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India set Pakistan 142 to win Twenty20 tie

By IANS

Durban : India scored 141 for nine wickets in the allocated 20 overs against Pakistan in a crucial Group D match of the Twenty20 World Championship of cricket here Friday.

Robin Uthappa scored the only half-century of the innings amid rain interruptions. He made 50 off just 39 balls and smashed four boundaries and two sixes. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni chipped in with 33 off 15 balls and hit two sixes.

Mohammed Asif was the best Pakistan bowler with four wickets while Shahid Afridi bagged two scalps.