India bowl themselves to victory

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Rules for the 20-over competition state each match completed shall have a winner and India claimed a 3-0 victory.

Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa all struck the stumps with their deliveries while Pakistani counterparts Yasir Arafat, Umar Gul and Shahid Afridi all missed.

Pakistan appeared to be have sealed the Kingsmead contest when Misbah-ul-Haq hit two boundaries in the final over to bring the scores level with two balls remaining.

But he missed Shanthakumaran Sreesanth's penultimate delivery and then jabbed the final one straight to cover to be run out at the non-striker's end and leave Pakistan 141 for seven.

When Shahid Afridi perished late in the chase Pakistan required 39 from only 14 balls and India appeared set for a healthy win but Misbah, who had only 27 from 26 at that stage launched an assault which saw him bring up his half-century in only eight more deliveries and level the scores in the process.

India's victory, inspired by a disciplined effort with the ball, sent Scotland packing from the World Twenty20 jamboree in South Africa.

The Scots would have harboured slim hopes of emulating Ireland's World Cup progress beyond the group stages when India were restricted to only 141 for nine.

Had Pakistan chased down that total in less than 14.4 overs - by no means out of the ordinary - Scotland would have stayed on for the Super Eight stage by virtue of having a better run rate.