Pro20 Cricket India win rain reduced game

India crushed Ireland in a 18 over run reduced Pro20 cricket world cup first round game by 8 wickets. Ireland batted first and lost wickets at regular intervals. India reduced the Irish team to 112 for 8 in their 18 overs. Zaheer Khan did the damage and took four wickets for 19 runs in his 4 overs. Indian opener Rohit Sharma scored an unbeaten 52 of 44 balls and Gautam Gambir supported Sharma with a patient 37.

Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 15 runs due to a excellent opening partnership of 124 by Sanath Jayasuriya (81 off 47 balls) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (74 off 47 balls). Sri Lanka scored an excellent 192/5 in their 20 overs. West Indies managed 177-5, after a excellent counter-attack by Dwayne Bravo and Ramnaresh Sarwan, whith a 77 off 59 balls fifth wicket partnership.

The first games of the Pro20 world cup super eights round starts off today at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. New Zealand will take on Ireland and South Africa play England. Two groups with four teams each participate in the super 8 with the top two teams of each group playing off in the semi finals. The serious part of the tournament starts today and teams like South Africa would love to start off with a bang and book their semi final spot as early as possible. The 2007 ICC Pro20 cricket world cup hosted by South Africa will remind the South Africa cricket team that only one slip up could be the end of their tournament. Let's hope all ends well for South Africa this time around.