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India pulled it off amazingly with a partnership of 59 from 25 by the Pathan brothers. Everyone thought it was match over when Jadeja departed, but India had depth in their batting which was illustrated by the terrific hitting from the Pathan brothers. The Lankan team will be shell shocked at the moment.
Match Ended India beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets Date: February 10, 2009 Toss: Sri Lanka, Elected to Bat MOM: Yusuf Pathan Referee: Chris Broad (ENG) Umpires: Gamini Silva (SL), Tyron Wijewardene (SL) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Series Status: India wins the One-off Twenty20 International
Teams India (From): Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(w/c), Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Irfan Pathan, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma, Laxmipathy Balaji
Dilshan: The 15 wides was the turning point of the match
Dhoni: It is a very funny game and it started turning, it is a good learning experience.
The match was similar to the WC T20 when Pakistan needed big runs in the last overs. India was under pressure as they were loosing wickets at one side and run rate was going up on the other side. The Pathan brothers came on the pitch and change the angle of win towards India. The match will be remember for the sudden changes that took place throughtout the match.
Bit interesting to note but let you know that when Dilhara Fernando Came to bowl the 19th Over, all crowd at Colombo started shouting "Don't give him bowl". But did the captain heard. Nope, he gave the ball to him and the result was as thought by the crowd. He made the come back for Sri Lankans impossible as after that over India just needed 5 Runs of 6 Balls, and that was an easy task for Pathan Bandhu's.
Its really good to see Pathan brother in the middle of the pitch timing the ball very good and hitting couple of big sixes through the stands. In future these two brothers are very important assets of indian cricket team.
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Zain
Its really good to see Pathan brother in the middle of the pitch timing the ball very good and hitting couple of big sixes through the stands. In future these two brothers are very important assets of indian cricket team.
Ya, Pathan Brothers would be important Assets for Indian Team. They are two allrounders India might need atleast in the Twenty20 format.
Moreover, I would recommend Rohit Sharma to take training of how to hit big sixes. ODI and T20 requires powerful hittings indeed and we know Rohit Sharma don't have that so.
India vs Sri Lanka, Twenty20 - T20 - Highlights - Cricket Video Highlights - 2009 
