COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Sat, Sept. 29) - Australia crushed India by a
huge margin of 9 wickets in their first Super Eight encounter. Earlier
India won the toss and choosing to bat first managed to put up a modest
140 for seven in Colombo yesterday.
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| T20 World Cup Points Table (Sept. 29) -- Australia and West Indies Top Group 2 and Group 1 Respectively |
All
rounder and former ODI captain Shane Watson grabbed 3-34 and struck 72
off 42 balls to lift Australia to an emphatic victory over batting power
India in the Super Eights match of the World Twenty20.
Opting
to bat on a slowish wicket, India were found themselves deep in trouble
facing the pace of Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc while they had little
answers for Shane Watson's swinging and variety of bowling.
In the first match of the day;
Pakistan have kick-started their World Twenty20 Super Eights campaign
with a 2-wicket victory over South Africa in a thrilling contest on the
same venue.
Umar Gul emerged as Pakistan's unlikely batting hero, blasting a 17-ball 32 to give the 2009 champions' a narrow triumph over South Africa in a nail-biting contest on Friday.
Chasing a 134-run victory target, Pakistan were reeling at 76 for seven in the 15th over when Gul joined Umar Akmal (43 not out) and they added 49 runs off 4.3 overs to turn the group two match on its head.
After
winning their matches Australia and Pakistan are now on top of the
points table, respectively. See the latest points table above.
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