Pakistan defeats Australia

The Team Paksitan defeated Australia in a crucial match . earlier Pakistan scored 191 at the end of 20 overs. Umar Akmal scored 94 from just 54 balls to make pakistan a giant total of 191 . Australia chasing a target of 192 was given a excellent start by Finch (65) . Glenn Maxwell scored 74 of just 33 balls to fasten the Australia's chase. But the Maxwell mayhem wasn't enough to ensure their victory . the turning point was the 18th over bowled by Ajmal in which he gave only 1 run and took 2 crucial wickets and made things turn to the favor of Pakistan . This win made Pakistan stay alive in the tournament. 

Netherlands knock down Ireland to enter Super 10

Netherlands batsmen hit sixer rains to chase down a target of 190 in just 13.5 overs to enter into the super 10.

India hammers Pakistan by 7 wickets in the T20 opening match

India won the toss and chose to field . The Pakistan batsmen could not face the disciplined bowling attack of India as they lost 4 wickets soon . At a stage they were just 97/4 when Masqood came to the rescue and lead the team to score 130 runs . In Pakistan innings Kamran Akmal scored the highest runs - 33 . India chasing a target of 131 was given a good start by Dhawan and Rohit Sharma as the duo scored a partnership of 54 runs .Yuaraj singh upset the Indian fans by getting out for just 1 rruns . Then virat kohli (36) and Suresh Raina (35) played well and finished things off.  

Spinners strike for India : India vs Pakistan match live update

The Indian spinners Amit mishra and Ravindra Jadeja shared two wickets each to clinch the opening wickets of Ahmed Shezad and Mohammed Hafeez . Earlier Kamran akmal lost his wicket in a superb run out by Bhuvaneshwar Kumar . The score of pakistan at the end of 15 overs is 96/3.

SCORECARD PAKISTAN INNINGS : (updated at 8 pm IST )

Kamran Akmal     -  run out (B.kumar)                     8 runs
Ahmed Shehzad    -  (st) ms dhoni  (b) Amit mishra  22 runs
M.hafeez               -  (c) B.kumar   (b) R.jadeja        15 runs
U.Akmal               -   batting                                    29 runs
S.malik                  -   batting                                    19 runs 

Bangladesh enters super 10 despite loss to Hongkong

Yesterday Hongkong faced Bangladesh in its last match at chittagong in which Hongkong registered a 2 wicket win over bangladesh . Hongkong chasing an easy target of just 109 runs was sinkedby the spin attack of shakib al hassan who clinched 3 wickets and Mahmadullah got 2 wickets. The valiant effort of lower order batsman Munir Dar who scored 36 runs of 27 balls guided Nepal to victory. At first Hongkong won the toss and chose to bowl . The bangladesh openers were stunned by Nadeem  Ahmed who took 4 wickets to collapse the wickets of Bangladesh .despite their loss to Hongkong BAngladesh enters the super 10 as they have an edge over Nepal in the net run rate . 

Nepal defeats Aghanistan by 9 runs

Nepal took on Afghanistan in its last WC T20 qualifiers match against Afghanistan . Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bowl . Nepal was given a splendid start from opener SP khakurel who scored 56 runs of 53 balls.but soon Nepal fumbled by the spectacular bowling by Shapoor Zadran . Nepal finished with a low total of 141/5. Afghanistan defending a total of 142 lost the wicket of shahzad early. then wickets fell very soon. but a match saving knock by Asgar Stanizkai went in vain as Nepal signed off with a victory . Stanizkai scored 49 of 36 balls . 

ICC T20 RANKINGS

Team	Matches	Points	Rating
Australia	47	5505	117
India	67	7579	113
Sri Lanka	64	7174	112
South Africa	44	4825	110
England	50	5424	108
Pakistan	62	6287	101
New Zealand	43	4048	94
West Indies	52	4674	90
Bangladesh	32	2519	79
Zimbabwe	26	1439	55
Ireland	12	451	38
Afghanistan	10	299	30

                                                                                                                              Courtesy:ESPNcricinfo