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.

India host Pakistan, aren’t (Shas)triumphant

It was a 45-overs-a-side match. India made just one Ch(et)ange to the eleven that last played Pakistan – Kapil Dev made way for Sharma. This gave Ravi Shastri the opportunity to make his debut as India’s One-day International skipper. Pakistan made three changes to the team that last played the Indians – Rameez Raja, Shoaib Mohammad and Asif Mujtaba made way for Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Abdul Qadir and Saleem Malik.

Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, I(mra)nserted the hosts on winning the toss. Krishnamachari Srikkanth faced 14 balls, scoring a couple. Khan broke the 10-run stand. Sunil Gavaskar scored 10. His 22-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Saleem Yousuf. Khan broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth nine. Dilip Vengsarkar faced 25 balls, scoring five. He was caught by Ijaz Ahmed. Saleem Jaffar broke the 10-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin scored 17. His 53-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Yousuf. Qadir, the player of the match, broke the 33-run partnership. Raman scored five. His 22-(Lam)ball innings included a boundary. Qadir broke the 23-run stand. The all-rounder from Mumbai scored 50. His 68-ball innings included five boundaries and (R)aVI. Manzoor Elahi broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth 38.

Chandrakant Pandit scored 33. His 40-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten. Madan Lal scored 38. His 26-ball innings included four boundaries and a six. He was caught by Khan. Mudassar Nazar broke the seventh-wicket stand, which was worth 65. Sharma, who faced a couple of balls, was in seventh heaven, because his innings included a six. He was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded 29 extras. India scored 196 for the loss of seven wickets off 45 overs. Wasim Akram bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35. Elahi bowled a couple of overs, conceding nine. He picked up a wicket, as did Mudassar (who bowled five overs, conceding 29) and Jaffar (whose 10 overs, which included a couple of maidens, yielded 28).

Qadir bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 42, picking up two wickets. Khan bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41, picking up a couple of scalps.

Rizwan-uz-Zaman faced 15 balls, scoring just a couple. He was caught by Maninder Singh. Sharma broke the 10-run stand. Ahmed scored 17. His 34-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Shastri, who broke the 52-run stand. Mudassar scored 43. His 80-ball innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Shastri, who broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 22.

Javed Miandad, who faced 24 balls, scored 13. Singh broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. The fifth-wicket pair put on 51. Malik, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. He was run out. Qadir, whose 46-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 39. He was caught by Lamba. Shastri broke the 19-run stand.

Khan scored 22. His 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten. Elahi scored 27. His 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes. He was caught by Sharma. Srikkanth broke the 40-run partnership. Yousuf, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

India conceded 14 extras. Pakistan scored 200 for the loss of seven wickets off 44 overs, winning by three wickets with an over to spare. Raju Kulkarni and Azharuddin bowled three wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 31, the latter conceded 20. Lal bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37.

Srikkanth, who bowled one over, conceded 10. He picked up a wicket. Sharma bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 25, picking up a wicket. Singh bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up a wicket. Shastri bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37, picking up three wickets.

Pakistan led the six-match series 1-0.



  

  

India aren’t (Ka)p(i)leased; Pakistan Devictors

It was a 45-overs-a-side match. While India’s playing eleven was unchanged, the Pakistanis made five changes to the eleven that last played them (at the same venue eight months earlier). Mohsin Khan, Saleem Malik, Abdul Qadir, Zulqarnain and Tauseef Ahmed made way for Shoaib Mohammad, Asif Mujtaba, Ijaz Ahmed and the two Saleems (Yousuf and Jaffar).

On winning the toss, Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, I(mra)nserted the Indians. Sunil Gavaskar, who faced three balls, failed to get off the mark. Imran broke the two-run stand. Krishnamachari, who faced five balls, scored (Srikkan)three. He was caught by Yousuf. Imran broke the second-wicket partnership, which was worth half-a-dozen. Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 27 balls, scored six. Jaffar broke the eight-run stand.

Raman, who faced 43 (Lam)balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Mohammad. Imran broke the fourth-wicket partnership, which was worth 23. Ravi Shastri faced a dozen balls, scoring a run. Mudassar Nazar broke the three-run stand. Kapil Dev, the Indian skipper, scored 36. His 30-ball innings included four boundaries. Mohammad broke the sixth-wicket partnership, which was worth 68.

Mohammad Azharuddin scored 49. His 86-ball innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Javed Miandad. Manzoor Elahi broke the 18-run partnership. The eighth-wicket pair put on just eight. Madan Lal, who faced eight balls, scored five. He was run out. The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Roger Binny, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Wasim Akram.

Chandrakant Pandit, who faced 23 balls, scored 18. Akram broke the 18-run stand. Maninder Singh faced five balls, scoring a run. He was unbeaten. The Pakistanis conceded 19 extras. India were dismissed for 144 off 40.2 overs. Mohammad, who bowled four overs, conceded 16. He picked up a wicket, as did Elahi, who faced five balls, conceding 32.

