Pakistan beat India; Kapil Devastated

While Pakistan made one change to their side (Tahir Naqqash was replaced by Sikander Bakht), India made two – Madan Lal and the most notable absentee of them all, Sunil Gavaskar, made way for Arun Lal and Dilip Doshi.

The teams were Kap(il)tained by the subcontinent’s best all-rounders – Dev and Imran Khan. On winning the toss, the latter chose to bat. The openers put on 41. Mohsin Khan, who faced 118 balls, scored 117. His innings include nine boundaries and a six.

Mudassar Nazar, who faced 29 balls, scored a dozen. He was run out. Zaheer Abbas, the player of the match, scored 118 off 86 balls. His innings included 10 boundaries and four sixes. Dev broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 205.

Although he scored just three, Javed Miandad was in seventh heaven, because he was unbeaten. India conceded 13 extras. Pakistan scored 263 for the loss of two wickets off their allotted 40 overs.

Ravi Shastri bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 31. Mohinder Amarnath and Yashpal Sharma bowled six wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 46, the latter conceded 45.

Doshi, who was playing his last One-day International, bowled eight wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 58. Balvinder Singh Sandhu, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 28. Dev, who bowled eight overs, conceded 42. He picked up a scalp.

Arun Lal, who faced 10 balls, scored six. Jalal-ud-Din broke the 14-run stand. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced 21 balls, scored eight. His innings included a boundary. Jalal-ud-Din broke the three-run stand.

Amarnath, who faced 25 balls, scored six. He was caught by Mansoor Akhtar. Ijaz Faqih broke the 17-run stand. Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 50 balls, scored 37. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Bakht. Abbas broke the 109-run stand.

Sandeep Patil, who faced 60 balls, scored 84. His innings included seven boundaries and three sixes. He was caught by Miandad. Abbas broke the 19-run stand. 

Sharma faced 13 balls, scoring 16. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Mudassar, who broke the 28-run stand. Dev faced 21 balls, scoring 35. His innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes. Mudassar broke the 15-run stand.

Syed Kirmani, who faced 26 balls, scored 16. His innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten, as was Shastri, who faced 16 balls, scoring three.

Pakistan conceded 15 extras. India scored 226 for the loss of seven wickets off 40 overs, losing by 37 runs. Akhtar bowled a wicketless over, conceding three.

Bakht and Imran bowled eight wicketless overs apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 50, the latter, whose spell conceded four overs, conceded 14. 

Faqih bowled eight overs, conceding 50. He picked up a wicket.

Abbas and Jalal-ud-Din bowled four overs apiece, picking up two wickets each. While the former conceded 33, the latter conceded 21. Mudassar bowled seven overs, conceding 40. He picked up two scalps.

Pakistan led the four-match series 2-0.