World T20: Pakistan lose Akmal early

NEW DELHI: India struck in the second over as a brilliant throw by Bhuvneshwar Kumar saw Pakistan opener Kamran Akmal walking back to pavilion after MS Dhoni elected to bowl in the first league clash of the World T20 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on Friday.

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Trying a leg bye, Akmal was a long way down and Bhuvneshwar had plenty of time to take aim.

India have decided to go with three spinners, and have Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina who capable of bowling a few overs spin each.

While form favours Pakistan even though they were battered by South Africa in a warm-up game last evening, history would be on India's side as they have never lost to their arch-rivals on all three meetings of the previous editions of World T20.

The Pakistan national team has played more T20 Internationals than its Indian counterparts, who last played an official T20 International against Australia in October last year.

Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni(c), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami

Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez(c), Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Sohaib Maqsood, Shahid Afridi, Bilawal Bhatti, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan

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