Match 12: Group A: Ind v. Ire: India beat Ireland easily!

In the last group match, India beat Ireland easily and looked confident to play in the super 8. Both the team qualified for the super eight as Bangladesh crashed out when they last their match to Ireland.

In the rain delayed match, the overs were reduced to 18 overs a side. Dhoni won the toss and put Ireland into bat. Ireland made 112 and India reached the target with 15 balls remaining.

Scoreboard:

Match # 12, Group A
Date: Wednesday June 10, 2009
Teams: Ireland v. India
Captains: Porterfield and Dhoni
Toss: India, decided to field
Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Result: India won by 8 wkts with 15 balls remaining
Points: Indiaa 2; Ireland 0
Man of the Match: Zaheer Khan off India
Additional News: Due to rain, the match was reduced to 18 overs-a-side

Ireland Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
WTS Porterfield	c Y Pathan b Khan	5	8	0	0
JP Bray	b Z Khan	0	7	0	0
GC Wilson	b Harbhajan	19	23	1	0
AC Botha	c Y Pathan b Z Khan	8	5	1	0
KJ O'Brien	b Ojha	2	4	0	0
JF Mooney	c Yuvraj b Ojha	19	22	1	0
AR White	c Dhoni b Z Khan	29	25	3	1
RM West	run out (Raina/Dhoni)	1	1	0	0
AR Cusack	not out	12	6	2	0
WK McCallan	not out	9	7	1	0
Extras	(lb 6, w 2)	8	-	-	-
Total	for 8 wkts in 18 overs	112	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-4 (Bray, 1.6 ov), 2-9 (Porterfield, 3.1 ov), 3-17 (Botha, 3.6 ov), 4-28 (O'Brien, 6.1 ov), 5-48 (Wilson, 9.4 ov), 6-72 (Mooney, 14.4 ov), 7-73 (West, 14.5 ov), 8-92 (White, 16.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
I Pathan	3	0	22	0
Z Khan	3	0	19	4
I Sharma	3	0	18	0
Yuvraj	1	0	4	0
Ojha	4	0	18	2
Harbhajan	4	0	25	1

India Innings: (113 to win in 18 overs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gambhir	C Rankin b West	37	31	3	1
R Sharma	not out	52	45	4	1
Dhoni	c Bray b McCallan	14	13	1	0
Yuvaraj	not out	3	4	0	0
Extras	(lb 4, w 3)	7	-	-	-
Total	for 2 wkts in 15.3 overs	113	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-77 (Gambhir, 10.5 ov), 2-100 (Dhoni, 13.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
WB Rankin	4	0	28	0
KJ O'Brien	2	0	17	0
AR Cusack	2	0	13	0
RM West	4	0	23	1
WK McCallan	3.3	0	28	1