Sachin Tendulkar overcomes a nervous start to unveil some high-class cover drives among his 14 boundaries Gautam Gambhir is forced to be more cautious than normal on a pitch with pace and bounce, on his way to a half century Umar Gul is unsuccessful in a tight opening spell but returns to account for Tendulkar and Gambhir in his second For the third time this year, Tendulkar falls a single run away from his 42nd one-day international century, caught behind After dismissing Sourav Ganguly third ball, Shoaib Akhtar returns to the attack for an impressive second spell Salman Butt goes aerial during his 37 but is dismissed just as Pakistan's chances are beginning to look good Irfan Pathan leaps for joy after bowling Butt with an off-cutter and opening up the Pakistan order India captain Mahendra Dhoni gets acrobatic against Pakistan counterpart Shoaib Malik, who eventually falls for 25 Harbhajan Singh bowls an inspired 10-over spell, taking 2-65 to leave Pakistan in trouble Younus Khan uses some unorthodox shots to the spinners on his way to just his third one-day ton in his 158th international Younus dominates a stand of 102 in 12 overs with Misbah-ul-Haq but both men are out in the closing stages Shahid Afridi sees Pakistan home with a single ball to spare, with the usual mix of unorthodox shots and big hits
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