Pakistan vs India | 2nd Semi Final | WC 11 | Mohali | 30/03/11 | India Innings

[The Slogger]

LETS DO THIS PAKISTAN!

Shoaib Akhtar is NOT playing today - Confirmed

Ajmal LIKELY to play

 

[hamzie]

Ajmal im sure will play.
Akthar shouldnt.. liability in the field

 

[PakPeace]

if Katharine isn;t playing i will be very disappointed but surely Jamal has to play

 

[The Slogger]

Ajmal has to play tho

 

[Imy]

Pakistan do your best ,win or loose just play with your brains and fight

 

[Rizie]

I hope the rumor of not playing akthar is to confuse india

Inshalah hr will play

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[Free Hit]

the slogger. your highly unlikely's sources are ARY?

ajmal will play, akhtar play or not play, afridi will make best decision for the team. not tendulkar v akhtar rivalry sake.

 

[Wiji]

I SAW A DREAM LAST NIGHT. MISBAH SMACKED AN INDIAN SPINNER FOR 28+ RUNS IN AN OVER!!!

And I'm not a huge Misbah fan, but he really did make it look effortless. Not sure exactly how many runs it was, or who the bowler was.

 

[Free Hit]

I SAW A DREAM LAST NIGHT. MISBAH SMACKED AN INDIAN SPINNER FOR 28+ RUNS IN AN OVER!!!

And I'm not a huge Misbah fan, but he really did make it look effortless. Not sure exactly how many runs it was, or who the bowler was.

everyone had dreams regarding this match. mine you dont want to know

 

[The Slogger]

ok Sidhu and co. are live

 

[The Slogger]

ian chappel, sidhu, hughes

 

[Yossarian]

Afridi has not done anything with the bat - so far in this WC.

I just have a feeling that he might make up for it today and smack the Indian bowlers all over the place!

 

[The Slogger]

Sidhu: Pakistan have been relying on their bowling, their batting hasnt fired

 

[enigmatic_stani]

Afridi has not done anything with the bat - so far in this WC.

I just have a feeling that he might make up for it today and smack the Indian bowlers all over the place!

Wont matter if Ajmal and Akhtar are not playing as the Indians will have a field day with our bowlers minus Gul.

 

[The Slogger]

Pakistan arrived nice and early, and SHOAIB AKHTAR was the first person to get on the crease and bowl.

trying to prove a point here?

 

[sam]

Shoaib perhaps is playing.

 

[IAJ]

Lols Sarfraz Nawaz in PTVs studio wearing Pakistan's WC shirt. Imagine a young sarfraz reversing ball against these indian batsmen today.

 

[pakcricketfan]

Ramiz Raja doesn't think Shoaib Akhtar will play.

 

[The Slogger]

Ramiz: Shoaib unlikely to play

 

[sam]

Manjrekar: Ajmal playing.

 

[The Slogger]

Waqar: Shoaib not playing

 

[The Slogger]

Manjrekar: I'll be surprised if Pakistan win today. India has a better leader than Pakistan

 

[IAJ]

Waqar: Shoaib not playing

Well then it is confirmed?

 

[The Slogger]

Well then it is confirmed?

Yeah he is out, unless some miracle happens before the toss and changes his mind

 

[akamaka]

Rameez: "Afridi doesn't feel confident about ahktar's fitness."
Manjrekar : "waqar says shoaib ahktar very unlikely to play"

 

[The Slogger]

Rameez: "Afridi doesn't feel confident about ahktar's fitness."
Manjrekar : "waqar says shoaib ahktar very unlikely to play"

no

Manjrekar: I talked to Waqar today, HE SAID Akhtar will NOT be playing today

 

[Namak_Halaal]

I'm losing respect for Manjrekar, minute by minute.

 

[Namak_Halaal]

Cricinfo match commentary:

1320: Will Shoaib play? (He was bowling a while ago during the warm-ups) Will Munaf play? Or Nehra, or Sreesanth? Will Pakistan open with spin? Will India continue to bench Yusuf Pathan?

My favourite India-Pakistan memory is from an obscure warm-up match at The Oval during the 2009 World Twenty20. The game had nothing riding on it but the ground was packed, and unlike games in either India or Pakistan, where the crowd can be extremely partisan, there was equal support for both teams. So there were no pregnant silences when the "away" team hit a four. The noise was unbelievable for every ball ... India won that match but Pakistan famously went on to win the tournament, with their fans singing and dancing to Dil dil Pakistan throughout.

 

[Free Hit]

I'm losing respect for Manjrekar, minute by minute.

the day he says 'pakistan is good country, and team' your respect will again reach the heights. point is, he is indian, and he has 4 times more public to make happy than us pakistanis.