Jaffar, who bowled seven overs, conceded 22. He picked up a wicket, as did Mudassar, who bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 34. Akram bowled 7.4 overs, including four maidens. He conceded four and picked up a couple of wickets. Imran, who bowled eight overs, conceded 27. He picked up three scalps.

Rameez Raja scored 21. His 71-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Shastri, who broke the 51-run stand. Mohammad, whose 66-ball innings, included a couple of boundaries, scored 28. He was caught by Gavaskar. Singh broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple.

The third-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Javed Miandad, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Singh off his own bowling. The fourth-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Imran, who faced a couple of balls, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Vengsarkar off the bowling of Singh. Mudassar, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Srikkanth. Singh broke the fifth-wicket stand, which was worth 12.

The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Mujtaba scored 11. His 12-run innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Gavaskar off the bowling of Shastri. Ijaz, who faced 25 balls, scored 10. He was caught by Singh. Lal broke the 43-run partnership.

Elahi, the player of the match, scored 50. His 54-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was unbeaten, as was Yousuf, who scored 15. His 26-ball innings included a boundary.

India conceded nine extras. Pakistan scored 145 for the loss of seven wickets off 43.3 overs, winning by three wickets with nine balls to spare. Dev bowled eight wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 31. Binny bowled 8.3 wicketless overs, conceding 32.

Lal bowled nine overs, conceding 25. He picked up a wicket. Shastri bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up a couple of wickets. Singh bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 22, picking up four scalps.

India are Devastated, Pakistan jubilant

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Sandeep Patil made way for his fellow Mumbaikar and 1983 World Cup-winning teammate Dilip Vengsarkar. Pakistan made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Saleem Yousuf and Mohsin Kamal were replaced by Manzoor Elahi and Zulqarnain. On winning the toss, Khan, Pakistan's captain, I(mra)nserted the Indians.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth scored 75. His 80-ball innings included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by Wasim Akram. Abdul Qadir broke the 117-run partnership. Vengsarkar scored 50. His 64-ball innings included a six. Akram broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 99.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Kirti Azad, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Akram. Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, scored eight. His run-a-ball innings included a boundary. Khan broke the 13-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 13. Chetan Sharma scored 10 off as many balls, including a boundary. He was run out. Ravi, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Akram broke S(hastr)ixth-wicket stand, which was worth just three. The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Sunil Gavaskar, the player of the series, scored 92. His 134-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries. He was dismissed by Khan.

Chandrakant Pandit, who faced a couple of balls, did not get off the mark. He was unbeaten. Pakistan conceded nine extras. India scored 245 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Elahi and Mudassar Nazar bowled five wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 33, the latter conceded 32. Tauseef Ahmed bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 43.

Qadir bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 49, picking up a wicket. Khan bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 40, picking up a couple of wickets. Akram bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 42, picking up three scalps.

Mudassar scored five. His 22-ball innings included a boundary. Sharma trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the nine-run stand. Rameez Raja faced 15 balls, scoring 10. Maninder Singh broke the 30-run stand.

Khan scored 36. His 53-ball (Mohs)innings included four boundaries. Madan Lal broke the third-wicket partnership, which was worth 22. Javed Miandad, the player of the match, scored 116. His 114-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes. The last of the sixes was off the last ball of the match, bowled by Chetan Sharma. He was unbeaten.

The fourth-wicket partnership was worth 49. Saleem Malik, who faced 37 balls, scored 21. He was run out. Qadir scored 34. His 39-ball innings included a boundary and a six. He was caught by the substitute. Dev broke the 71-run stand. Khan, who faced 10 balls, scored seven. Lal broke the sixth-wicket partnership, which was worth 28.

Elahi faced five balls, scoring four. He was caught by Shastri. Sharma broke the six-run stand. The eighth-wicket partnership was worth 21. Akram, who faced four balls, scored three. He was run out. Zulqarnain, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. Sharma broke the five-run stand. Ahmed, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

The Indians conceded 11 extras. Pakistan, who scored 248 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs, won by one wicket. Mohammad Azharuddin, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 14. He was wicketless, as was Shastri, who bowled nine overs, conceding 38.

Dev and Maninder bowled 10 overs apiece, picking up a wicket each. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 45, the latter conceded 36. Lal, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 53. He picked up a couple of wickets. Sharma, who bowled nine overs, conceded 51. He picked up three wickets.

The Pakistanis won the 1985/86 Austral-Asia Cup.

India are inconsistent, Pakistan Devictors

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Sadanand Viswanath and Gopal Sharma made way for India’s 1983 World Cup-winning wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani and Laxman Sivaramakrishnan. Pakistan made T(a)h(i)ree – Ashraf Ali, Manzoor Elahi and Naqqash made way for Saleem Yousuf, Mohsin Kamal and Abdul Qadir. It was a 45-overs-a-side match.

Kapil Dev, India’s captain, won the toss, inserting the Pakistanis, whose openers put on 18. Mohsin Khan, who faced 15 balls, scored just a couple. He was run out.

