Pakistan beat India during the World Twenty20 warm-up match at the R. Premadasa Crickte Stadium in Colombo.

Akmal scored 92 runs out of just 52 balls giving the crowd a lot to cheer for including five fours and six sixes. Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik both scored 38 runs, while Shahid Afridi was dismissed for 0.

India started off strong with Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir but were bowled out by Umar Gul for 10 and Afridi for 26 respectively.