Ahmedabad,
December 26:
The cricket
teams of India
and Pakistan arrived here for the second
and final Twenty20 international, to be
played here on Friday.
Pakistan beat India by five wickets
yesterday at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in
Bangalore to take a 1-0 lead in the two-
match T20 series.
India would hope that their batsmen fire in
unison this time around after they
floundered a solid opening partnership to
reach a below par score of 133-9 in
Bangalore.
India pegged Pakistan back with three
quick wickets through debutant
Bhuvneshwar Kumar but other bowlers
could not support him and captain
Mohammad Hafeez and middle-order
batsman Shoaib Malik stitched a match-
winning stand of 106 runs for the fourth-
wicket.
Meanwhile, sources said that Rs 300 tickets
were being sold for as high as Rs 2,500 for
the Ahmedabad match by the touts.
Pakistan is touring India for the first time
after cricketing ties between both the
countries were suspended following the
26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008.
They will play three One Day Internationals
(ODIs) after the T20 series.
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