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ICC CWC LIVE: 2nd SF, IND vs PAK

Wahab Riaz's five-wicket haul helped Pakistan restrict India to well below 300 despite Tendulkar's 85 and some late order heroics from Raina. Click through for LIVE STREAMING!
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India Innings: 260 for nine
50th Over: Riaz gets a fifer. Zaheer could not stop trying to be a hero and he had to pay for it. Nehra fails to make his ground. Run-out. Raina drives the last ball of the innings for two. India are 260 for nine


49th Over: Gul comes in for another over. Much better line. Zaheer Khan's attitude with the bat is baffling. 250 up for India. Four from Raina. India are 256 for seven


47th Over: Ajmal gets his second wicket, removes Harbhajan. Stumped. Zaheer Khan, the new man in. He needs to slog a few. Just three runs and a wicket off the over. India are 238 for six


46th Over: Gul to Raina. Slammed back over the bowler's head. FOUR! India need a few more of that. 250 is not far away now. And another one. This is turning out to be a good over for India. Harbhajan joins in the fun too- helps a wide one down the leg side down to the fence. India are 235 for six


45th Over: India take the Batting Powerplay. Ajmal in the attack. Raina and Harbhajan at the crease for India and a lot will depend on how they tackle the next five overs. 


42nd Over: Riaz gets his fourth, Dhoni goes. India are in a huge spot of bother here.


40th Over: Unsuccessful UDRS for Pakistan. 200 up for India. India need a few quick runs. Batting Powerplay lurking around the corner. India are 200 for five


37th Over: Tendulkar departs. Afridi holds on to a catch off Ajmal and Tendulkar falls for a well-made 85. The pressure is right back on India. Raina joins Dhoni.


35th Over: Tendulkar DROPPED for the fourth time, now off Hafeez. Afridi cannot believe it. Will it be costly for Pakistan? India are 182 for four


32nd Over: Gul back into the attack for his second spell. Tendulkar and Dhoni looking to build the Indian innings. Crucial phase of play in the match.


26th Over: Riaz gets Kohli. And Yuvraj. On a hat-trick. This is sensational stuff from Pakistan. An out-of-form MS Dhoni walks in to join a solid Sachin Tendulkar. India are 145 for four


22nd Over: Fifty for Tendulkar. The 95th of his ODI career and the second on the trot. And what a way to bring it up too. An exquisitely timed boundary.

Himanshu reckons India are lucky to have Sachin Tendulkar at the crease. It's getting slow and  low gradually. The dual bounce means chasing anything over 250 would worry Pakistan.

20th Over: Tendulkar DROPPED for the second time and again off Afridi. The Little Master has already survived an LBW appeal and a stumping chance.


18th Over: Mohammad Hafeez breaks through for Pakistan. Gautam Gambhir departs but India are on solid ground in Mohali. Tendulkar on the verge of yet another fifty. India are 116 for two


16th Over: 100 up for India. Tendulkar and Gambhir going strong after a Sehwag blitzkrieg. Pakistan have somehow managed to tighten the noose, just a bit. A great contest shaping up.

Did YOU KNOW?


Sachin Tendulkar is now the leading run-getter in India-Pakistan ODIs.

Our correspondent Himanshu Shekhar says, "Watching Saeed Ajmal bowl one wonders if  dropping R Ashwin was the right move. India would hope that Dhoni got it  right. Meanwhile, Sachin has survived two massive appeals and looks like  in for the long haul."


11th Over: Ajmal continues. Tendulkar gets a lifeline thanks to the UDRS. Gould has to take his decision back. Nothing for Ajmal. The umpire shakes his head, does not like the mistake he made. Another appeal. Stumped, is he? Third umpire rules in favour of Tendulkar and Mohali erupts. India are 76 for one


6th Over: Wahab Riaz into the attack and strikes Sehwag on the pads. REVIEW! And it goes in Pakistan's favour. India are one down. Gautam Gambhir walks into the middle.


4th Over: Razzak runs in. No respite for Pakistan. A boundary for Sehwag and a delightful cover-drive from Sachin Tendulkar.


3rd Over: Sehwag on the rampage, blasts Gul all around the park. Four boundaries. And a free hit too. Gul gets away with it.


1st Over: Sehwag drives Umar Gul through covers and India are away. What a start.

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The Toss

India won the all-important toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup semifinal at Mohali.

It was a great sight to see the Prime Ministers of both India and Pakistan, Dr Manmohan Singh and Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, shake hands with the team members and pass on words of encouragement.
Even the PMs seemed a bit carried away by the sense of occasion!


CaptainSpeak (MS Dhoni): "I think it is vital and better for us to put runs on the board so we could put pressure on the opposition. I also don't know if I can say its the biggest game of my life but its certainly really huge!"

CaptainSpeak (Shahid Afridi): "I think we would have batted first as well but there is not much concern as I see a decent spread of grass that could come in handy for our spinners.


Pitch Report: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly says the track is full of runs and a score of 300 is chaseable. There is a little bit of grass on the pitch that could keep the wicket intact. Fast bowlers will extract mileage in the evening as the weather will come into play.

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