Victory For India by 29 runs - Pakistan Vs India 2nd Semi Final India Wins - 2011 ICC World Cup

India won the match by 29 runs against Pakistan and entered the Finals of ICC World Cup 2011.

Now India will play against Sri Lanka on Saturday 2 April 2011 at 2.30 pm on Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

India's Sachin Tendulkar is the Man of the Match who made 85 runs.

India won the toss and Mahindra Singh Dhoni decided to bat first.

Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar did the opening for India.

India aimed to make a score of more than 300 runs to win this match so that it will be a difficult target for Pakistan to chase.

But India was able to score only 260 runs in 50 overs.

Virender Sehwag batted well and scored 38 runs in 25 balls which offered good start for Indian team.

Sachin Tendulkar scored 85 runs and was catch out by Shahid Afridi. Sachin was saved about 5 times in the match from becoming out.

It looked like Sachin Tendulkar was the most luckiest Cricket Player to be saved from these situations.

Yuvraj Singh who was the most expected batmsan for India was clean bowled by Wahab Riaz in the first ball he faced.

Pakistan bowler Wahab Riaz took 5 wickets.

Pakistan has a target of 261 runs to win this match.

At 49.5 overs Pakistan became All Out when they were at a score of 231 runs.

Misbah-ul-Haq scored 56 runs and Mohammad Hafeez scored 43 runs for Pakistan.

Towards the end Misbah-ul-Haq was playing great and scored 4 Boundaries and 1 sixes , while Umar Akmal made 2 sixes.

No Indian batsmen could make a Six in this Match.

Most awesome thing in this match was that all Indian bowlers who bowled such as Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh took 2 wickets each.

Indian team for the Semi Final of World cup 2011

Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautham Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Mahindra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Ashish Nehra

Pakistan team for the Semi Final of World cup 2011

Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Misbah ul Haq, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal

Victory for India is sure as predicted by experts in cricket field.

Are you all excited about the upcoming India Vs Pakistan semi Final cricket match in ICC World Cup 2011 which is to be played on 30 March 2011.

Let us see some of the interesting information on statistics of cricket matches played between India and Pakistan.

In ICC World Cup Cricket in the 4 Matches played between India and Pakistan till now , the Indian team has won 4 times against Pakistan.

But in Champions Trophy , Pakistan has won 2 times against India.

In the 119 One Day International matches played between these two teams , Pakistan won 69 matches, India won 46 matches and 4 were Tied / Abandoned.

In the 59 Test matches played between these two teams , Pakistan won 12 matches, India won 9 matches and 38 were Tied / Abandoned.

In the 2 , Twenty 20 International matches played between these two teams , India won 1 match and 1 was Tied / Abandoned.

Highest score made by India in One Day international match against Pakistan is 356 runs in the year 2005 and Highest score made by Pakistan in One Day international match against India is 344 runs in the year 2004 and in these two matches were won by India.

Highest total chased and won by Pakistan against India is 322 runs.

Highest total chased and won by India against Pakistan is 316 runs.

Many retired cricketers have predicted that Pakistan will win the Semi Final match against India.

These predictors even claims that there will be a Pakistan Vs New Zealand Match.

For Indian team these predictions are not of great concern because they stay away from all types of media so that they get full concentration.

How can India Win Againt Pakistan in the 2011 World Cup semi Final

The have to keep their eyes glued on few players who are considered as the match winners for Pakistan.

There are about 7 strong front line batsmen for India and each of them is considered as a match winner.

Even Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan at the tail end are good batsmen and helped India win the match in crucial pressure filled times.

Shahid Afridi is the Captain of Pakistan who is in great form in bowling and has took highest number of wickets in the 2011 World cup. So this is the Man who has to be tackled by Indian team.

Shahid Afridi has not performed well in batting currently. Till now most matches were won by Pakistan due to the powerful form of the Pakistani bowlers.

The Pakistan batsmen is not so good till now when compared to Indian batsmen.

