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Pakistan unpredictable

Bishwajit Roy
Shoalb Malik's men reminded everyone that they still have the reputation
of the most unpredictable team in the world after the way his side bounced back from the humiliating league match defeat to clinch the tri-series title with a 25-run victory against India in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium last night.
And Pakistan captain admitted in the post-match briefing that they always come up with their best under pressure, and especially against their traditional rivals, and there was no exception in the Kitply Cup final.
"We were under pressure after the big (140-run) defeat in the first league match against India but we always play our best in this kind of situation," said a very excited Pakistan skipper, whose side made sure yesterday that India would not repeat what happened ten years back in the Independence Cup final where India chased down 314 runs.
The Pakistanis were shattered by an embarrassing defeat and the > immediate reaction from the board president but it could only ignite them to show their best in the final.
"We were actually encouraged by the criticism and we learnt something from that. We sat together to make the plan on how we can overcome it and in the end our plan worked. The presence of
our board president definitely boosted our morale before the final," responded Malik with a smile when he was asked whether the e-mail played any role behind the terrific success.
He lavished praise to Younis Khan and Salman Butt who shared a 205-run second wicket partnership to put the Indians under piles of runs with 315-3 in their share of 50 overs after the winners won the toss to bat first in front of a fullhousecrowd.
"Today was our day as everything went in favour of us from winning the toss to the finish. But I must give all credit to Younis and Salman as the pair batted brilliantly to almost decide the fate of the match. If you make 300-plus runs in a day-night match, it means you keep control of the game," said Malik.
He however rated the Indian batting highly in reply to a mammoth target despite being bundled out for 290 runs in 48.2 overs.
" India batted well and they have a very strong batting line-up but we also bowled well and used six bowlers successfully. We have to rotate the bowlers because of India's right-hand, left-hand combination," he said.
On the other hand, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that they lost the game because they made some mistakes in their planning of the chase.
"I must say that the target was achievable In this condition but we made some mistakes. It was the wrong decision to send Suresh
Raina to bat before me. On the other hand we lost wickets In regularinterval," Dhoni admitted.
"We didn't get a good start and then we didn't have partnerships at any stage. You must have some wickets in hand in the latter stages to accelerate the run-rate but we didn't have much left," explained Dhoni, who top scored for his side with 64 off 59 balls.
Dhoni was also not ready to blame the bowlers for giving away too many runs.
"I can't blame my bowlers but the two (Pakistan) batsmen also batted well to put up a good total on the board," added Dhoni.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the Kitply Cup triangular one-day series final between Pakistan and India at the Sher e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday:
PAKISTAN
Butt retd hurt 129
Akmal c Dhoni bl Pathan 15 Younus Khan c Sehwag b Ishant 108 Misbahul c Rohit b I Pathan 33 Afridi notout 10 Malik not out 11 Extras: (b-2, lb-4, nb-1, w-2) 9 Total: (For three wkts in 50 overs) 315 Did not bat: Yousuf, Tanvir, Gul, Anjum, Fawad.
FaU of wickets: 1 -34,2-239,3-293.
Bowler OMR W
Kumar 10 1 37 0 Ishant 10 0 57 1
I Pathan 10 0 59 2 Chawla 10 0 85 0 Sehwag 3 0 26 0
Y Pathan 2 011 0
Yuvraj 4 0 23 0
Raina 1 0 11 0
INDIA
Gambhir c sub (Jamshed) b Gul 40 Sehwagc Malik bTanvir 2
R Sharma c sub (Jamshed) b Gul 24 Y Pa thane Younis b Iftikhar 25
Yuvraj c Akmal b Afridi 56
Raina c Afridi b Fa wad 24
Dhoni c sub (Jamshed) b Afridi 64 1 Pathan c Malik b Iftikhar 28
Kumar lbw b Gul 5
Chawlab Gul 2
I Sharma not out 0
Extras: (lb-7,nb-2,w-11) 20
Total (AJi out in 48 2 overs) 290
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-67, 3-79, 4-106, 5-179, 6-187, 7-247, 8-262, 9-284.
Bowler O M R W
Gul 9 0 57 4
Tanvir 10 1 60 1
Iftikhar 10 0 58 2
Afridi 9.2 0 56 2
Malik 4 0 28 0
Fawad 6 0 24 1
Result: Pakistan won by 25 runs. Man-of-the-match: Younis Khan. Man-of-the-series: Salman Butt. Toss: Pakistan