It(’)(Paki)s(t)an abandoned match; India advance

There was no toss, and the India-Pakistan match was abandoned without a ball (Colom)bowled. After rain prevented play on September 15, the reserve day (September 16) was used. However, the wet ground prevented play on that day too. The Indians advanced.  

India (Azh)are defeated by Pakistan

India made no change to their playing eleven. Pakistan made no change to the eleven that last played the Indians. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the Pakistanis.

Saeed Anwar, whose 63-ball innings included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 47. He was caught by Venkatesh Prasad. Rajesh Chauhan broke the 96-run stand. Inzamam-ul-Haq, who faced 26 balls, scored a dozen. He was stumped by Nayan Mongia. Chauhan broke the 29-run stand.

Saleem Malik, Pakistan’s skipper, faced three balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Azharuddin. Chauhan broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Aamer Sohail, the player of the match and the player of the series, scored 69. His 87-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries. Javagal Srinath broke the 22-run stand.

Basit Ali, whose 58-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 57. Srinath broke the 66-run stand. Asif, whose 80-(Mujta)ball innings included a boundary, scored 34. He was unbeaten.

Wasim Akram, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Azharuddin. Srinath broke the four-run stand. Rashid Latif, whose 12-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 17. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 11 extras. Pakistan scored 250 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Ajay Jadeja, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 17. Sachin Tendulkar, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 45.

Prasad bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44. Anil Kumble, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 56. Chauhan, who bowled nine overs, conceded 29. He picked up (Srina)three wickets, as did the Karnataka pacer, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 56.

Jadeja, who faced three balls, did not get off the mark. He was caught by Ali. Akram broke the one-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 26-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 24. He was caught by Sohail. Ata-ur-Rehman broke the 59-run stand.

Azharuddin faced three balls, scoring as many. He was caught by Latif. Aaqib Javed broke the three-run stand. Navjot Singh, whose Si(dhu)xty-one-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 36. He was caught by Akram Raza, who broke the 20-run stand.

Atul Bedade, whose 45-ball innings included a boundary and four sixes, scored 44. He was caught by Mujtaba. Sohail broke the 80-run stand. Mongia, who faced 10 balls, scored three. He was caught by Sohail, who broke the 17-run stand.

Vinod Kambli, whose 99-ball innings included a boundary, scored 56. He was caught by Raza. Malik broke the seventh-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. The eighth-wicket pair put on 21. Chauhan, who faced 17 balls, scored five. He was run out.

Kumble, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was caught by Latif. Malik broke the ninth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen. Srinath, who faced nine balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten.

Prasad, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Akram, who broke the five-run stand. Pakistan conceded 22 extras. India, who were dismissed for 211 off 47.4 overs, lost by 39 runs.

Aaqib bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27, picking up a wicket. Ata-ur-Rehman, who bowled eight overs, conceded 27. He picked up a wicket. Raza, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 47. He picked up a wicket.

Sohail bowled five overs, conceding 22. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Akram, who bowled 8.4 overs, conceding 39, and Malik, who bowled nine overs, conceding 45. 

Pakistan won the 1993/94 Austral-Asia Cup.

   

India’s P(l)(akist)an’s a flop agA(zharudd)in

India made just one Cha(uha)nge to their playing eleven – Venkatapathy Raju made way for Rajesh. Pakistan made half-a-dozen changes to the team that last played the Indians – Zahid Fazal, Javed Miandad, Imran Khan, Wasim Haider, Moin Khan and Mushtaq Ahmed made way for Saeed Anwar, Basit Ali, Asif Mujtaba, Rashid Latif, Akram Raza and Ata-ur-Rehman.

Saleem Malik, Pakistan’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the Indians. Ajay Jadeja, whose 45-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. He was caught by Latif. Aaqib Javed broke the 62-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 64-ball (Sach)innings included 10 boundaries and three sixes, scored 73. He was caught by Ali. Raza broke the 49-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, scored 29. His 34-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six. He was caught by Inzamam-ul-Haq. Malik broke the 45-run stand. Atul Bedade, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was stumped by Latif. Malik broke the eight-run stand. Vinod Kambli, who faced 13 balls, scored four. He was caught by Raza. Ata-ur-Rehman broke the 15-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair put on eight. Nayan Mongia, who faced nine balls, scored five. He was run out by Aamer Sohail. The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 68-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 47. He was caught by Latif off the bowling of Ata-ur-Rehman.

The eighth-wicket pair put on 10. Bhupinder Singh Senior, who faced 13 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was run out, and never represented India again. Chauhan, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 13. He was caught by Anwar, the player of the match. Aaqib broke the 21-run stand.

The last-wicket pair put on just a run. Anil Kumble, who faced 13 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was run out. Javagal Srinath, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten. Pakistan conceded 15 extras. India were dismissed for 219 off 46.3 overs. Akram bowled 8.3 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36, picking up a wicket.

Raza, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 41. He picked up a wicket. Ata-ur-Rehman and Aaqib bowled nine overs apiece, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 50, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 41. Malik, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 49. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Sohail, whose 39-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 20. Chauhan broke the 77-run stand. Inzamam, who faced 11 balls, scored a run. He was caught by Mongia. Chauhan broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen. Anwar, whose 70-ball innings included nine boundaries and two sixes, scored 71. Chauhan trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 17-run stand.

Malik, who faced 52 balls, scored 25. He was caught by Azharuddin. Srinath broke the 65-run stand. Ali, whose 76-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 75. He was unbeaten, as was Mujtaba, who scored 16. His 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries.

India conceded 15 extras. Pakistan, who scored 223 for the loss of four wickets off 44.3 overs, won by six wickets with 33 balls to spare. Jadeja, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded nine. Singh, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 44.

Tendulkar, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 34. Kumble, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 26. Srinath, who bowled 9.3 overs, conceded 59. He picked up a wicket. Chauhan, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 47. He picked up three scalps.

The Indians advanced to the semi-finals.

  

India lose to Pakistan agA(zharudd)in

India made one change to their playing eleven – Anil Kumble made way for Navjot Singh Sidhu. Pakistan made a change to theirs as well – Saeed Anwar made way for Sajid Ali. On winning the toss, Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, inserted the Pakistanis.

Aamer Sohail, who faced 24 balls, scored a run. He was caught by Kapil Dev. Manoj broke the opening P(rabhak)artnership, which was worth half-a-dozen. Ali, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Kiran More. Dev broke the 17-run stand.

The third-wicket pair had put on 171, when Zahid Fazal, who scored 98, retired hurt owing to cramp. His 119-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six. Saleem Malik, whose 95-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 87. He was caught by Azharuddin. Prabhakar broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 29.

Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, scored 13. His 22-ball I(mra)nnings included a boundary. He was caught by Sanjay Manjrekar, the player of the series. Dev was in seventh heaven. Ijaz Ahmed, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was unbeaten.

Wasim Akram, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. Dev broke the 17-run stand. Moin Khan faced five balls, scoring as many. He was caught by More. Prabhakar broke the 15-run stand.

