With India one up in the series, the two sides headed to Mohali for the second ODI. This time it was India’s time to win the toss, and they made the decision to bat.
They lost Sourav Ganguly early, but Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir combined in a stand of 173 for the second wicket. Tendulkar led the way and seemed set fair for yet another century, when he was caught behind one run short. He had faced 91 balls, and hit a six and 14 fours.
Two overs later, Gambhir departed for 57, with seven fours to his name, before Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh added 53 for the fourth wicket. Sehwag made 25 and Yuvraj 34, and India got late impetus from Harbhajan Singh, who made 38 off just 20 balls, including two sixes.
They finished on 321/8 as Shoaib Akhtar took 3-42.
After Kamran Akmal was dismissed early and Salman Butt for 37, the onus fell on Younis Khan to produce a big innings for Pakistan. He did that, with 117 off 110 balls, including two sixes and nine fours, adding 69 for the fourth wicket with Shoaib Malik (25) and 102 for the fifth with Misbah ul-Haq.
Pakistan needed 46 runs when Younis departed in the 46th over. Misbah fell in the next over, but Shahid Afridi (25*) and Sohail Tanvir (14*) guided them to victory with a ball to spare.
At the time it represented the highest total that Pakistan had ever chased down to win a ODI, although they were later to surpass that figure. Younis Khan was named Player of the Match.