It was a
40-overs-a-side match. India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven –
Chetan Chauhan and Anshuman Gaekwad made way for returnee Sunil Gavaskar and debutant
Yashpal Sharma.
Pakistan made five changes to theirs – Majid Khan, Mudassar Nazar, Mohsin Khan, Imran Khan and Iqbal Qasim made way for Sadiq Mohammad, debutant Azmat Rana, Wasim Raja, Saleem Altaf and Sikander Bakht.
Mushtaq Mohammad, the Pakistani skipper, won the toss, inserting the visitors. Gavaskar, who faced nine balls, scored four. Altaf broke the seven-run stand. The second-wicket stand was worth just a couple. Surinder Amarnath, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was run out.
Gundappa Viswanath, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Raja. Altaf broke the two-run stand. Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 21 balls, scored just three. He was caught by Raja. Bakht broke the five-run stand. Mohinder Amarnath, who faced 85 balls, scored 34. He was unbeaten.
Sharma, who faced 26 balls, scored 11. Hasan Jamil, the player of the match, broke the 20-run stand. Kapil Dev, who faced 16 balls, scored five. He was caught by Mushtaq. Jamil broke the 12-run stand. Syed Kirmani, who faced 16 balls, scored five. He was trapped leg before wicket by Jamil, who broke the 12-run stand.
The eighth-wicket pair put on 11. Karsan Ghavri, who faced 14 balls, scored five. He was run out. The ninth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Srinivas Venkataraghavan, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. He was bowled by Bakht. Bishan Singh Bedi, India’s skipper, faced 10 balls, scoring just a couple. He was caught by Javed Miandad. The eight-run stand (Na)waz broken by Sarfraz.
Pakistan conceded nine extras. India were bundled out for a paltry 79 off 34.2 overs. Raja, bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 28. Nawaz bowled 5.2 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded just half-a-dozen, and picked up a wicket. Altaf bowled five overs, including a couple of maidens. He was in seventh heaven, because he picked up a couple of wickets.
Bakht bowled eight overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 11, picking up a couple of wickets. Jamil bowled eight overs, including a couple of maidens, He conceded 18, picking up three scalps.
Sadiq, the youngest of the five Mohammad brothers, faced three balls, scoring just a run. He was caught by Sharma. Kapil broke the stand, which was worth just a couple. Rana, who faced 50 balls, scored 22. He was unbeaten.
Zaheer Abbas, who faced 46 balls, scored 48. He was caught by Kapil. Interestingly, Gavaskar broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 79. Miandad, who faced three balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.
India conceded eight extras. Pakistan, who scored 83 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 16.5 overs, won by eight wickets with 139 balls to spare. Bedi and Amarnath bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 12, the latter conceded four.
Ghavri, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 18. Kapil, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 31. He picked up a wicket. Gavaskar, who bowled five balls, conceded 10. He picked up a scalp.
The hosts levelled the three-match series 1-1.
Pakistan made five changes to theirs – Majid Khan, Mudassar Nazar, Mohsin Khan, Imran Khan and Iqbal Qasim made way for Sadiq Mohammad, debutant Azmat Rana, Wasim Raja, Saleem Altaf and Sikander Bakht.
Mushtaq Mohammad, the Pakistani skipper, won the toss, inserting the visitors. Gavaskar, who faced nine balls, scored four. Altaf broke the seven-run stand. The second-wicket stand was worth just a couple. Surinder Amarnath, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was run out.
Gundappa Viswanath, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Raja. Altaf broke the two-run stand. Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 21 balls, scored just three. He was caught by Raja. Bakht broke the five-run stand. Mohinder Amarnath, who faced 85 balls, scored 34. He was unbeaten.
Sharma, who faced 26 balls, scored 11. Hasan Jamil, the player of the match, broke the 20-run stand. Kapil Dev, who faced 16 balls, scored five. He was caught by Mushtaq. Jamil broke the 12-run stand. Syed Kirmani, who faced 16 balls, scored five. He was trapped leg before wicket by Jamil, who broke the 12-run stand.
The eighth-wicket pair put on 11. Karsan Ghavri, who faced 14 balls, scored five. He was run out. The ninth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Srinivas Venkataraghavan, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. He was bowled by Bakht. Bishan Singh Bedi, India’s skipper, faced 10 balls, scoring just a couple. He was caught by Javed Miandad. The eight-run stand (Na)waz broken by Sarfraz.
Pakistan conceded nine extras. India were bundled out for a paltry 79 off 34.2 overs. Raja, bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 28. Nawaz bowled 5.2 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded just half-a-dozen, and picked up a wicket. Altaf bowled five overs, including a couple of maidens. He was in seventh heaven, because he picked up a couple of wickets.
Bakht bowled eight overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 11, picking up a couple of wickets. Jamil bowled eight overs, including a couple of maidens, He conceded 18, picking up three scalps.
Sadiq, the youngest of the five Mohammad brothers, faced three balls, scoring just a run. He was caught by Sharma. Kapil broke the stand, which was worth just a couple. Rana, who faced 50 balls, scored 22. He was unbeaten.
Zaheer Abbas, who faced 46 balls, scored 48. He was caught by Kapil. Interestingly, Gavaskar broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 79. Miandad, who faced three balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.
India conceded eight extras. Pakistan, who scored 83 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 16.5 overs, won by eight wickets with 139 balls to spare. Bedi and Amarnath bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 12, the latter conceded four.
Ghavri, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 18. Kapil, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 31. He picked up a wicket. Gavaskar, who bowled five balls, conceded 10. He picked up a scalp.
The hosts levelled the three-match series 1-1.
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