India conceded 29 extras. Pakistan scored 262 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Sachin Tendulkar bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 24. Venkatapathy Raju, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 45. Ravi Shastri, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 39.

Javagal Srinath, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 49. Prabhakar and Dev bowled 10 overs each, picking up three scalps apiece. While the former, whose spell including a couple of maidens, conceded 54, the latter conceded 36.

Sidhu, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Moin. Aaqib Javed, the player of the match, broke the 32-run stand. Shastri, whose 34-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. He was trapped leg before wicket by Javed, who broke the 15-run stand.

The third- and fourth-wicket pairs failed to open their accounts. Azharuddin and Tendulkar, who faced a ball apiece, didn’t get off the mark. They were trapped leg before wicket by Javed, who became the youngest bowler to take a ODI hat-trick*.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 53. Vinod Kambli, whose 45-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 30. He was run out. Dev, who faced 11 balls, scored eight. Javed broke the 29-run stand.

Manjrekar, whose 69-run stand included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 52. He was caught by Waqar Younis. Javed broke the three-run stand. Prabhakar, who faced a dozen balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Sohail. Javed broke the 11-run stand.

More, whose 35-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 26. He was unbeaten. The Karnataka pacer, whose (Srina)thirty-four-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 14. He was caught by Akram. Akram Raza broke the 34-run stand. The last-wicket pair put on 13. Raju, who faced four balls, scored a couple. He was run out.

Pakistan conceded 15 extras. India, who were dismissed for 190 off 46 overs, lost by 72 runs. Ahmed and Malik bowled two wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 11. The latter conceded eight. Imran bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 24.

Younis bowled nine wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 28. Akram bowled 10 wicketless overs, including three maidens. He conceded 21. Raza bowled nine overs, conceding 56. He picked up a wicket. Javed bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37, picking up seven scalps.

Pakistan won the 1991/92 Wills Trophy.

(*Note: He was 19 years and 81 days old when he achieved the feat.)

India’s winning (Azha)ru(ddi)n is (Paki)s(ta)napped

India made one change to their playing eleven – Anil Kumble made way for Navjot Singh Sidhu. Pakistan made a change to theirs as well – Saeed Anwar made way for Sajid Ali. On winning the toss, Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, inserted the Pakistanis.

Aamer Sohail, who faced 24 balls, scored a run. He was caught by Kapil Dev. Manoj broke the opening P(rabhak)artnership, which was worth half-a-dozen. Ali, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Kiran More. Dev broke the 17-run stand.

The third-wicket pair had put on 171, when Zahid Fazal, who scored 98, retired hurt owing to cramp. His 119-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six. Saleem Malik, whose 95-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 87. He was caught by Azharuddin. Prabhakar broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 29.

Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, scored 13. His 22-ball I(mra)nnings included a boundary. He was caught by Sanjay Manjrekar, the player of the series. Dev was in seventh heaven. Ijaz Ahmed, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was unbeaten.

Wasim Akram, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. Dev broke the 17-run stand. Moin Khan faced five balls, scoring as many. He was caught by More. Prabhakar broke the 15-run stand.

India conceded 29 extras. Pakistan scored 262 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Sachin Tendulkar bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 24. Venkatapathy Raju, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 45. Ravi Shastri, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 39.

Javagal Srinath, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 49. Prabhakar and Dev bowled 10 overs each, picking up three scalps apiece. While the former, whose spell including a couple of maidens, conceded 54, the latter conceded 36.

Sidhu, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Moin. Aaqib Javed, the player of the match, broke the 32-run stand. Shastri, whose 34-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. He was trapped leg before wicket by Javed, who broke the 15-run stand.

The third- and fourth-wicket pairs failed to open their accounts. Azharuddin and Tendulkar, who faced a ball apiece, didn’t get off the mark. They were trapped leg before wicket by Javed, who became the youngest bowler to take a ODI hat-trick*.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 53. Vinod Kambli, whose 45-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 30. He was run out. Dev, who faced 11 balls, scored eight. Javed broke the 29-run stand.

Manjrekar, whose 69-run stand included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 52. He was caught by Waqar Younis. Javed broke the three-run stand. Prabhakar, who faced a dozen balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Sohail. Javed broke the 11-run stand.

More, whose 35-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 26. He was unbeaten. The Karnataka pacer, whose (Srina)thirty-four-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 14. He was caught by Akram. Akram Raza broke the 34-run stand. The last-wicket pair put on 13. Raju, who faced four balls, scored a couple. He was run out.

Pakistan conceded 15 extras. India, who were dismissed for 190 off 46 overs, lost by 72 runs. Ahmed and Malik bowled two wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 11. The latter conceded eight. Imran bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 24.

Younis bowled nine wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 28. Akram bowled 10 wicketless overs, including three maidens. He conceded 21. Raza bowled nine overs, conceding 56. He picked up a wicket. Javed bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37, picking up seven scalps.

Pakistan won the 1991/92 Wills Trophy.

(*Note: He was 19 years and 81 days old when he achieved the feat.)







   

   

The Indians (Azh)are not Pa(k)i(sta)ned

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Atul Wassan and Saradindu Mukherjee made way for (Vin)ODI debutants Kambli and Javagal Srinath.

Pakistan made four changes to the eleven that last played their neighbours – Saeed Anwar, Saleem Yousuf, Abdul Qadir and Sajjad Akbar made way for Sajid Ali, Rameez Raja, Moin Khan and Akram Raza.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. India’s openers put on 44. Ravi, whose S(hastr)ixty-three-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. He was run out.

Navjot Singh, whose Si(dhu)xty-six-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 38. Wasim Akram broke the 49-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 36-ball innings included a boundary, scored 32. Waqar Younis broke the 56-run stand.

Sanjay Manjrekar, the player of the match, scored 72. His 93-ball innings included three boundaries. He was trapped leg before wicket by Younis, who broke the 44-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 40-ball (Sach)innings included five boundaries, scored 52. He was unbeaten, as was Kapil Dev, who faced nine balls, scoring 10.

Pakistan conceded a dozen extras. India scored 238 for the loss of four wickets off 50 overs. Akram Raza and Imran Khan, Pakistan’s captain, bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 45, the latter conceded 44.

Aaqib Javed bowled 10 wicketless overs, including three maidens. He conceded 38. Akram, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 42. He picked up a wicket. Younis, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 65. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Ali, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was caught by Kiran More. Manoj broke the eight-run P(rabhak)artnership. The second-wicket pair put on 76. Raja, whose 74-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 35. He was run out.

Saleem Malik, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary, scored 19. He was trapped leg before wicket by Shastri, who broke the 40-run stand. Javed Miandad, whose 94-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 61. He was trapped leg before wicket by Venkatapathy Raju, who broke the five-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Imran, whose faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. He was dismissed by Prabhakar. Ijaz Ahmed, who faced seven balls, scored four. He was caught by Raju, who broke the 10-run stand.

Akram, who faced 21 balls, scored 14. Srinath broke the 16-run stand. Moin, who faced 26 balls, scored 17. He was unbeaten. Raza, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Azharuddin. Dev broke the one-run stand.

