2nd T20 India v Pakistan

India win by 11 runs and levels the T20 series 1-1

India team

G Gambhir, AM Rahane, V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, SK Raina, RG Sharma, MS Dhoni*†, B Kumar, R Ashwin, I Sharma, AB Dinda

	Pakistan team
Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez*, Kamran Akmal†, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan

Ind 192/5 20 overs

India Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gambhir	lbw	b Gul	21	11	4	0
Rahane	c and b	Gul	28	26	4	0
Kohli	run out (Ajmal)		27	22	3	0
Yuvraj Singh	c Shoaib Malik	b Gul	72	36	4	7
Dhoni		b Gul	33	23	4	0
Raina	not out		1	1	0	0
Ro Sharma	not out		4	2	1	0
Extras		1nb 5lb	6
Total		for 5	192	(20.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Irfan 4.0 0 20 0 Tanvir 4.0 0 44 0 Gul 4.0 0 37 4 Ajmal 4.0 0 42 0 Shahid Afridi 3.0 0 33 0 Hafeez 1.0 0 11 0

Fall of wicket   44 Gambhir 53 Rahane 88 Kohli 185 Yuvraj Singh 187 Dhoni

Pak 181/7 20 overs

Pakistan Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Jamshed	c Kohli	b Ashwin	41	32	4	1
Shehzad	st Dhoni	b Yuvraj Singh	31	29	3	1
U Akmal		b Dinda	24	17	1	1
Hafeez	c Raina	b Dinda	55	26	6	3
Shahid Afridi	c Ro Sharma	b Kumar	11	5	1	1
K Akmal	c Kohli	b Dinda	5	3	1	0
Shoaib Malik	not out		3	3	0	0
Gul	c Yuvraj Singh	b I Sharma	5	5	1	0
Extras		4w 2lb	6
Total		for 7	181	(20.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Kumar 4.0 0 46 1 I Sharma 4.0 0 34 1 Dinda 4.0 0 36 3 Ashwin 4.0 0 28 1 Raina 2.0 0 12 0 Yuvraj Singh 2.0 0 23 1

Fall of wicket   74 Jamshed 84 Shehzad 146 U Akmal 163 Shahid Afridi 168 Hafeez 172 K Akmal 181 Gul

Yuvraj Singh smashed 72 to give India a series-levelling 11-run win over Pakistan in the second Twenty20 international in Ahmedabad.

The left-hander hammered seven sixes in his 36-ball effort, with Mahendra Dhoni making 33 to take India to 192-5.

In reply, Nasir Jamshed made 41 and Mohammad Hafeez a 26-ball 55, but Ashok Dinda claimed 3-36 as Pakistan finished on 181-7.

A five-match one-day international series begins in Chennai on Sunday.

After his side won the series opener by five wickets, Hafeez won the toss and invited the home side to bat.

India openers Gautam Gambhir and Ajinkya Rahane shared 44 before both fell to Umar Gul (4-37), with Virat Kohli making a steady 27 until being run out by Saeed Ajmal.

That saw Dhoni join irrepressible left-hander Yuvraj, who plundered two maximums off Sohail Tanvir and took three more off Ajmal's next over before eventually holing out off Gul to end a partnership of 97.

Pakistan started their chase with confidence as openers Jamshed and Ahmed Shehzad added a stand of 74 that was ended when the former was removed by Ravichandran Ashwin.

Shehzad followed, stumped off the spin of Yuvraj, but Hafeez altered the momentum, striking two sixes off successive Ashwin deliveries.

However, paceman Dinda made a decisive intervention late in the innings, accounting for Hafeez and both Kamran and Umar Akmal to ensure Pakistan fell short.