Pakistan beat India by 25 runs in the final

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, 14 Jun 2008. Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat.

India29048.2 ov

Pakistan won by 25 runs

Pakistan won the tournament

Match report

From the scorecard

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat. Pakistan made 315 for 3 in 50 overs, Salman Butt 129 not out from 136 balls and Younis Khan 108 from 99 balls. Irfan Pathan took 2 for 59.

India were bowled out for 290, MS Dhoni 64 from 59 balls and Yuvraj Singh 56 from 59 balls. Umar Gul took 4 for 57.

Pakistan won by 25 runs.

Key performers

129*Salman ButtPakistan. 136 balls, 12 fours, 3 sixes

4/57Umar GulPakistan. 9 overs

64MS DhoniIndia. 59 balls, 3 fours, 2 sixes

2/59Irfan PathanIndia. 10 overs

Pakistan innings

315/3(50 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Salman Buttretired hurt	retired hurt	129*	136	12	3	94.85
Kamran Akmal †c †MS Dhoni b IK Pathan	c †MS Dhoni b IK Pathan	15	26	3	0	57.69
Younis Khanc V Sehwag b I Sharma	c V Sehwag b I Sharma	108	99	8	3	109.09
Misbah-ul-Haqc RG Sharma b IK Pathan	c RG Sharma b IK Pathan	33	21	4	1	157.14
Shahid Afridinot out	not out	10*	11	0	0	90.91
Shoaib Maliknot out	not out	11*	8	2	0	137.50
Extras(b 2, lb 4, w 2, nb 1)	(b 2, lb 4, w 2, nb 1)	9
Total50 Ov (RR 6.30)	50 Ov (RR 6.30)	315/3

Did not bat: Mohammad Yousuf, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Iftikhar Anjum, Fawad Alam

Fall of wickets: 34-1 (Kamran Akmal, 9.3 ov), 239-2 (Younis Khan, 42 ov), 293-3 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 47.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Praveen Kumar	10	1	37	0	3.70	37	4	0	0	0
Ishant Sharma	10	0	57	1	5.70	33	7	0	2	1
Irfan Pathan	10	0	59	2	5.90	24	7	0	0	0
Piyush Chawla	10	0	85	0	8.50	21	5	5	0	0
Virender Sehwag	3	0	26	0	8.67	7	1	2	0	0
Yusuf Pathan	2	0	11	0	5.50	5	1	0	0	0
Yuvraj Singh	4	0	23	0	5.75	8	2	0	0	0
Suresh Raina	1	0	11	0	11.00	1	2	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	Salman Butt 19(31) & Kamran Akmal 15(26)	34	57
2nd	Younis Khan 108(99) & Salman Butt 92(97)	205	195
3rd	Misbah-ul-Haq 24(16) & Salman Butt 18(8)	43	24
3rd	Misbah-ul-Haq 9(5) & Shahid Afridi 2(4)	11	9
4th	Shahid Afridi 8(7) & Shoaib Malik 11(8)	22*	15

India innings

290(48.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Gautam Gambhirc sub (Nasir Jamshed) b Umar Gul	c sub (Nasir Jamshed) b Umar Gul	40	33	4	1	121.21
Virender Sehwagc Shoaib Malik b Sohail Tanvir	c Shoaib Malik b Sohail Tanvir	2	8	0	0	25.00
Rohit Sharmac sub (Nasir Jamshed) b Umar Gul	c sub (Nasir Jamshed) b Umar Gul	24	27	5	0	88.89
Yusuf Pathanc Younis Khan b Iftikhar Anjum	c Younis Khan b Iftikhar Anjum	25	25	4	0	100.00
Yuvraj Singhc †Kamran Akmal b Shahid Afridi	c †Kamran Akmal b Shahid Afridi	56	59	5	1	94.92
Suresh Rainac Shahid Afridi b Fawad Alam	c Shahid Afridi b Fawad Alam	24	32	2	0	75.00
MS Dhoni †c sub (Nasir Jamshed) b Shahid Afridi	c sub (Nasir Jamshed) b Shahid Afridi	64	59	3	2	108.47
Irfan Pathanc Shoaib Malik b Iftikhar Anjum	c Shoaib Malik b Iftikhar Anjum	28	35	1	1	80.00
Praveen Kumarlbw b Umar Gul	lbw b Umar Gul	5	8	0	0	62.50
Piyush Chawlab Umar Gul	b Umar Gul	2	5	0	0	40.00
Ishant Sharmanot out	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.00
Extras(lb 7, w 11, nb 2)	(lb 7, w 11, nb 2)	20
Total48.2 Ov (RR 6.00)	48.2 Ov (RR 6.00) · Target 316 from 50 ov	290