Younis, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Prabhakar broke the 10-run stand. Aaqib, who faced 10 balls, scored four. Prabhakar broke the 12-run stand.

India conceded a dozen extras. The Pakistanis, who were bundled out for 178 off 44.4 overs, lost by 60 runs. Dev bowled eight overs, conceding 30. He picked up a scalp, as did Srinath, who bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31.

Shastri bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 53, picking up a scalp. Raju bowled 10 overs, conceding 39. He picked up two scalps. Prabhakar bowled 7.4 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 25, picking up four scalps.  

India (Azh)are eliminated by Pakistan

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Woorkeri Raman made way for Sanjay Manjrekar. Pakistan made a couple of changes to the team that last played the Indians – Shoaib Mohammad and Rameez Raja made way for Ijaz Ahmed and One-day International debutant Sajjad Akbar. On winning the toss, Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, inserted the Pakistanis.

Saeed Anwar, whose 32-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 37. He was caught by Kapil Dev. Ravi Shastri broke the 73-run stand. Saleem Malik, who faced 17 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Shastri broke the 17-run stand. Saleem Yousuf, whose 90-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 62. He was stumped by Kiran More. Anil Kumble broke the 40-run stand.

Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, scored 18. His 29-ball I(mra)nnings included a boundary. He was caught by More. Manoj broke the 36-run P(rabhak)artnership. Wasim Akram, whose 12-ball innings included a six, scored 11. He was trapped leg before wicket by Sanjeev Sharma, who broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen. The sixth-wicket pair put on 15. Javed Miandad, who faced 74 balls, scored 37. He was run out.

The seventh-wicket pair put on just a couple. Abdul Qadir, who faced four balls, scored just one. He was run out. The eighth-wicket pair put on 21. Akbar, who faced nine balls, scored five. He was run out. Ahmed, whose 27-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 32. He was caught by Shastri. Prabhakar broke the 19-run stand.

Waqar Younis, who faced half-a-dozen balls, was in seventh heaven, because he was unbeaten, as was Aaqib Javed, who didn’t face a ball. India conceded 18 extras. Pakistan scored 235 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Dev and Krishnamachari Srikkanth bowled five wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 30, the latter conceded 19.

Sharma and Kumble bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 52, the latter conceded 33. Prabhakar and Shastri bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps each. While the former conceded 55, the latter conceded 36.

India’s openers put on 61. Prabhakar, whose 54-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 27. He was run out. The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Younis, the player of the match*. Cheeka, whose 51-ball innings included a boundary, conceded (Srikkan)thirty-five. He was stumped by Yousuf. Akbar broke the 27-run stand.

Azharuddin, whose 95-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 78. He was unbeaten. Dev, who faced a couple of balls, scored just a run. Younis broke the three-run stand. Manjrekar, who faced 24 balls, scored 10. He was caught by Ahmed. Akbar broke the 38-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 25-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 20. He was caught by Anwar. Khan broke the 36-run stand.

Shastri faced eight balls, scoring three. He was caught by Yousuf. Younis broke the 25-run stand. More, who faced five balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was caught by Miandad. Needless to say, Akram was in seventh heaven.

Sharma faced nine balls, scoring five. He was caught by Yousuf. Younis broke the 11-run stand. The last-wicket pair put on a run. Kumble, who faced half-a-dozen balls, didn’t open his account. He was run out.

Pakistan conceded 26 extras. India, who were dismissed for 209 off 46.3 overs, lost by 26 runs. Qadir bowled seven overs, conceding 44. He was wicketless, as was Javed, who bowled eight overs, conceding 25.

Khan bowled three overs, conceding 17. He picked up a wicket, as did Akram, who bowled 8.3 overs. He conceded 28. Akbar bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 45, picking up a couple of scalps. Younis, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 42. He picked up four scalps.

While the Pakistanis advanced to the semi-finals (and eventually won the tournament), the Indians were eliminated.

(*Note: Sidhu has often been reminded of this dismissal by comedian Kapil Sharma on the latter’s show.)

  

  

India concede (Srikk)an(o)ther Pakistan series

It was a 37-overs-a-side match. India made just one change to their playing eleven – Kapil Dev made way for Vivek Razdan. Pakistan made one to theirs as well – Zulqarnain was replaced by Saleem Yousuf. On winning the toss, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s skipper, inserted the hosts.

Rameez Raja, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 24. He was caught by Maninder Singh. Ravi Shastri broke the 45-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on a dozen. Saeed Anwar, who faced 11 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was run out. The third-wicket put on 11. Shoaib Mohammad, who faced 63 balls, scored 26. He was run out.

Wasim Akram, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Singh broke the four-run stand. Saleem Malik, who faced 43 balls, scored 29. He was caught by Razdan. Salil Ankola broke the 34-run stand. Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, scored 14. His 12-ball I(mra)nnings included a dozen. He was caught by Navjot Singh Sidhu. Manoj broke the 25-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Yousuf, who faced four balls, scored three. He was caught by Razdan. Prabhakar broke the 13-run stand. Javed Miandad, whose 52-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 30. He was caught by Sidhu. Razdan broke the one-run stand.

Abdul Qadir, who faced four balls, didn’t open his account. He was unbeaten, as was Waqar Younis, who scored a couple off as many balls. India conceded 14 extras. Pakistan scored 150 for the loss of eight wickets off 37 overs.

Raman Lamba, who never represented India again, bowled a wicketless over, conceding nine. Ankola bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 20, picking up a wicket. Razdan, who bowled eight overs, conceded 37. He picked up a wicket.

Shastri bowled eight overs, conceding 29. He picked up a wicket. Singh bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24, picking up a wicket. Prabhakar bowled eight eight overs, conceding 24, He picked up a couple of scalps.

Lamba, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was trapped leg before wicket by Khan, who broke the 15-run stand. Sidhu, who faced seven balls, scored a run. He was caught by Khan, who broke the three-run stand.

Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was caught by Yousuf. Aaqib Javed, the player of the match, broke the 31-run stand. Cheeka, in his last One-day International as skipper, scored (Srikkan)thirty-one. His 63-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Yousuf. Waqar Younis broke the 17-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced nine balls, scored four. He was caught by Anwar. Javed broke the four-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Prabhakar, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Javed. Kiran More, who faced 10 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Qadir. Akram broke the 12-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Ankola, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Yousuf off the bowling of Akram. The ninth-wicket pair put on eight. Shastri, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was run out.

Razdan, whose 19-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 18. He was stumped by Yousuf. Qadir broke the 22-run stand. Singh, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded 18 extras. India, who were dismissed for 112 off 30.2 overs, lost by 38 runs. Qadir bowled 3.2 overs, conceding 13, He picked up a wicket, as did Younis, who bowled seven overs, conceding 27.

Khan bowled five overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 10, picking up a couple of wickets. Akram bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 25, picking up a couple of wickets. Javed bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 28, picking up three scalps.

Pakistan won the three-match series 2-0. 

