India, Devorld champs, beat Pakistan

India, playing their first limited-overs international since winning the World Cup, made no changes to the eleven that dethroned the Calypso kings at Lord’s. It was a 46-overs-a-side match.

Imran Khan, who led Pakistan the last time they played India, wasn’t in the eleven on this occasion. He was replaced as skipper by Zaheer Abbas. They made three other changes – Mansoor Akhtar, Ijaz Faqih and Sarfraz Nawaz didn’t play.

The match marked the One-day International debuts of Qasim Umar and Azeem Hafeez. Mohammad Nazir rounded off the quartet. Dev, India’s Kap(il)tain, inserted the Pakistanis on winning the toss.

Mudassar Nazar, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Syed Kirmani. Dev broke the one-run stand. Mohsin Khan, who faced 42 balls, scored six. Balvinder Singh Sandhu broke the 22-run stand.

Abbas, who faced 35 balls, scored 20. His innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Kirmani. Sandhu broke the 12-run stand. Javed Miandad scored 66. His 110-ball innings included four boundaries. He was unbeaten.

Wasim Raja, who faced four balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Dev. Sandhu broke the one-run stand. Umar scored five. His 26-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Kirmani. Roger Binny broke the 26-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 61. Wasim Bari, who faced 55 balls, scored 18. He was run out. Tahir Naqqash, who faced six balls, scored a run. He was caught by Mohinder Amarnath. Binny broke the six-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair wasn’t in seventh heaven. Jalal-ud-Din, who faced four balls, scored five. His innings included a boundary. He was run out. Hafeez scored five. His run-a-ball innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 25 extras. Pakistan scored 151 for the loss of eight wickets off 46 overs. Amarnath and Madan bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 27, the (La)latter, who spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 22.

Dev bowled nine overs, including three maidens. He conceded 16 and picked up a wicket. Binny bowled eight overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 34 and picked up a couple of wickets.

Sandhu bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 27 and picked up three scalps.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced 26 balls, scored 16. His innings included a couple of boundaries. Jalal-ud-Din trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 30-run stand.

Sunil Gavaskar, who faced 60 balls, scored 33. His innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Bari. Mudassar broke the 39-run stand.

Amarnath, the player of the match, scored 60. His 118-run stand included five boundaries. He was unbeaten. Yashpal Sharma, who faced 15 balls, scored a couple. Mudassar broke the eight-run stand.

Sandeep Patil, who faced 14 balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Miandad. Mudassar broke the four-run stand. Kirti Azad, who faced 13 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Raja. Nazir broke the 32-run stand.

Dev, who faced 23 balls, scored 18. He scored a couple of boundaries and a six. Binny, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded 15 extras. India, who scored 152 for the loss of six wickets off 43 overs, won by four wickets with three overs to spare. Naqqash bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 16. He didn’t pick up a wicket.

Jalal-ud-Din bowled eight overs, conceding 34. He picked up a wicket, as did Hafeez and Nazir, who bowled 10 overs apiece. While the former conceded 43, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 27.

Mudassar bowled 10 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 17 and picked up three scalps. India led the two-match series 1-0.