The latest news from the world cricket is inspiring as the young 19-year-old lad from Pakistan lead the country to a fantastic win on Monday. Ahmed Shehzad from Pakistan led the country to victory that is currently playing in West Indies. The 5-match ODI series is currently on in this country. Pakistan has gathered a lead in the series by 2-0. They won the first match by 8 wickets.
The online news reported that Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl first in the second ODI. The hosts were not able to show any resistance except Lendl Simmons. West Indies were dismissed on 220 in their 50-over stint. Ahmed Shehzad in reply made 102 runs from 148 balls and won the match for Pakistan who scored 223 for 3 in 48 overs.
The hosts never recovered in the game. The opener Simmonds made 51 on one end but they kept on losing wickets on a regular level on the other end. Afridi, Hafeez, Riaz and Ajmal took two wickets each. Pakistan was brilliant in their bowling and fielding. West Indies also failed to offer any resistance while bowling as Shehzad went on to score his second ODI century. He had three successive 50 runs partnerships with Asad Shafiq, Hafeez and Misbah-ul-Haq.
Pakistan has now won seven wins in a row against West Indies in a four-year time span. The third ODI will be played on Thursday at Barbados.
Meanwhile the online news in India is from the IPL 2011. Chennai Super kings scored a thrilling win over the Pune Warriors on Monday evening in Match 29. Michael Hussey once again turned out to be the superhero for his team by making 61 runs. On a pitch that was playing tricks to batsmen, Hussey continued his calm composure early with Murali Vijay and then with Dhoni. Chennai made 142 score target to be defended by the Warriors.
Warriors on the other side were never able to score easy runs against the attacking bowling of Ashwin and Morkel. Four top order batsmen left their crease by just adding 40 odd runs to the board. The skipper Yuvraj Singh tried to manage the show with M Manhas and Nathan McCullum by scoring 34 runs. The dismissal of the skipper in the 19th over ended their hopes of victory. Warriors were defeated by 25 runs.
News with views over who will be the final four teams to qualify for IPL semis are all over the media.
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