(Srikk)An(o)ther Indo-Pak ODI is abandoned

It was a 40-overs-a-side match. The Indians made a Kapil of changes to their playing eleven – Sachin Tendulkar and Vivek Razdan made way for Sanjay Manjrekar and Dev. The Pakistanis (Moham)made just one change to theirs – Mansoor Akhtar made way for Shoaib.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts. The openers didn’t get off the mark. Rameez Raja, who faced five balls, didn’t open his account. He was trapped leg before wicket by Manoj Prabhakar. Mohammad faced 32 balls, scoring 13. He was unbeaten.

The second-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Saleem Malik, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Prabhakar dismissed him. Javed Miandad, who faced 20 balls, scored just a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by Prabhakar, who broke the 11-run stand. Imran Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, faced 28 balls, scoring nine. He was unbeaten.

India conceded four extras. Pakistan scored 28 for the loss of three wickets off 14,3 overs. Salil Ankola, who bowled 2.3 overs, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was wicketless, as was Dev, who bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 14. Prabhakar bowled five overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded five, picking up three scalps.

The match was abandoned due to crowd disruption. Pakistan led the three-match series 1-0.

India (Srikk)a(re)n(’)th triumphant against Pakistan

The first One-day International, which was scheduled to be played at the Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, on December 16, was abandoned without (Arb)aball bowled owing to poor light. An exhibition match of 20 overs per side was played to please the public.

The second match was a 16-0vers-a-side match. India made seven Ch(et)anges to its playing eleven – Mohinder Amarnath, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sharma, Ajay Sharma, Kapil Dev, Sanjay Manjrekar and Arshad Ayub (Moham)made way for Navjot Singh Sidhu, Azharuddin, Ravi Shastri, Maninder Singh and three One-day International debutants – Sachin Tendulkar, Vivek Razdan and Salil Ankola.

Pakistan made four changes to theirs – Aamer Malik, Ijaz Ahmed, Akram Raza and Mushtaq Ahmed made way for Mansoor Akhtar, Saeed Anwar, Zulqarnain and Waqar Younis.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts. Rameez Raja, who faced 17 balls, scored 10. He was caught by Sidhu. Singh broke the 20-run stand. The second-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Saleem Malik, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Azharuddin off the bowling of Singh.

The third-wicket pair put on seven. Wasim Akram, who faced three balls, scored just a couple. He was run out. The fourth-wicket pair put on 23. Akhtar, whose 27-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. He was run out.

Saeed Anwar, the player of the match, scored 42. His 32-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was unbeaten. The fifth-wicket pair put on just seven. Javed Miandad, who faced a couple of balls, scored just a run. He was run out.

Imran Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, faced half-a-dozen balls, scoring just a run. He was caught by Srikkanth. Ankola broke the six-run stand. Abdul Qadir, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Raman Lamba, who broke the three-run stand.

Zulqarnain faced four balls, scoring just two. He was caught by Manoj. Ankola broke the seven-run P(rabhak)artnership. The ninth-wicket pair put on a dozen. Younis, who faced three balls, scored as many. He was run out.

India conceded eight extras. Pakistan scored 87 for the loss of nine wickets off 16 overs. Shastri, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 14. Razdan, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded nine. Prabhakar, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded eight.

Lamba, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded nine. He picked up a wicket. Ankola and Singh bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 26, the latter conceded 17.

Srikkanth, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Younis broke the 26-run stand. Sidhu, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Akhtar. Aaqib Javed broke the six-run stand. The third-wicket pair put on just a couple. Lamba, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was run out.

Tendulkar, who faced a couple of balls, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Akram. Younis broke the two-run stand. The Mumbai all-rounder, who faced S(hastr)ix balls, scored a run. Younis broke the 15-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Malik. Javed broke the eight-run stand.

Kiran More, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Qadir. Khan broke the nine-run stand. Razdan, who faced four balls, scored a run. Khan broke the five-run stand.

Prabhakar, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was trapped leg before wicket by Khan, who broke the seven-run stand. Ankola, who faced three balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. His innings included the only six of the innings. He was unbeaten, as was Singh, who faced a ball. He didn’t get off the mark.

Pakistan conceded nine extras. India, who scored 80 for the loss of nine wickets off 16 overs, lost by seven runs. Akram bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 16. Javed bowled four overs, conceding 18. He picked up a couple of wickets. Younis and Khan bowled four overs each, picking up three scalps apiece. While the former conceded 21, the latter conceded 18.

The Pakistanis led the three-match series 1-0.

India (Srik)kan(’)t(h) beat the Pakistanis

India (Moham)made one change to their playing eleven – Azharuddin made way for Sanjay Manjrekar. Pakistan made five changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Shahid Saeed, Shoaib Mohammad, Sohail Fazal, Saleem Yousuf and Waqar Younis made way for Aamer Malik, Rameez Raja, Imran Khan (who led them), Wasim Akram and Akram Raza. On winning the toss, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s skipper, chose to field.

Aamer, whose 83-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 51. He was caught by Ajay Sharma. Mohinder Amarnath broke the 97-run stand. Saleem Malik, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was caught by Srikkanth. Ajay broke the 28-run stand. Javed Miandad faced 23 balls, scoring 13. He was trapped leg before wicket by Arshad Ayub, who broke the 40-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair failed to open its account. Raja, whose 90-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 77. He was caught by Kapil Dev off the bowling of Srikkanth. Abdul Qadir, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 17. He was caught by Dilip Vengsarkar. Ayub broke the 31-run stand.

Ijaz Ahmed, whose 33-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 29. He was caught by Raman Lamba. Dev broke the 46-run stand. Khan, whose 39-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 47. He was unbeaten, and was adjudged the player of the match.

Akram, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was trapped leg before wicket by Manoj, who broke the one-run P(rabhak)artnership. Raza, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was unbeaten. India conceded 21 extras. Pakistan scored 279 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Chetan Sharma bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 23. Srikkanth, who bowled four overs, conceded 26. He picked up a wicket.

Ajay bowled five overs, conceding 38. He picked up a wicket. Prabhakar bowled nine overs, conceding 41. He picked up a wicket. Dev and Amarnath bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 60, the latter conceded 45. Ayub bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up a couple of scalps.

Lamba, whose 63-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes, scored 57. He was caught by Aaqib Javed. Qadir broke the 120-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on a dozen. Srikkanth, whose 75-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 65. He was run out. Vengsarkar, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Khan. Raza broke the 23-run stand.

Chetan, who faced 16 balls, scored 10. He was caught by the substitute. Mushtaq Ahmed broke the 11-run stand. Jimmy, whose (Amarna)thirty-six-ball innings included a boundary, scored 20. He was caught by Qadir. Mushtaq broke the five-run stand. Ajay, who faced five balls, scored just a run. Mushtaq broke the five-run stand. Dev, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 17. Akram broke the 13-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on just seven. Manjrekar, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. He was run out. Kiran More, who faced three balls, scored just two. Aaqib broke the five-run stand. The Hyderabadi, who faced A(yu)ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Akram, who broke the one-run stand.

Pakistan conceded a dozen extras. India, who were dismissed for 202 off 42.3 overs, lost by 77 runs. Aaqib bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32, picking up a wicket. Qadir, who bowled eight overs, conceded 42. He picked up a wicket.

