Summary India had set a target of 134 runs for Pakistan in the first Twenty20 match on Tuesday.
BANGLORE: In the first Twenty-20 match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium‚ Pakistan beat India by 5 wickets on Tuesday night.
Batting first India made 133 runs in allotted twenty overs.
In reply‚ Pakistan chased the target in 19. 4 overs. Muhammad Hafeez was decleared man of the match.
Gautam Gambhir with 43‚ and Ajinkya Rahane with 42 runs remained the main scorers from Indian side. Umar Gul took 3 while Saeed Ajmal took 2 wickets.
The highlight of the match was 61 splendid runs of Muhammad Hafeez and 57 runs of Shoaib Malik. B Kumar took three wickets from Indian side.
The Pak-India series consists of two T20s and three ODIs.
Pakistan team: Muhammad Hafeez‚ Ahmed Shehzad‚ Nasir Jamshed‚ Kamran Akmal‚ Umar Akmal‚ Shoaib Malik‚ Shahid Afridi‚ Sohail Tanvir‚ Umar Gul‚ Saeed Ajmal and Mohammad Irfan.
Indian team: G Gambhir‚ AM Rahane‚ V Kohli‚ Yuvraj Singh‚ SK Raina‚ RG Sharma‚ MS Dhoni‚ RA Jadeja‚ B Kumar‚ I Sharma and AB Dinda.
The second T20 match will be played in Ahmedabad on December 28.
President Asif Ali Zardari‚ Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and other political leaders have felicitated the team for their brilliant performance.
