2011 Cricket World Cup Semifinal
Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh and Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousuf Raza Gilani interacting with the players before the match.
Event2011 Cricket World Cup
India Pakistan
India Pakistan
260/9 231
50 overs 49.5 overs
Date30 March 2011
VenuePunjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Player of the matchIndia Sachin Tendulkar
UmpiresAustralia Simon Taufel (On-field)
England Ian Gould (On-field)
Australia Billy Bowden (TV Umpire)
Australia Rod Tucker (Reserve)
Sri Lanka Ranjan Madugalle[1] (Match Referee)

The 2nd semi-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was played between the Indian cricket team and the Pakistani cricket team at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali on 30 March 2011. India won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 260 runs in their allotted 50 overs while losing 9 wickets. Pakistan, after starting well, fell short; they were all out for 231 runs in 49.5 overs. Thus, India won the match by 29 runs and qualified for the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final, while eliminating Pakistan from the tournament.[2] India subsequently beat Sri Lanka in the final, winning the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

Rivalry background

Main article: India–Pakistan cricket rivalry

India and Pakistan have been rivals in various fields since the Partition of India in 1947. Since then the countries have fought three wars against each other. Since the first international cricket match between the two countries in 1952, political or diplomatic tensions frequently influenced their cricket relations, including the suspension of cricket tours. Once it became clear that the two teams would play each other in the 2nd semi-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011 a great deal of hype was generated; the match was even equated to war.[3]

Match

The match was played on 30 March 2011 at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali in India. There were fears that rain would curtail or postpone the match until the Meteorological Department issued assurances that the period of the match would be rain-free.[4] The Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first. India made 260 runs in their 50 overs, losing 9 wickets. Sachin Tendulkar top scored with 85 runs and was declared the man of the match. Pakistan on the other hand, though getting off to a good start failed to maintain consistency and were restricted to just 231 runs while being bowled out in 49.5 overs. India won the match and confirmed their place in the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final.

30 March 2011
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
260/9 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
231 (49.5 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 85 (115)
Wahab Riaz 5/46 (10 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 56 (76)
Ashish Nehra 3/33 (10 overs)
India won by 29 runs
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat
Final scorecard
1st innings
 Indian Batting
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Virender Sehwag lbw b Riaz 38 25 9 0 152.00
Sachin Tendulkar c Afridi b Ajmal 85 115 11 0 73.91
Gautam Gambhir st †Kamran Akmal b Hafeez 27 32 2 0 84.38
Virat Kohli c Umar Akmal b Riaz 9 21 0 0 42.86
Yuvraj Singh b Riaz 0 1 0 0 0.00
MS Dhoni † lbw Riaz 25 42 2 0 59.52
Suresh Raina not out 36 39 3 0 92.31
Harbhajan Singh st †Kamran Akmal b Ajmal 12 15 2 0 80.00
Zaheer Khan c †Kamran Akmal b Riaz 9 10 1 0 90.00
Ashish Nehra run out (Riaz/†Kamran Akmal) 1 2 0 0 50.00
Munaf Patel not out 0 0 0 0 N/A
Extras (lb 8, nb 2, w 8) 18
Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 260

Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Virender Sehwag, 5.5 ov), 2-116 (Gautam Gambhir, 18.5 ov), 3-141 (Virat Kohli, 25.2 ov), 4-141 (Yuvraj Singh, 25.3 ov), 5-187 (Sachin Tendulkar, 36.6 ov), 6-205 (MS Dhoni, 41.4 ov), 7-236 (Harbhajan Singh, 46.4 ov), 8-256 (Zaheer Khan, 49.2 ov), 9–258 (Ashish Nehra, 49.5 ov)

 Pakistani Bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs
Umar Gul 8 0 69 0 8.63 (({wides))} (({no-balls))}
Abdul Razzaq 2 0 14 0 7.00 (({wides))} (({no-balls))}
Wahab Riaz 10 0 46 5 4.60 (({wides))} (({no-balls))}
Saeed Ajmal 10 0 44 2 4.40 (({wides))} (({no-balls))}
Shahid Afridi 10 0 45 0 4.50 (({wides))} (({no-balls))}
Mohammad Hafeez 10 0 34 1 3.40 (({wides))} (({no-balls))}
2nd innings
 Pakistani Batting
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Kamran Akmal † c Yuvraj b Zaheer 19 21 3 0 90.48
Mohammad Hafeez c †Dhoni b Munaf 43 59 7 0 72.88
Asad Shafiq b Yuvraj 30 39 2 0 76.92
Younis Khan c Raina b Nehra 13 32 0 0 40.63
Misbah-ul-Haq c Kohli b Zaheer 56 76 5 1 73.68
Umar Akmal b Harbhajan 29 24 1 2 120.83
Abdul Razzaq b Munaf 3 9 0 0 33.33
Shahid Afridi c Sehwag b Harbhajan 19 17 1 0 111.76
Wahab Riaz c Tendulkar b Nehra 8 14 1 0 57.14
Umar Gul lbw Nehra 2 3 0 0 66.67
Saeed Ajmal not out 1 5 0 0 20.00
Extras (w 8) 8
Total (49.5 overs) 231

Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Kamran Akmal, 8.6 ov), 2-70 (Mohammad Hafeez, 15.3 ov), 3-103 (Asad Shafiq, 23.5 ov), 4-106 (Younis Khan, 25.4 ov), 5-142 (Umar Akmal, 33.1 ov), 6-150 (Abdul Razzaq, 36.2 ov), 7-184 (Shahid Afridi, 41.5 ov), 8-199 (Wahab Riaz, 44.5 ov), 9-208 (Umar Gul, 46.1 ov), 10-231 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 49.5 ov)

 Indian Bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs
Zaheer Khan 9.5 0 58 2 5.90 (({wides))} (({no-balls))}
Ashish Nehra 10 0 33 2 3.30 (({wides))} (({no-balls))}
Munaf Patel 10 1 40 2 4.00 (({wides))} (({no-balls))}
Harbhajan Singh 10 0 43 2 4.30 (({wides))} (({no-balls))}
Yuvraj Singh 10 1 57 1 5.70 (({wides))} (({no-balls))}

Buildup and aftermath

The match was played in front of a huge crowd. This included Victory Venkatesh, Aamir Khan, Priety Zinta, Vivek Oberoi and many other celebrities and diplomats from both nations.[5][6][7] Cricket diplomacy was used to strengthen the relationships between the two nations after the deterioration caused by the 2008 Mumbai attacks: Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh invited his Pakistani counterpart, Yousuf Raza Gilani, to watch the match with him at Mohali; Gilani accepted.[8][9]

After the victory, revelry erupted throughout India and fans across the country celebrated through the night.[10][11] In Pakistan, the loss was met with violence and agitation by several fans.[12][13] In Pakistan it was reported that three people, including a Pakistani actor, died of shock after Pakistan lost the match.[14][15] The match drew high television ratings – in India it had an estimated 11.74% TV rating for the whole match,[16][17] although its audience was beaten by the India v Sri Lanka final with 135 million viewers.[18]

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