of hope but not much to secure a victory when he skied the ball up in the air and caught by Virat Kohli to give India a famous win and a place in the world cup final. The match which started off with a bang in the end fizzled out with India winning. The whole nation cheered for its heroes who were next up against Sri Lanka in the final and the celebration was going on until the eve of the final.