Pakistan taking on Sri Lanka Today in Asia Cup

KARACHI: India beats Bangladesh by seven wickets in its first match of Super Four leg while Pakistan taking on Sri Lanka here at National Stadium today. In the first game of Super Four leg between India and Bandledesh, India chased the target with run rate of 6.55 runs per over. Raina hammered 116 runs with three sixers and 11 boundaries. He was followed by Gambhir who smashed 90 runs out of 84 balls with one sixer and ten fours. Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina kept piling up the runs from the generosity of Bangladesh 's fielders. Earlier, Bangladesh scored 283 on the loss of six wickets. The specialty of Bangladesh batting was Alok who smacked 115 runs on 96 balls with five excellent sixes and ten boundaries, thus, becoming the first batsman to have hit a hundred against India in ODI cricket. He added 112 runs in sixth-wicket partnership with Mahmudulla, which is also an Asia Cup record for this wicket. The previous record was 103, set by Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya and Tillekeratne Dilshan also against India, at Colombo in 2004. In the second match of Super Four Leg Pakistan playing aganist defending champions Srilanka, Sri lankan team already won their both group matches.
In today’s fixture Pakistan would be using Abdul Rauf in place of injured Pace bowler Umer Gul as Asia Cup technical committee allowed Pakistan team management to use other option in place of injured pacer. While according to Pakistan teams' coach Jeff Lawson, Pakistan is planning to use Left arm fast bowler, Wahab Riaz, he has played four one day international.