Raza bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 47, picking up a wicket. Akram bowled 7.3 overs, conceding 21. He picked up a couple of wickets. Mushtaq bowled 10 overs, conceding 51. He picked up three scalps.

Both the teams advanced to the semi-finals.

  

India concede (Srikk)an(o)ther Pakistan clash

It was a 47-overs-a-side match. India made a Kapil of Ch(et)anges to their playing eleven – Raman Lamba and Dev made way for Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sharma. Pakistan made a couple of changes to theirs as well – skipper Imran Khan and Wasim Akram made way for Sohail Fazal and Waqar Younis.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the Pakistanis. Shahid Saeed, whose 35-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was trapped leg before wicket by Manoj, who broke the 33-run P(rabhak)artnership. Shoaib Mohammad, who faced 85 balls, scored 51. He was stumped by Kiran More. Ajay Sharma broke the 92-run stand.

Fazal, whose 25-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 32. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Arshad Ayub broke the 70-run stand. Saleem Malik, the player of the match and the player of the series, scored 102. His 115-ball innings included five boundaries. He was caught by Azharuddin. Prabhakar broke the 53-run stand.

Javed Miandad, Pakistan’s skipper, scored 28. His 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Ijaz Ahmed, who faced a couple of balls, scoring as many. India conceded 21 extras. Pakistan scored 252 for the loss of four wickets off 47 overs.

Ravi Shastri, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 35. Mohinder Amarnath, who bowled eight wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27. Chetan bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 42.

Ajay bowled seven overs, conceding 38. He picked up a wicket, as did Ayub, who bowled nine overs, conceding 51. Prabhakar bowled 10 overs, conceding 45. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Srikkanth, who faced 12 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Saleem Yousuf. Aaqib broke the 17-run stand. Azharuddin, who faced 31 balls, scored a dozen. He was caught by Yousuf. Aaqib broke the 25-run stand. Sidhu, whose 40-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 28. He was caught by Ijaz. Mushtaq Ahmed broke the 11-run stand.

The Mumbaikar, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a S(hastr)ix, scored 22. He was caught by Malik. Mushtaq broke the 35-run stand. Ajay wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just half-a-dozen. He was caught by Ijaz. Saeed broke the 12-run stand.

Dilip Vengsarkar, whose 75-ball innings included a boundary, scored 35. He was trapped leg before wicket by Mohammad, who broke the 45-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair put on just one. Prabhakar, whose 31-ball innings included a boundary, scored 25. He was run out.

Jimmy, whose 35-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored (Amarna)thirty. He was unbeaten. More, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. He was stumped by Yousuf. Mohammad broke the 41-run stand.

Chetan, who faced five balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was caught by Aaqib, who broke the 15-run stand. Ayub, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. He was unbeaten. Pakistan conceded 15 extras. India scored 214 for the loss of nine wickets off 47 overs, losing by 38 runs.

Waqar, who bowled six overs, conceded 18. He was wicketless, as was Abdul Qadir, who bowled seven overs, conceding 35. Saeed bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27, picking up a wicket.

Mushtaq bowled six overs, conceding 33. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Mohammad, who bowled eight overs, conceding 42. Aaqib bowled 10 overs, conceding 49. He picked up three scalps.

Pakistan won the 1989/90 Champions Trophy.

The Indians go (Srikkan)through Pa(k)i(sta)n

It was a 46-0vers-a-side match. India made four Ch(et)anges to the eleven that last played the Pakistanis – Ajay Sharma, Chandrakant Pandit, Sanjeev Sharma and Maninder Singh made way for Ravi Shastri, Kiran More, Sharma and Manoj Prabhakar.

Pakistan made half-a-dozen changes to the eleven that last played India – Rameez Raja, Moin-ul-Atiq, Aamer Malik, Naved Anjum, Haafiz Shahid and Tauseef Ahmed made way for Shahid Saeed, Javed Miandad, Imran Khan (Pakistan’s skipper), Saleem Yousuf, Mushtaq Ahmed and Aaqib Javed.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s captain, won the toss, choosing to bat. He scored 51. His 70-ball innings included four boundaries. He was stumped by Yousuf. Mushtaq broke the 92-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, the player of the match, scored 108. His 121-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six. Wasim Akram broke the 161-run stand.

Dev, whose seven-ball innings included a Kapil of boundaries, scored 13. He was caught by Saeed. Akram broke the 18-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Mohinder Amarnath, whose 80-ball innings included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 88. He was caught by Saleem Malik off the bowling of Akram.

Shastri, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten, as was Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced a ball, scoring a couple. Pakistan conceded 11 extras. India scored 273 for the loss of four wickets off 46 overs. Shoaib Mohammad, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 18.

Saeed bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 24. Khan and Abdul Qadir bowled seven wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 58, the latter conceded 44. Aaqib bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 46. Mushtaq bowled 10 overs, conceding 47. He picked up a wicket. Akram bowled nine overs, conceding 30. He picked up three scalps.

Saeed, whose 65-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 50. Shastri broke the 99-run stand. Akram, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary and four sixes, scored 37. He was caught by More. Arshad Ayub broke the 53-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 17. Mohammad, whose 78-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 65. He was run out. Malik, whose 58-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 68. He was unbeaten.

Miandad, whose 35-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 31. He was stumped by More. The Mumbai broke the S(hastr)ixty-five-run stand. Khan, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. He was unbeaten.

India conceded half-a-dozen extras. Pakistan, who scored 274 for the loss of four wickets off 44.4 overs, won by six wickets with eight balls to spare. Amarnath bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 15. Chetan, who bowled 5.4 wicketless overs, conceded 35. Dev, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 47.

Prabhakar bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 46. Ayub, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 67. He picked up a wicket. Shastri, who bowled nine overs, conceded 60. He picked up a couple of scalps.    

India aVeng(sarkar)e loss to Pakistan

It was a 45-overs-a-side match. India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Kiran More and Narendra Hirwani made way for Ajay Sharma and Chandrakant Pandit. Pakistan made five changes to the team that last played the Indians – Mudassar Nazar, Javed Miandad, Manzoor Elahi and the Saleems (Yousuf and Jaffar) made way for Moin-ul-Atiq, Aamer Malik, Shoaib Mohammad, Naved Anjum and Haafiz Shahid.

On winning the toss, Dilip Vengsarkar, the Indian skipper, (Colon)elected to field. Rameez Raja, whose 53-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 33. He was trapped leg before wicket by Arshad Ayub, who broke the 62-run stand. Moin, whose 64-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 38. Maninder Singh broke the 29-run partnership.

Saleem Malik, whose 30-ball innings included a boundary, scored 19. He was trapped leg before wicket by Singh, who broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen. Aamer, who faced 18 balls, scored just a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ayub, who broke the 10-run stand.

Mohammad, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Ayub broke the five-run stand. Anjum wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just a run. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ayub, who broke the four-run stand. Wasim Akram, who faced seven balls, scored four. Ayub broke the eight-run stand.

