Pakistan made a brisk start to reach 52 for one from 10 overs in pursuit of India's 260 for nine in their World Cup semi-final on Wednesday.
Left-arm pace bowler Wahab Riaz took 5-46 while Sachin Tendulkar, one short of an unprecedented 100 international centuries, was dropped four times on his way to 85. Pakistan dropped two other catches.
The winners will face Sri Lanka in the final in Mumbai on Saturday.
* Kamran Akmal struck two confident boundaries off Zaheer Khan's opening over. Zaheer, India's best bowler, was taken off after two overs in which he was unable to get any swing with the new ball. He was replaced by Munaf Patel, who bowled an accurate opening over, but then conceded boundaries in one over from Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez. Zaheer returned in the ninth over and broke through immediately getting Akmal (19) caught at point by Yuvraj Singh. 52/1 off 10 overs
* Virender Sehwag received a deafening ovation when he drove the third ball of the match from Umar Gul to the cover boundary.
He helped himself to a further three fours through an unprotected leg-side and two through the off in Gul's next over followed by a further brace in the hapless paceman's third.
Riaz replaced Abdul Razzaq at the other end and was immediately successful when Sehwag played across his fifth ball and was given out lbw. 49/1 off six overs
* Tendulkar played two exquisite shots off Riaz, turning his wrists late to steer the ball through the leg-side for four then dipping low to carve another boundary through the covers.
With left-hander Gautam Gambhir at the crease, off-spinner Saeed Ajmal was introduced to the attack in the ninth over. 73/1 off 10 overs
* Tendulkar survived appeals off consecutive balls from Ajmal which temporarily silenced the crowd. He was given out lbw for 23 by Ian Gould but appealed against the decision and won a reprieve when the television replay showed the ball would have missed the leg-stump.
Pakistan appealed for a stumping off the next ball and Tendulkar was again reprieved when the replay showed his back foot was grounded. Tendulkar's charmed life continued wheh he was dropped on 27 off Shahid Afridi by Misbah-ul-Haq at mid-wicket mistiming a pull. 99/1 off 15 overs
* Pakistan's luck appeared to turn when off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez lured Gautam Gambhir (27) out of his crease and Kamran Akmal completed the stumping. He added had 68 runs from 66 balls with Tendulkar. But Tendulkar was then dropped on 45 by Pakistan's safest catcher Younus Khan in the covers off the unfortunate Afridi. Tendulkar added to the Pakistan captain's chagrin by driving Afridi over cover to bring up his half-century from 67 balls. 141/2 off 25 overs
* Riaz, brought back into the attack, immediately began to reverse swing the old ball and was rewarded with the wickets of Virat Koli (9) , who lobbed a catch into the covers. Yuvraj, who had averaged 113.66 previously in the tournament, was bowled next ball by a magnificent yorker. 168/4 off 30 overs
* Afridi recalled Gul, whose first four overs had cost 41 runs, to see if he could emulate Riaz and reverse the ball. Tendulkar received two further lives when he was dropped by Kamran Akmal on 70, a difficult chance behind the stumps, again off Afridi. Akmal's brother Umal then dropped Tendulkar on 81 off Hafeez at wide mid-wicket. Tendulkar's luck finally ran out when Afridi held a fierce drive at short-cover off Ajmal after he had scored 85. 200/5 off 40 overs
* Dhoni struggled to get bat to ball as the Indian run rate slipped further. He tried to clip Riaz off his legs but missed a ball which was heading straight for the stumps A series of full tosses from Gul, who had a day to forget, helped India accrue some invaluable late runs, mostly to Suresh Raina who finished on 36 not out from 39 balls. 260/9 off 50 overs
