IndiaPakO.D.I Matches
2nd One Day International,Rawalpindi

After a heartbreak for India in the previous one dayer,both the teams met at Rawalpindi after a 4 day gap between both the 2 matches. India had unfortunately lost by the duckwort lewis method in the 1st game,and came out all guns blasing in this one.
Pakistan went into this game unchanged,whereas India made 2 changes. Ramesh Powar replaced Murali Karthik in India's 12 and the U.P. lad Suresh Raina got into the first 11

Pakistani skipper Inzamam Ul Huq won the toss yet again and decided to bat on a slow looking wicket.History suggested it was a good decision as the team batting first had won the match on the last 2 occassions. But Pakistan had an early hiccup. Salman Butt,centurion of the last game was taken this time for a duck by Irfan Pathan as Butt edged Pathan straight to Dhoni, first of Pathan's 3 man of the match winning victims. Shoaib Malik came out to bat once more at the no.3 spot. It turned out to be a super decision as he scored 95 runs,at a time when wickets kept falling around him. Akmal,Yusuf and Inzamam were all taken cheaply by the Indians. Younis Khan's highest score against the Indians in O.D.I's had previously been 46,but he bettered it at Rawalpindi by scoring a flawless 81. Pakistan ending up with 266.

Scores
S.Malik 95
Y.Kahn 81
India came out under a lot of pressure.They knew that they had to win this match, if they would've lost it they would've gone 2-0 down,with almost no way back into the series. Sehwag was also under a lot of pressure as he hadnt performed well for the last few O.D.I's. But India got off to a flier. Sehwag n Sachin were smashing the Pakistani's all over the ground. Sehwag was particularly severe on Rana Naved Ul Hasan as he took 22 of a single over by him. Sachin started off slowly but then looked in the groove for yet another big one,but was dismissed against the run of play for a well made 42,during which he scored his 2000th against the Pakistani's. Sehwag continued blazing around and finished up with a well made 68,before he was runout by an Umar Gul direct throw from the boundary. Yuvraj(82*) n Dravid(56) got together and batted extremely positively,but still safely and guided India almost to safety. When Dravid got out victory was only a formality for the Indians and Kaif got onto the wicket to score off the remaining runs.

Scores
Y.Singh 81*
V.Sehwag 68
R.Dravid 56

Man Of The Match:Irfan Pathan