Ijaz Ahmed faced 40 balls, scoring 14. Kapil Dev broke the four-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair put on five. Abdul Qadir, who faced four balls, scoring three. He was run out. Shahid, who faced a dozen balls, scored a couple. Dev broke the nine-run stand. Tauseef Ahmed, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored seven. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 17 extras. Pakistan were dismissed for 142 off 42.2 0vers. Krishnamachari Srikkanth bowled a wicketless over, conceding just a couple. Mohinder Amarnath and Ajay bowled five wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 29, the latter conceded 15. Sanjeev Sharma, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 26.

Dev bowled 6.2 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 16, picking up a couple of wickets. Singh bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceding 25, picking up two wickets. Ayub, who was adjudged the player of the match, bowled nine overs, conceding 21. He picked up five scalps.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 17 balls, scored three. Anjum broke the 13-run stand. Srikkanth, whose 44-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Qadir broke the 63-run stand. Amarnath, whose 122-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 74. He was unbeaten.

The third-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Vengsarkar, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Qadir. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 28 balls, scored 15. He was trapped leg before wicket by Akram, who faced the 34-run stand.

Dev, who faced a dozen balls, scored a couple. He was stumped by Aamer. Qadir broke the three-run stand. Ajay faced four balls, scoring a couple. Akram broke the three-run stand. Pandit, who faced nine balls, scored five. He was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded 19 extras. India scored 143 for the loss of six wickets off 40.4 overs, winning by four wickets with 26 balls to spare. Mohammad and Saleem bowled a wicketless over apiece. While the former conceded half-a-dozen, the latter conceded five. Shahid, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 17.

Tauseef, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 22. Anjum, who bowled 8.4 overs, conceded 30. He picked up a wicket. Akram, who bowled nine overs, conceded 29. He picked up a couple of wickets. Qadir bowled nine overs, including three maidens. He conceded 27, picking up three scalps.

The Indians (Vengsark)are Pa(k)i(sta)ned again

While India’s playing eleven was unchanged, Pakistan made just one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Imran Khan made way for Tauseef Ahmed. On winning the toss, Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s skipper, (Colon)elected to field.

Rameez Raja, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. He was caught by Maninder Singh. Sanjeev Sharma broke the three-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 38. Mudassar Nazar, who faced 31 balls, scored 11. He was run out.

The third-wicket pair put on 126. Javed Miandad, Pakistan’s skipper, scored 52. His 75-ball innings included four boundaries. He was run out. Abdul Qadir, who faced three balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Kapil Dev. Singh broke the four-run partnership.

Saleem Malik, the player of the match, scored 101. His 124-ball innings included five boundaries and a six. He was caught by Kiran More. Singh broke the eight-run stand. Wasim Akram, who faced four balls, scored just a couple. Singh broke the one-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 20. Manzoor Elahi, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was run out. Ijaz Ahmed, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 26. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Dev broke the 29-run stand.

Saleem Yousuf, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 25. He was caught by Narendra Hirwani. Dev broke the 10-run stand. The last-wicket pair had no reason to be in seventh heaven. Tauseef Ahmed, who faced three balls, faced just a couple. He was run out. Saleem Jaffar, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

India conceded 15 extras. Pakistan were dismissed for 246 off 49.1 overs. Mohinder Amarnath bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 20. Hirwani bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 41. Ravi Shastri bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 45.

Sanjeev bowled eight overs, conceding 51. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled 9.1 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 31, picking up a couple of wickets. Singh bowled 10 overs, conceding 47. He picked up three wickets.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. He was trapped leg before wicket by Akram, who broke the 40-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on (Amarna)thirty. Jimmy, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. He was run out.

The third-wicket pair put on five. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 58-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 38. He was run out. Azharuddin, who faced 50 balls, scored 26. He was caught by Malik. Qadir broke the 57-run stand.

Vengsarkar scored 51. His 71-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Miandad. Akram broke the 51-run stand. Dev, who faced five balls, scored three. He was caught by Elahi. Jaffar broke the 13-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Shastri, whose 40-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 33. He was caught by the substitute off the bowling of Jaffar. Sanjeev, who faced 17 balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

More, who faced a couple of balls, scored four. He was caught by the substitute off the bowling of Jaffar, who broke the five-run stand. Singh, who faced 10 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten.

The Pakistanis conceded 11 extras. The Indians, who scored 212 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs, lost by 34 runs. Elahi, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 22. Mudassar and Tauseef bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 38, the latter conceded 37.

Qadir, who bowled eight overs, conceded 34. He picked up a wicket. Akram bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39, picking up a couple of wickets. Jaffar, who bowled nine overs, conceded 37. He picked up three scalps.

India are Devanquished; Pakistan (Ka)p(i)leased

It was the last match between the two sub-continental nations before the Reliance World Cup, which they were co-hosting. While India’s playing eleven was unchanged, Pakistan made one change to theirs – Tauseef Ahmed made way for Mudassar Nazar. Imran Khan, the latter’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the Indians.

Sunil Gavaskar, who faced eight balls, did not get off the mark. Khan broke the five-run stand. The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced 15 balls, scored five. He was caught by Saleem Yousuf off the bowling of Wasim Akram.

Mohammad Azharuddin faced five balls, scoring just a run. He was trapped leg before wicket by Khan, who broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Dilip Vengsarkar, the player of the match, scored 95. His 151-ball innings included seven boundaries. He was unbeaten.

The fourth-wicket P(rabhak)artnership was worth 75. Manoj, whose 51-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 33. He was run out. Ravi Shastri, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was caught by Javed Miandad. Abdul Qadir broke the 34-run stand.

Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, scored 19. His 27-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Yousuf. Khan broke the 35-run stand. The seventh-wicket S(t)(adan)and was worth nine. Viswanath, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a couple. He was run out.

Arun faced 14 balls, scoring half-a-dozen. He was caught by Rameez Raja. Khan broke the 19-run stand. He, and Gopal Sharma (who did not bat), never represented Bharat again. Maninder Singh, who faced three balls, scored just a couple. He was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded a dozen extras. India scored 183 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Manzoor Elahi and Saleem Jaffar bowled five wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 29, the latter conceded 21. Mudassar bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 39.

Qadir and Akram bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 39, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 21. Khan bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27, picking up four scalps.

Ijaz Ahmed, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Singh broke the 22-run stand. Raja, whose 72-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 53. He was caught by the substitute off the bowling of the Mumbaikar, who broke the second-wicket partnership, which was worth S(hastr)ixty-nine.

Saleem Malik, whose 98-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 61. He was unbeaten, as was Miandad, who scored 52. His 67-ball innings included five boundaries. India conceded nine extras. Pakistan scored 184 for the loss of two wickets off 41.4 overs, winning by eight wickets with 50 balls to spare.

Azharuddin bowled four wicketless balls, conceding half-a-dozen. Arun bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 11. Sharma bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 36. Prabhakar, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 30.

Dev bowled eight wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27. Shastri and Singh bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 37, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 28.

India are Devastated; Pakistan delighted

It was a 44-overs-a-side match. India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Lalchand Rajput and Chetan Sharma made way for Raju Kulkarni and Gopal Sharma. Pakistan played an unchanged side. On winning the toss, Khan, the latter’s skipper, I(mra)nserted the hosts.

