Pakistan stun India !
PAKISTAN CREATE HISTORY : Beat India Chasing 383 !
383 to win , no one gave them a chance but many forgot that it was an Indo-Pak contest where the most predictable thing is unpredictablity . Pakistan needed to win this desperately to give themselves a chance to qualify . Their previous highest Second innings total successfully chased was 316 agaist India last month at Ahmedabad in yet another thriller . Inzamam Ul Haq set a a 10 RPO platform from where Pakistan never looked back . Also helped by the fact that Afridi batted patiently , Yousuf Youhana clobbered a 73 ball 87 to help Pakistan romp home by 6 wickets with another 4 overs to spare which makes the win look all the more impressive and the Indian bowling even more vulnerable against the Aussies who are now back in business . Pakistan , inspite of this win may not qualify but they crtainly have qualifid to be called as `Real Fighters` . India , who were outstanding with the ball in the first half of the tournament looked aweful today . They lacked ideas to tackle a rampaging batting lineup . The fact that the ground was not huge made matters worse . The only bowler who looked decent was Harbhajan . India have to sort out quite a few worries before the finals but first , they have to look at qualifying for the finals . Pakista, On the other hand now know that they have everything to play for against the boys from the Carribean who are yet to win a match . Pakistan would ideally need to win with a bonus point . If not they would end up with 28 points from 8 matches . If India beat Austalia without a bonus point, Australia would end up with 28 as well and Pakistan would qualify with more wins than Australia(*Australia tied two matches) . India still remain the saftest of the 3 to qualify since they need to just fetch 2 points to confirm their spot in the finals i.e even if India lose their 2 matches without conceding a bonus point , they qualify for the finals !
Till then, they need to regroup and introspect as to how they let a game which was tightly in their grip slip away !
Highest Successful Run Chases :
*383/5 45.5 Overs Pakistan V India Derby 2005
330-7 (49.1 overs) Australia v South Africa Port Elizabeth 2001/02
326-8 (49.3 overs) India v England London 2002
325-5 (47.4 overs) India v West Indies Ahmedabad 2002/03
319-7 (48 overs) Pakistan v India Ahmedabad 2004/05
316-4 (48.5 overs) Australia v Pakistan Lahore 1998/99
316-7 (47.5 overs) India v Pakistan Dhaka 1997/98