In a sensational and hair raising finish, with two balls remaining and six runs required, Shoaib Malik's sixer off Jadeja won the first T20I match against India minutes from now at Bangalore.
Match winning duo of Pakistan: Hafeez [left] - Malik [left] (Photos: Cricinfo)
Winning the toss, Pakistan elected to field to create suspense and winning sensation right in the middle of the aggressive Indian crowd and the cricket team.
India batting first gave a target of 134 for Pakistan to chase. None of the Indian batsman scored a half century. Gambhir and Rahane were the only to batsmen to score more than 40, that is 43 and 42 respectively. Whereas the remaining players could not cross 10. They were all out for 133/9. From Pakistan end, Umer Gul took 3 for 21 and Saeed Ajmal took 2 for 25.
Coming to bat, Pakistan lost two early wicket of Nasir (2) and Shehzad (5). Thereafter captain Hafeex and Malik stood to their feet and added valuable 61 and 57. It was Shoaib's six with two balls remaining that won the match for Pakistan. Kumar took 3 for 9 on his maiden debut.
Hafeez was declared player of the match for his superb match winning 61.
The second T20I is being played Friday.
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