Sunil Gavaskar, whose 86-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 69. He was caught by Manzoor Elahi. Abdul Qadir broke the 154-run stand. Raman, who faced 13 (Lam)balls, scored nine. Tauseef Ahmed broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 17.

Manoj Prabhakar, the player of the match, scored 106. His 121-ball innings included 13 boundaries. Wasim Akram broke the 76-run stand. Dilip Vengsarkar scored 54. His 42-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Ravi Shastri, who faced eight balls, scoring 10.

Pakistan conceded 17 extras. India scored 265 for the loss of three wickets off 44 overs. Elahi, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 11. Saleem Jaffar, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 45. Khan bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 55.

Tauseef Ahmed bowled five overs, conceding 31. He picked up a wicket. Akram and Qadir bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 63, the latter conceded 52.

Rameez Raja scored 28. His 32-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Viswanath. Kapil Dev broke the 52-run S(t)(adan)and. Saleem Malik scored 13. His 28-ball innings included a boundary. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kulkarni, who broke the 29-run stand.

Ijaz Ahmed scored 72. His 83-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was trapped leg before wicket by Maninder Singh, who broke the 59-run partnership. Javed Miandad scored 78. His 71-ball innings included four boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten.

Khan, who faced 28 balls, scored 23. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Sharma broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth 55. Elahi scored 18. His run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. Dev broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth 52. Akram, whose seven-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 22 extras. Pakistan, who scored 266 for the loss of five wickets off 43.2 overs, won by five wickets with four balls to spare. Shastri bowled seven overs, conceding 48. He was wicketless, as was Prabhakar, who bowled six overs, conceding 36.

Kulkarni, who bowled five overs, conceded 27. He picked up a wicket, as did Sharma (who bowled six overs, conceding 55) and Singh (who bowled 10 overs, conceding 45). Dev, who bowled 9.2 overs, conceded 42. He picked up a couple of scalps.  

Pakistan won the six-match series 5-1.

  

India concede series; Pakistan Devictors

It was a 44-overs-a-side match. India made a couple of Ch(et)anges to their playing eleven – Raju Kulkarni and Gopal Sharma made way for Lalchand Rajput and Sharma. Pakistan made just one change, replacing one Ijaz (Faqih) with another (Ahmed). On winning the toss, Kapil, India’s skipper, put Devisitors in.

The Pakistani openers put on 19. Rameez Raja, who faced 13 balls, scored eight. He was run out. Saleem Malik, whose 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Maninder Singh broke the second-wicket partnership, which was worth 49.

Ahmed scored 34. His 48-ball innings included four boundaries. Singh broke the five-run stand. Manzoor Elahi, who faced eight balls, scored four. He was trapped leg before wicket by Sharma, who broke the 10-run partnership.

The fifth-wicket partnership was worth 172. Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, scored 73. His 65-ball I(mra)nnings included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was run out. Javed Miandad scored 78. His 88-ball innings included five boundaries and a six. He was caught by Ravi Shastri. Dev broke the 20-run stand.

Wasim Akram, the player of the match, scored 48. His 21-ball innings included four boundaries and as many sixes. He was unbeaten, as was Saleem Yousuf, who faced three balls, scoring as many.

India conceded 21 extras. Pakistan scored 286 for the loss of six wickets off 44 overs. Rajput (who never represented India again) and Manoj Prabhakar bowled four wicketless overs apiece, conceding 24 each. Shastri, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 55.

Sharma, who bowled nine overs, conceded 70. He picked up a wicket, as did Dev, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 57. Singh bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 43, picking up a couple of scalps.

Rajput, who faced 26 balls, scored eight. Saleem Jaffar broke the 25-run stand. Raman Lamba, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Elahi. Abdul Qadir broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 15.

Dilip Vengsarkar, whose 35-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 34. Qadir broke the 65-run stand. Dev scored half-a-dozen. His five-ball innings included a boundary. Qadir broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth 10.

Sunil Gavaskar scored 70. His 96-ball innings included five boundaries and a six. He was caught by Jaffar. Akram broke the 76-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on 11. Sharma, who faced six balls, scored five. He was run out.

Shastri scored 52. His 39-ball innings included three balls and four sixes. He was caught by Elahi. Khan broke the seventh-wicket stand, which was worth just one. Viswanath, who faced eight balls, scored half-a-dozen. Akram broke the 13-run S(t)(adan)and. Mohammad Azharuddin faced 18 balls, scoring a dozen. Akram broke the 11-run stand.

Prabhakar, who faced a dozen balls, scored nine. He was unbeaten, as was Singh, who faced eight balls, scoring five. Pakistan conceded 28 extras. India scored 245 for the loss of nine wickets off 44 overs, losing by 41 runs.

Elahi, who bowled an over, conceded eight. He was wicketless, as Tauseef Ahmed, who bowled seven overs, conceded 49. Jaffar, who bowled six overs, conceded 31. He picked up a wicket.

Khan, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 48. He picked up a wicket. Qadir and Akram bowled 10 overs each, picking up three scalps apiece. While the former conceded 75, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 26.

Pakistan led the six-match series 4-1.

India, Devorld champs, are Pa(k)i(sta)ned

It was a 42-over-a-side match. India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Madan Lal made way for Dilip Vengsarkar and Raju Kulkarni. Pakistan made just one – one Ahmed (Tauseef) replaced another (Younis). On winning the toss, Kapil Dev, India’s skipper chose to bat.

India’s openers put on 21. Sunil Gavaskar, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was run out. The second-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced a couple of balls, failed to get off the mark. He was dismissed by Tauseef.

Vengsarkar, who faced 22 balls, scored a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by Saleem Jaffar, who broke the 15-run stand. Viswanath, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Jaffar broke the eight-run S(t)(adan)and.

Raman Lamba, whose 62-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 27. He was caught by Abdul Qadir. Jaffar broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth just four. Dev scored half-a-dozen. His five-ball innings included a boundary. He was trapped leg before wicket by Tauseef, who broke the 15-run stand.

Ravi Shastri, whose 43-ball innings included a boundary, scored 21. He was caught by Saleem Yousuf. Wasim Akram broke the seventh-wicket partnership, which was worth 25. Manoj Prabhakar, who faced 58 balls, scored 17. He was unbeaten.

Kulkarni scored 15. His run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Tauseef. Qadir broke the 21-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair put on five. Gopal Sharma, who scored four off as many balls, was run out. Maninder Singh, who faced 12 balls, scored just a couple. He was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded 14 extras. India scored 120 for the loss of nine wickets off 42 overs. Imran Khan, Pakistan’s captain, bowled seven wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 20. Qadir bowled six overs, conceding 13. He picked up a wicket.

Akram and Tauseef bowled 10 overs apiece. The former, whose spell included three maidens, conceded 37, picking up a wicket. The latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceding 18. He picked up a couple of wickets. Jaffar, the player of the match, bowled nine overs, conceding 25. He picked up three scalps.

