Yuvraj (l) displayed great timing and power in his innings

Yuvraj Singh hit a superb unbeaten 82 to guide India to a seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the second one-day international in Rawalpindi.

Shoaib Malik (95) and Younis Khan (81 not out) were the mainstays in the hosts' 265 all out off 49.2 overs.

But Virender Sehwag, with a blistering 67, and Sachin Tendulkar (42) put on 105 to give India a flying start.

Dravid (56) and Yuvraj then added 118 as the tourists levelled the series with almost seven overs to spare.

It was India's first victory on this tour - they lost the Tests 1-0 - and did some repair work to a poor record of 11 defeats in 16 one-dayers to their neighbours.

They began well when Man of the Match Irfan Pathan (3-43) had Salman Butt caught behind off the second ball of the match and Kamran Akmal (14) dragged one back onto his stumps.

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When Mohammad Yousuf was needlessly run out off Tendulkar's mis-field and Zaheer Khan induced a leading edge from captain Inzamam-ul-Haq (8) with his second delivery the hosts were reeling on 68-4.

But Malik - who made 90 in the first game - hit 13 fours in his 110-ball knock, while Younis stroked nine boundaries in 98 balls to revive them.

After Malik failed to beat the strong throw of Shanathakumaran Sreesanth from the deep in the 34th over, the rest subsided, although Umar Gul made a rapid 17 late on.

Sehwag went after Rana Naved-ul-Hasan straight away, cutting him for six, punching him down the ground, flicking a fullish one through mid-wicket and hammering a wide delivery through cover off successive balls in his third over.

Malik continued from where he left off at Peshawar

Tendulkar was also quick to punish anything overpitched or wide but was caught behind when he tried to guide Abdul Razzaq to third man.

Sehwag continued to blast away after reaching his 20th one-day fifty and looked set for a big score when he was run out by a direct hit from Gul at fine-leg.

The pace inevitably slackened when Dravid and Yuvraj first came to the crease, and the latter had an escape on seven when he miscued a pull off Razzaq which the bowler just failed to get across to at mid-wicket.

He recovered to hammer the all-rounder for three boundaries in four balls, the second a brutal pull and the third a delightful straight drive.

That and sumptuous on-drives off Gul and Arshad Khan were the shots of the day as the duo put on 118.

Dravid began slowly but he too started to enjoy himself with a lovely cover drive and cut for boundaries off Shahid Afridi to bring up his fifty off 52 balls before spooning a return catch to Malik.