India win by 6 wickets, this is their first win against Pakistan in the Asia Cup since 1988 and also their quickest win while chasing 300
Match Information:Asia Cup, 2008, Pakistan vs India, Group B, 3rd Match, National Stadium, Karachi, June 26, 2008
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) & Brian Jerling (SA), Third Umpire: AFM Akhtaruddin (Ban), Match Referee: Alan Hurst (Aus)
Toss: Pakistan (Elected to bat)
Match Status: India won by 6 wkts
Man of the Match: Suresh Raina
Batting: India Innings: Virender Sehwag - 119 runs, Suresh Raina - 84, Yuvraj Singh - 48.
Bowling: India: Rudra Pratap Singh , Piyush Chawla and Yusuf Pathan got one each.
Batting: Pakistan Innings: Shoaib Malik (c) - 125 runs, Younis Khan - 59, Salman Butt, Mohammad Yousuf & Misbah Ul-Haq are at 35, 30, 31
Bowling: Pakistan : Rao Iftikhar - 2 wkts, Shahid Afridi & Sohail Tanvir one each.
India's Suresh Raina and Virender Sehwag carried their form from their last match against Hong Kong and have built a partnership of 198 runs for the second wicket against Pakistan in their Asia Cup tie in Karachi.Raina (84) slammed his fourth ODI fifty while Sehwag smashed his ninth One-day century. This was also his second hundred against the arch-rivals. His hurricane innings was stopped by Shahid Afridi on 119 runs.Suresh Raina, who slammed his maiden hundred against Hong Kong on Wednesday, missed out on the second as Rao Ifthikhar claimed him as his second wicket.Iftikhar's first victim was Gautam Gambhir. He perished to a stunning catch taken by Misbah-ul Haq at the backward point. But since then, Team India is chasing at the rate of over seven runs per over.Earlier, riding on the knocks from Shoaib Malik and Younus Khan, Pakistan made 299 runs at the loss of four wickets against India.Opening the innings for the 14th time in his 166-match long ODI career, Shoaib Malik played a captain's knock and smashed sixth ODI hundred which was also his third century against India. He sustained cramps and was retired hurt for 125 runs. He first put on a 90-run stand for the first wicket with Salman Butt and then added 129 runs for the second wicket with Younus Khan. Put in to field, Indian bowlers started off impressively but it took them 21 overs to pick the first wicket. Pakistan openers Salman Butt and Shoaib Malik had started their innings very cautiously. They stole cheeky singles and hit occasional boundaries without risking their wickets. But after 10 overs, they decided to shift the gears to accelerate the proceedings. Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla then struck for India and scalped Salman Butt but for 35 runs. The left-hander went for a pull shot but found Suresh Raina at the mid-wicket.Yusuf Pathan removed Younus Khan after he scored his 21st ODI fifty. Mohd Yousuf perished for being slow between the wickets and walked back after a short cameo of 30 runs. This was 37th occasion when Yousuf was run out in his One-day career.While Shahid Afridi disappointed and fell to RP Singh for 9 runs, Misbah-ul Haq chipped in with 31 runs down the order.