Yuvraj, Dhoni guide India to 188/5
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Durban, Sep 22 - In-form Yuvraj Singh slammed 70 off 30 balls to guide India to 188 for five wickets in 20 overs against Australia in the second semi-final of the Twenty20 World Championship of cricket here Saturday.Besides Yuvraj's blitzkrieg (5x4s, 5x6s), captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed 36 off 18 balls (4x4s, 1x6) and Robin Uthappa scored 34 off 28 balls (1x4s, 3x6s) to lift India from 41 for two in seven overs to a competitive total.Pacer Michael Johnson took two wickets.Earlier in the day, Pakistan defeated New Zealand by six wickets in the first semi-final in Durban to enter the final, which will be played in Johannesburg Monday.SCOREBOARDSecond semi-final, India vs. Australia, Twenty20 World Championship, at Kingsmead, DurbanIndia:Gautam Gambhir c Hodge b Johnson 24Virender Sehwag c Gilchrist b Johnson 9Robin Uthappa run out (Symonds) 34Yuvraj Singh c Hussey b Clarke 70Mahendra Singh Dhoni run out (Gilchrist) 36Rohit Sharma not out 8Irfan Pathan not out 0Extras: (leg byes 6, wide 1) 7Total: (for five wickets in 20 overs) 188Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Sehwag, 5.2 overs), 2-41 (Gambhir, 7.6), 3-125 (Uthappa, 14.3), 4-155 (Yuvraj, 17.3), 5-184 (Dhoni, 19.5)Bowling:Brett Lee 4 0 25 0Nathan Bracken 4 0 38 0Stuart Clark 4 0 38 0 (1w)Michael Johnson 4 0 31 2Andrew Symonds 3 0 37 0Michael Clarke 1 0 13 1Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and Mark Benson (England)TV umpire: Billy Doctrove (West Indies)Match referee: Chris Broad (England) (c) Indo-Asian News Service
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