Already 2-1 up and in a position to seal the series, India make an ideal start when RP Singh has Salman Butt lbw second ball Zaheer Khan bowls Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik to become the fifth Indian to take 200 one-day international wickets Younus Khan makes a patient start to his innings, passing 50 from 70 balls but falls for 68 just as he is starting to move on Sourav Ganguly's introduction into the attack proves inspired as he has Shahid Afridi lbw for one, forcing Pakistan to rebuild Mohammad Yousuf settles quickly, sharing two big stands but the innings finishes with him a single run short of his century Ganguly turns to see his wild edge off Shoaib Akhtar fly to Younus at slip in the third over of India's reply As the floodlights take full effect, Sachin Tendulkar shows some wonderful shot-making from the start of his innings Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag look unstoppable in a century third-wicket stand, until Sehwag is run out for 43 Tendulkar adds injury to insult as his drive smacks Shoaib Akhtar on the ankle after he has punished the bowler Tendulkar falls in the 90s for an amazing sixth time this year, gaining an inside edge onto his stumps from a jubilant Umar Gul Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Dhoni share an unbroken stand of 101 to celebrate a series-clinching win with 21 balls left
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