Yousuf, whose 29-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 15. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dev, who broke the 33-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on 32. Rameez Raja, whose 74-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 33. He was run out.

Saleem Malik, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. He was caught by Vengsarkar. Singh broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen. Javed Miandad scored 22. His 55-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by the substitute. Dev broke the 37-run stand.

Khan, whose 36-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. He was unbeaten, as was Manzoor Elahi, who scored seven. His four-ball innings included a boundary. India conceded 10 extras. Pakistan, who scored 121 for the loss of four wickets off 37.2 overs, won by six wickets with 28 balls to spare.

Kulkarni bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 10. Shastri bowled 8.2 wicketless overs, conceding 23. Sharma bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 28. Singh bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 21, picking up a wicket. Dev bowled seven overs, conceding 32. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Pakistan led the six-match series 3-1.







 

 

India are Devictors; Pakistan (Kapi)lead

It was a 44-overs-a-side match. India made four changes to their playing eleven – Lalchand Rajput, Dilip Vengsarkar, Chandrakant Pandit and Roger Binny made way for Sunil Gavaskar, Sadanand Viswanath, Manoj Prabhakar and Gopal Sharma. Pakistan made just one – Mudassar Nazar was replaced by Ijaz Faqih.

Imran Khan, the Pakistani skipper, inserted the hosts on winning the toss. Gavaskar, who faced 10 balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Manzoor Elahi. Wasim Akram broke the six-run stand. The second-wicket pair had put on just a run when Krishnamachari, who faced (Srikkan)thirteen balls, scoring just a couple, retired hurt.

Mohammad Azharuddin scored 18. His 33-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Elahi. Saleem Jaffar broke the 46-run stand. Viswanath, who faced 11 balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Akram. Abdul Qadir broke the third-wicket partnership, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Raman Lamba scored 41. His 73-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Javed Miandad. Faqih broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth 36. Ravi scored S(hastr)ixty-nine. His 74-ball innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was unbeaten.

Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, scored 59. His 52-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six. He was trapped leg before wicket by Khan, who broke the fifth-wicket partnership, which was worth 112. The sixth-wicket pair put on just five. Madan Lal, who turned 36, didn’t have a reason to celebrate – he faced five balls, scored just a run and was run out.

Prabhakar, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten. Pakistan conceded 20 extras. India scored 212 for the loss of six wickets off 44 overs. Elahi, who bowled 10 balls, conceded nine. He was wicketless. Faqih, who bowled six overs, conceded 31. He picked up a wicket.

Jaffar, Akram and Khan bowled nine overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. They conceded 51, 45 and 27, respectively. The Pakistani skipper’s spell included a couple of maidens. Qadir bowled 9.2 overs, conceding 44. He picked up a scalp.

Rameez Raja scored 23. His 31-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Azharuddin, who was from Hyderabad and was one of India’s best fielders. Dev broke the 39-run stand. Younis Ahmed, whose 69-ball innings included a boundary, scored 26. He was stumped by Viswanath. Sharma broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 43.

Miandad, who faced 37 balls, scored 25. He was trapped leg before wicket by Shastri, who broke the 64-run stand. Saleem Malik scored 84. His 89-ball innings included three boundaries and a six. He was caught by Shastri. Sharma broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth 41.

Elahi scored 27. His 24-ball innings included a boundary and a six. He was unbeaten. Although his 10-ball innings included a boundary, Khan wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Maninder Singh. Sharma broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth 10.

The sixth-wicket stand was worth a doze. Akram, whose four-ball innings included a six, scored eight. He was run out. The seventh-wicket stand was worth three. Qadir, who faced a ball, scored just a run. He was run out.

India conceded 11 extras. Pakistan scored 212 for the loss of seven wickets off 44 overs. The hosts won on account of losing fewer wickets. Lal bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 22. Prabhakar bowled eight wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32. Singh bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 41.

Shastri bowled six overs, conceding 40. He picked up a wicket, as did Dev, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 44. Sharma bowled six overs, conceding 29.  He picked up three scalps. 

Pakistan led the six-match series 2-1.



 

 

India’s skipper returns; Pakistan Devinners

It was a 40-overs-a-side match. India made three changes to their playing eleven – While Kapil Dev, their skipper, was back at the helm, Sunil Gavaskar, Chetan Sharma and Raju Kulkarni made way for Lalchand Rajput and Roger Binny.

Pakistan made a couple of changes to theirs – Rizwan-uz-Zaman and Ijaz Ahmed made way for Rameez Raja and One-day International debutant Younis Ahmed.

On winning the toss, Khan, the visitors’ skipper, I(mra)nserted the hosts. Rajput, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. Khan broke the three-run stand.

Raman, who faced 13 (Lam)balls, scored four. He was trapped leg before wicket by Khan, who broke the 10-run stand. Dilip Vengsarkar, whose 36-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was caught by Saleem Yousuf. His namesake, Saleem Jaffar, broke the 45-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin scored 49. His 62-ball innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Ahmed. Wasim Akram broke the fourth-wicket partnership, which was worth 145.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth faced 103 balls, scoring 123. His innings included 14 boundaries and the only six of the innings. He was caught by Yousuf. Akram broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth just a run.

Dev, who faced nine balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Akram, who broke the sixth-wicket partnership, which was worth a dozen. Ravi Shastri, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was unbeaten, as was Chandrakant Pandit, who scored half-a-dozen. His five-ball innings included a boundary.

Pakistan conceded 17 extras. India scored 238 for the loss of six wickets off 40 overs. Manzoor Elahi bowled six overs, conceding 44. He was wicketless, as was Mudassar Nazar, who bowled four overs, conceding 30.

Jaffar, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 49. He picked up a wicket. Khan bowled 10 overs, conceding 59. He picked up a couple of wickets. Akram, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 49. He picked up three scalps.

Raja, whose 67-ball innings included six boundaries, scored 58. He was caught by Maninder Singh. Shastri broke the 106-run stand. Javed Miandad, who faced 19 balls, scored 13. He was trapped leg before wicket by Singh, who broke the 26-run stand.

Ahmed, whose 82-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 58. He was caught by Shastri, who broke the 10-run stand. Abdul Qadir, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Shastri broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth eight.

Elahi, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. He was trapped leg before wicket by Shastri, who broke the 11-run partnership. Khan wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just a Kapil. Dev broke the 13-run stand.

Saleem Malik, the player of the match, scored 72. His 36-ball innings included 11 boundaries and the only six of the innings. He was unbeaten. Akram faced three balls, scoring as many. He was caught by Azharuddin. Dev broke the 50-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on eight. Yousuf, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was run out. Mudassar, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 11 extras. Pakistan scored 241 for the loss of eight wickets off 39.3 overs, winning by two wickets with three balls to spare. Roger Binny bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 21. Rajput bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 18. Madan Lal bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 33.

Singh bowled 10 overs, conceding 70. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled 9.3 overs, conceding 53. He picked up two wickets. Shastri bowled 10 overs, conceding 38. He picked up four scalps.

Pakistan led the six-match series 2-0.