Match report & Presentation Ceremony
Well guyz, there we are! Pakistan win another thrilling encounter for 6 runs. This series has seen all types of close wins - 1 wicket, 1 run, 6 runs, 4 wickets. Pakistan win the 4th ODI of this series by 6 runs. India must be rueing their chance of a series win here as they almost pulled off the series win but Pakistani did not allow them to.
Pakistan started off wonderfully scoring 301/6 after their alloted 50 overs. NO one scored a century but the innings saw a lot of substantial contributions. Youhana top scored with 74, Inzamam scored 50 and Younis Khan scored 54. For India Anil Kumble picked up 4 wickets to somewhat stem the run flow of the Pakistanis.
When India came in to bat, all eyes were on Sachin Tendulkar as this series has been amazing for him. He did not disappoint here too scoring a half century. Sehwag for once gave India a rousing start scoring 31 off 17 balls before Akthar brought about a twin strike removing Sehwag and Ganguly off successive deliveries Tendulkar after getting his 50 was bowled by Salman Butt. Dravid and Yuvraj tried to resurrect the innings. Dravid was out trying to cut a short ball but inside edged it onto his stumps. Yuvraj was out LBW.
Kaif and Dhoni took India closer before Kaif got out. Dhoni and Pathan then took India closer but then Pakistan had a twist in this tale and in the end, emerged victorious by 6 runs. For Pakistan, Butt and Afridi as usual bowled very well and picked up crucial wickets.
Presentation Ceremony:
Shastri: Welcome all viewers to the presentation ceremony of another great contest between India and Pakistan. This is the 4th close match of this exciting series. Let me call upon Ganguly to collect his runners up cheque of Rs.25,000. So Saurav must be terribly disappointed.
Saurav: Yes, we are terribly disappointed with this defeat. We almost pulled it off. But we could not in the end and that irks us a lot. Again, credit to Pakistan for pulling it off in the end
Shastri: How do you feel with the 4 matches all going down to the wire?
Saurav: It feels exciting to play in such games. ITs no tense and nervous and one needs to feel that always!
Shastri: Thanks Saurav. Now I would like to call upon Inzamam Ul Haq to collect the winners cheque of Rs.50,000. So Inzy, you must again be elated?
Inzy:Yes, we are elated on this win!! In the end, I am nervous when Pathan and Dhoni was playing but somehow, we keep the pressure and we pull it off! (sorry for the grammar mistakes but some of our members wanted a grammatically erring Inzy speaking for realism!)
Shastri: Thanks and congratz Inzy. Now for the Man of the Match. A tough choice as we have had many contributors in todays match. In the end, we go for a joint Man of the Match Award - Mohammed Sami for his late 3 wicket burst and Yousuf Youhana for his crucial 74.
Sami:I am very happy that I helped my team win. I hope I can continue this and help my team win this series
Youhana: It was a very crucial innings. My team mates always keep supporting me. I was disappointed to miss out on a hundred. But I am doubly happy that Pakistan won. Hoping to better this win at Delhi.
Shastri: Thanks Sami and Youhana. Thats all we have from Bangalore. We now move on to New Delhi for the final cracker of a one day international at New Delhi. The series is 2-2 and the team that wins tomorrow wins the series! See you at Delhi.
borncricketer said:
noo india lost.... oh well pakistan made an excellent score... now the series is tied the final match will be the best of all the previous matches played
Lets hope India wins tomorrow!!