India level T20 series: Pakistan lost to India in 2nd T20 Match

Pakistan lost against India by 11 runs in the second Twenty20 match being played in Ahmedabad on Friday.

Indian cricket team has leveled the T20 series against Pakistan after defeating Greenshirts by 11 runs. It was a close fight between the two arch rivals but in the end India succeded in leveling the series. Pakistani team scored 181 runs for the loss of seven wickets.

Dinda bowled an extraordinary second last over, taking three important wickets of Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez and Kamran Akmal.

Mohammad hafeez remained the leading batsmen from Pakistani side and scored 55 runs of 26 balls. Nasir Jamshed 41, Ahmed Shahzad 31 and Umar Akmal 24 also played an important role in building the Pakistani innings.

Ashok Dinda was the leading wicket taker for India with three wickets. Ashwin, Singh and Kumar also shared one wicket each.

Earlier, Indian cricket team on Thursday set a huge target of 193 runs in the second Twenty20 match. Pakistan cricket team won the toss of the match and decided to ball first.

The Indian team scored 192 runs in 20 over for the loss of five wickets. Brilliant partnership between Yuvrag Singh 72 and M.S. Dhoni 33 helped the team India to setup a pile of runs against arch rival. Other batsmen who entered into the double figures include Rahane 28, Kohli 27 and Gambhir 21.

The match will be followed by three one-day matches during the short series, which is the first since the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

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