But there are many problems in Indian bowlers. The best bowler who can be relied by India is Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh.

To whom Indian Captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni will hand the ball to do the remaining 30 overs , other than the 2 bowlers mentioned above.

Akmal Brothers are of a bit concern to Indian team. Yes i am talking about Kamran Akmal and Umar Akmal.

Now comes Younis Khan who can help with middle order batting for Pakistan.

Pakistan spin bowlers like Mohammad Hafeez and Saeed Ajmal can take Indian wickets if India is not seriously paying the match.

Will Shoaib Akhtar be in the Pakistan team to play against India is remaining as a Big Question.

Many Old Pakistan captains and Coaches have recommended that involving Shoaib Akhtar can help in fast bowling.

And Indians are waiting to see the War between Shoaib Akhtar and Sachin Tendulkar.

When the Australia and India was playing in the Quarter final most of the people were sitting in befor the television sets or watching the live streaming on websites.

There has been a such a great significance in India to this cricket match that most of the cinema halls were empty and shopping malls became deserted.

Now the time has come when India Vs Pakistan the dream match , which everyone has been asking for is going to be played.

We all are sure that no Indian's or Pakistani's will want to miss this World Cup match.

It has been a very long time after which India and Pakistan are playing against each other.

It has become a Win or Die match for the both teams. Pakistan has been in terrible form till now and has won 6 matches in the 7 matches that were played in this 2011 World Cup.

India has also won in all matches except 1 match against South Africa.

After the Mumbai Terrorist Attack in India , it was found out by investigation agencies that Pakistan was behind the attacks.

This made Indian Government decide to stop all cricket matches between these two countries.

India was on the verge of war with Pakistan during this time.

Now with the India Vs Pakistan match coming It is like a war and Indian team terribly wants to win this for their Country.

This Semi Final match is being played in India which will offer great Ground Support to the Indian team.

Pakistan Vs India will be the Second Semi Final cricket match in this ICC world cup 2011 - 30th March 2011 14.30 (Indian Standard Time)

The match between India and Pakistan is the most expected one and will have the highest audience support.

On Wednesday 30th March 2011 the Second semi Finals match in the ICC World cup 2011 will be held at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali at 2.30 pm (IST).

The winners of the First Quarter Final and Third Quarter Final will meet in the First Semi Final cricket match.

The winners from the 2nd Semi-Final will make their entry to the Finals of the 2011 ICC World Cup Cricket event.

Based on the pedictions of the point levels in Point Table of the Group A & group B teams we have reached at some assumptions.

According to the performance of various cricket teams it is assumed that we can expect the Second Semi Final match to take place between Pakistan Vs India.

The best bowlers and batsmen of this Worldcup cricket has been in the news already and they are getting tremendous appreciations by the fans all over the world.

Who do you think will win in the Second semi Final and get to the Finals of the 2011 World Cup cricket.

In beginning there were 14 cricket teams divided into 2 Groups A , B.

These teams played through the group stage matches winning and losing and at last 8 of them reached the Quarter Finals of the World Cup.

Now 4 teams are selected for the Semi Finals and from this 2 of them will go to make a history.

There has been terrorist attack threat to many matches in World Cup 2011.

And at present at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali there is high security measures implemented to prevent any kind of problems.

The 2011 Semi Final cricket match between India and Pakistan is expected to be the biggest watched World Cup event.

Semi-Final *Terror threat, frenzied cricket buffs cause concern in Mohali.

Punjab Cricket Association is selling the tickets at counters which is being purchased by a huge crowd.

Black Tickets are being sold outside the stadium at high prices for even the gallery seats to watch this crucial match.

About 5000 Visas has been granted for Pakistan Citizens to come to India to watch the India Vs Pakistan Semi Final World cup match on 30 March 2011.

Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik the Sports couple have started a Twitter war about who will win in the India Vs Pakistan cricket match.