 

[imshally81]

Dho ker Pak ker dia Barish ney Zameen ko
Key aj Fatah ka Sajda shukar karna hey hum ko .... Inshallah

 

[Namak_Halaal]

the day he says 'pakistan is good country, and team' your respect will again reach the heights. point is, he is indian, and he has 4 times more public to make happy than us pakistanis.

I'm not dissing the guy for being bias, of course not, but he's clearly politicizing this match with his commentary. Manjrekar is a bell-end.

 

[yahyah86]

Afridi has not done anything with the bat - so far in this WC.

I just have a feeling that he might make up for it today and smack the Indian bowlers all over the place!

You know what i was getting that gut feeling all last night

 

[yahyah86]

59 minutes till zero hour

 

[yahyah86]

Gonna head to Gaddaffi soon, will have my blackberry with me posting how the great people of Lahore are reacting

 

[Atif]

So who is nervous ? lol

 

[yahyah86]

My cousins already at Gadaffi stadium the crowd is cheering AKHTAR AKHTAR right now...if Akhtar isn't chosen and wahab has to come back via Illima iqbal bahut saray jhooton kay haar tiyar honay hain and Akhtar will be a hero

 

[pakcricketfan]

So who is nervous ? lol

*raises both hands*

 

[enigmatic_stani]

Been to the toilet like 3 times already this morning!!! The lota use is in overdrive!

 

[yahyah86]

53 minutes untill zero hour still no confirmed report regarding Akhtar

 

[bluevision]

Commentary will be full of crap today. (Star cricket)..Better switch on the radio!

 

[b0wld]

Pitch report from Ganguly is that its a flat pitch with lots of cracks and green patches..all in all the pitch is suitable of batting and is on the slower side

 

[sam]

Think Ashwin is not playing today.

Veera: Sharda spots through her binoculars and says, "The only Indian bowlers practising are Zaheer, Munaf, Harbhajan and Nehra.

Cricinfo.

 

[the saint]

hopefully an epiphany from the man above to Afridi in the next 9 minutes to play akhtar

 

[NJamal]

Go PAKISTAN Go- May Allah help us shatter the dream of a BILLION

 

[Atif]

toss in 7 minutes...cant wait..

 

[james_bond]

7 minutes to toss, shahid needs to win the toss. Cant chase in such a high voltage game.

 

[Atif]

*raises both hands*

Lol ave got no nails left.

 

[james_bond]

6 minutes now.

 

[james_bond]

5 now.

 

[Sledger]

Wicket looks very flat, only a bit of grass. Might be some bounce.

Experts saying it is easily a 300 run wicket. Dew will play a major part apparently.

 

[PB]

4:26...And still no coverage by the channels..PATHETIC.

 

[SohailQureshi]

Common Pakistan! Inshallah we will win this match

 

[Anfield]

4 mins

 

[enigmatic_stani]

Please please win the toss and bat first....

 

[Khan88]

Sidhu believes there will be a dew factor in play.

 

[Anfield]

4:26...And still no coverage by the channels..PATHETIC.

agreed..pathetic indeed

 

[PB]

agreed..pathetic indeed

If it was a normal match, I wouldn't care but a match of this calibre? Thats just not right

 

[the saint]

if pakistan is batting second, the team will be all out before the dew factor comes into play

 

[b0wld]

toss coming up

 

[Anfield]

If it was a normal match, I wouldn't care but a match of this calibre? Thats just not right

lol dude..GEO super I heard have had their coverage started hours ago...sucks for us canadians :adnan

 

[yahyah86]

India will be all out?

 

[Khan88]

Harsha says they're hearing Ashwin replaced by Nehra, Pakistan unchanged.

 

[Anfield]

FINALLY on

 

[b0wld]

We have lot the toss

 

[Khan88]

India will bat first.

 

[GabKhan]

Whoever bats first wins.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

India won the toss and will bat 1st.

 

[yahyah86]

India is going to bat

 

[midaz]

Oh no, Pak chasing

 

[GabKhan]

Is that confirmed that India will bat first?

 

[PB]

India batting

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Whoever bats first wins.

Lets not watch the game now.

 

[Iffitheking]

ok India bat first... first prediction complete...

 

[Khan88]

Nehra in place of Ashwin )

 

[Xshazero]

India batting first??

 

[Munna]

uh oh

 

[GabKhan]

Damnit. Afridi has lost what the last four tosses??

 

[Sledger]

Ashwin dropped for Nehra.

 

[Pakipride19]

India Batting, Akhtar out

 

[Afridi_Fan]

ok India bat first... first prediction complete...

And whats the prediction?