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T20 World Cup: Sri Lanka Enter Final with Dominant Win Over Pakistan

Sri Lanka gave Pakistan a dose of their own medicine - showing some brilliant all-round bowling skills on their way to a convincing 18-run victory in the first semi-final of the World T20. A packed house at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo were overjoyed, the drums and songs bellowing out as Nuwan Kulasekara delivered the final over, with the nails in Pakistan's coffin already hammered in by then, by two outstanding overs from Ajantha Mendis and Lasith Malinga. Oct 4, 2012
harbhajan-singh

T20 World Cup: Brilliant Harbhajan Helps India Thrash England

Harbhajan Singh made a brilliant comeback into the Indian squad, picking up four wickets against England as India stormed to a 90-run victory in their final Word T20 group encounter at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. In the early match, Pakistan got their World T20 campaign off to a sound start, scoring a comfortable 13-run win over New Zealand. Sep 23, 2012
virat-kohli

T20 World Cup: India Pull Off Nervy Win Over Afghanistan; Australia Have It Easy Against Ireland

It was hardly vintage India, far from it. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men flirted with disaster for much of their first World T20 game against Afghanistan, before pulling off an edgy 23-run win. India made heavy weather of their batting, labouring to 159 for five, with Virat Kohli hitting a half-century and Suresh Raina chipping in with a 38, before bowling out Afghanistan for 136, when it once looked like the minnows would pull off one of the biggest upsets in history at the Premadasa Stadium in ... Sep 19, 2012
saeed

US Defies Hafiz Saeed's Mock Remark

Denying the mock remark that was made by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed about the declaration of a $10-million bounty on his head by the United States, the Department of State has clarified that it is not an effort to pressurise Pakistan to reopen supply routes to the US and NATO forces to Afghanistan. Apr 4, 2012