India v Pakistan, 2nd semi-final, World Cup 2011, Mohali
Nerveless India scrap into final
Virender Sehwag began in typical, hard-hitting fashion, getting India off to a flier ...•AFP

Sachin Tendulkar played some fine shots but also had a few scares early on ...•AFP

... but Gambhir could not push on after getting a start, falling to Mohammad Hafeez for 27•AFP

... leaving Tendulkar 15 short of what would have been his 100th international century•Getty Images

Suresh Raina hung on though, adding valuable runs late in the innings to steer India to 260•Getty Images

Mohammad Hafeez looked in sublime form at the other end•AFP

Yuvraj Singh added to the pressure with two huge wickets ...•Getty Images

Harbhajan Singh levelled things again, sending Umar back ...•Getty Images

... but Harbhajan Singh's dismissal of Afridi left Misbah with too much to do•AFP

... before Wahab Riaz trapped him lbw for 38•AFP

... as he built a half-century partnership with Gautam Gambhir •AFP

Riaz then shook India's middle order, getting Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh off successive deliveries•AFP

Wahab Riaz picked up a scratchy MS Dhoni ...•Getty Images

The Prime Ministers of both countries enjoyed the action together•Getty Images

Zaheer Khan, as has done through the World Cup, gave India the breakthrough by dismissing Kamran ...•AFP

... before Umar Akmal counterattacked with an attractive cameo•AFP

... before Abdul Razzaq perished to a canny cutter from Munaf Patel•AFP

He kept trying and brought up a typically doughty half-century ...•AFP

Tendulkar got to a fifty off 67 balls ...•AFP

After dropping several catches off Tendulkar, Pakistan finally got him as Shahid Afridi held on to one off Saeed Ajmal's bowling ...•Getty Images

... before getting Zaheer Khan edge to the wicketkeeper to complete his maiden ODI five-wicket haul•AFP

Kamran Akmal launched Pakistan's chase with a flurry of boundaries•AFP

... before Hafeez's ill-advised paddle scoop ended in Dhoni's gloves•AFP

The pressure of the big game got to even the more eminent members of the audience•AFP

Munaf's strike meant Shahid Afridi had to support Misbah-ul-Haq to steer the chase ...•Getty Images

... but India pegged away relentlessly and their fans ended the day happier after a contest that lived up to its billing•Getty Images