Fall of wickets: 8-1 (V Sehwag, 1.5 ov), 67-2 (RG Sharma, 10.3 ov), 79-3 (G Gambhir, 12.2 ov), 106-4 (YK Pathan, 17.3 ov), 179-5 (SK Raina, 29 ov), 187-6 (Yuvraj Singh, 31.5 ov), 247-7 (IK Pathan, 43.1 ov), 262-8 (P Kumar, 45.4 ov), 284-9 (PP Chawla, 47.5 ov), 290-10 (MS Dhoni, 48.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Umar Gul	9	0	57	4	6.33	30	7	1	0	2
Sohail Tanvir	10	1	60	1	6.00	28	5	1	2	0
Iftikhar Anjum	10	0	58	2	5.80	30	6	1	0	0
Shahid Afridi	9.2	0	56	2	6.00	25	2	2	3	0
Shoaib Malik	4	0	28	0	7.00	11	4	0	0	0
Fawad Alam	6	0	24	1	4.00	15	0	0	1	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	G Gambhir 5(3) & V Sehwag 2(8)	8	11
2nd	RG Sharma 24(27) & G Gambhir 32(25)	59	52
3rd	G Gambhir 3(5) & YK Pathan 9(6)	12	11
4th	YK Pathan 16(19) & Yuvraj Singh 8(13)	27	31
5th	SK Raina 24(32) & Yuvraj Singh 45(37)	73	69
6th	Yuvraj Singh 3(9) & MS Dhoni 5(8)	8	17
7th	IK Pathan 28(35) & MS Dhoni 25(34)	60	68
8th	MS Dhoni 10(7) & P Kumar 5(8)	15	15
9th	PP Chawla 2(5) & MS Dhoni 18(8)	22	13
10th	I Sharma 0(1) & MS Dhoni 6(2)	6	3

Commentary

48.2W

Shahid Afridi to MS Dhoni, OUT

MS Dhoni c sub (Nasir Jamshed) b Shahid Afridi 64(59) [4s-3 6s-2] · FoW 290/10 (48.2 ov)

48.16

Shahid Afridi to MS Dhoni, SIX

End of over 487 runs, 1 wktIND 284/91Lb1Lb41W0

I Sharma 0(1)MS Dhoni 58(57)Umar Gul 9-0-57-4

47.60

Umar Gul to I Sharma, no run

47.5W

Umar Gul to PP Chawla, OUT

PP Chawla b Umar Gul 2(5) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 284/9 (47.5 ov)

47.41

Umar Gul to MS Dhoni, 1 run

47.34

Umar Gul to MS Dhoni, FOUR

47.21Lb

Umar Gul to PP Chawla, 1 leg bye

47.11Lb

Umar Gul to MS Dhoni, 1 leg bye

End of over 4714 runsIND 277/8126221

MS Dhoni 53(54)PP Chawla 2(3)Sohail Tanvir 10-1-60-1

46.61

Sohail Tanvir to MS Dhoni, 1 run

46.52

Sohail Tanvir to MS Dhoni, 2 runs

46.42

Sohail Tanvir to MS Dhoni, 2 runs

FIFTY for MS Dhoni (50 off 52)

46.36

Sohail Tanvir to MS Dhoni, SIX

46.22

Sohail Tanvir to MS Dhoni, 2 runs

46.11

Sohail Tanvir to PP Chawla, 1 run

End of over 463 runs, 1 wktIND 263/8011W01

PP Chawla 1(2)MS Dhoni 40(49)Umar Gul 8-0-52-3

45.61

Umar Gul to PP Chawla, 1 run

45.50

Umar Gul to PP Chawla, no run

45.4W

Umar Gul to P Kumar, OUT

P Kumar lbw b Umar Gul 5(8) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 262/8 (45.4 ov)

45.31

Umar Gul to MS Dhoni, 1 run

45.21

Umar Gul to P Kumar, 1 run

45.10

Umar Gul to P Kumar, no run

End of over 458 runsIND 260/7111014

MS Dhoni 39(48)P Kumar 4(5)Sohail Tanvir 9-1-46-1

44.64

Sohail Tanvir to MS Dhoni, FOUR

44.51

Sohail Tanvir to P Kumar, 1 run

44.40

Sohail Tanvir to P Kumar, no run

44.31

Sohail Tanvir to MS Dhoni, 1 run

44.21

Sohail Tanvir to P Kumar, 1 run