Mudassar Nazar, the player of the match, scored 67. His 117-ball innings included four boundaries and a six. He was caught by Dilip Vengsarkar. Sivaramakrishnan broke the 100-run partnership.

Rameez Raja scored 66. His 91-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Sunil Gavaskar. Roger Binny broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 51. Javed Miandad scored 37. His 34-ball innings included three boundaries. He was unbeaten.

The fourth-wicket stand was worth 16. Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, scored nine. His six-ball I(mra)nnings included a boundary. He was run out. Saleem Malik scored a dozen. His eight-ball innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 10 extras. Pakistan scored 203 for the loss of four wickets off 45.4 overs. Mohinder Amarnath bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 27. Chetan Sharma and Dev bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden, apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter conceded 26.

Ravi Shastri bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 26. Sivaramakrishnan bowled nine overs, conceding 40. He picked up a wicket, as did Binny, who bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced a dozen balls, scored four. He was caught by Yousuf. Kamal broke the nine-run partnership. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 13 balls, scored three. Wasim Akram trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the second-wicket partnership, which was worth 19.

Dilip Vengsarkar scored 27. His 53-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Malik. Tauseef Ahmed broke the 56-run stand. The fourth-wicket partnership was worth 31. Shastri scored a dozen. His run-a-ball innings included a boundary. He was run out.

Dev, who faced three balls, failed to get off the mark. Ahmed trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the three-run stand. Gavaskar scored 63. His 105-ball innings included three boundaries. He was stumped by Yousuf. Ahmed broke the sixth-wicket partnership, which was worth 11.

Amarnath scored 11. His 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. Mudassar broke the sixth-wicket partnership, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Chetan had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a run. Mudassar broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth four. Binny, who faced a dozen balls, scored 11. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Ahmed. Kamal broke the 12-run stand.

Kirmani, who faced eight balls, scored five. He was unbeaten. The last-wicket pair put on four. Sivaramakrishnan, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was run out.

The Pakistanis conceded 17 extras. The Indians, who were dismissed for 155 off 40.4 overs, lost by 48 runs.

Imran, who bowled just seven balls, conceded three. He was wicketless, as was Qadir, who bowled 6.5 overs. He conceded 26. Akram bowled 7.4 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 15, picking up a wicket.

Kamal bowled seven overs, conceding 27. He picked up two wickets, as did Mudassar, who bowled nine overs. He conceded 43. Ahmed bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 30 and picked up three scalps.











  

India Kapi(tu)late, but Pakistan lose

India’s World Cup-winning Kap(il)tain, Dev, was at the helm again, and the team made a change to their playing eleven – Chetan Sharma was replaced by Roger Binny. Pakistan made four – Qasim Umar, Wasim Raja, Anil Dalpat and Azeem Hafeez made way for Ashraf Ali, Manzoor Elahi, Tauseef Ahmed and Wasim Akram.

Javed Miandad, Pakistan’s captain, inserted India on winning the toss. The openers didn’t get off the mark. Ravi Shastri, who faced a ball, was trapped leg before wicket for a blob by Imran Khan.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth scored half-a-dozen. His five-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Saleem Malik. Imran broke the second-wicket partnership, which was worth a dozen.

Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced four balls, scored a run. He was caught by Ashraf. Imran broke the eight-run stand. Sunil Gavaskar, who faced nine balls, scored just a couple. He was caught by Ashraf. Imran broke the fourth-wicket partnership, which was worth eight.

Mohinder Amarnath, who faced 10 balls, scored five. His innings included a boundary. Imran broke the fifth-wicket partnership, which was worth half-a-dozen. Dev scored 30. His 44-ball innings included four boundaries. Ahmed broke the 46-run stand.

Binny, who faced 19 balls, scored eight. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Miandad. Mudassar Nazar broke the 15-run stand. Madan Lal scored 11. His 39-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Ashraf. Imran broke the 18-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin scored 47. His 93-ball innings included three boundaries. Ahmed broke the eight-run stand. Sadanand Viswanath, who faced 28 balls, scored just three. He was unbeaten.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a run. He was caught by Malik. Akram broke the four-run stand. Pakistan conceded 11 extras. India were dismissed for 125 off 42.4 overs.

Tahir Naqqash, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded a dozen. Akram, who bowled 7 4 overs, conceded 27. He picked up a wicket, as did Nazar, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36.

Ahmed, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 27. He picked up a couple of wickets. Imran bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 14 and picked up six scalps. He was adjudged the player of the match.

Pakistan’s openers put on 13. Khan, who faced nine balls, scored 10. His (Mohs)innings included a boundary. He was run out. Mudassar scored 18. His run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Gavaskar. Binny broke the 22-run stand.

Miandad, who faced 15 balls, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Gavaskar. Shastri broke the five-run partnership. Ashraf, who faced 11 balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Vengsarkar. Sivaramakrishnan broke the one-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Imran, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was stumped by Viswanath off the bowling of Sivaramakrishnan. 

Malik scored 17. His 39-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Gavaskar. Shastri broke the 33-run partnership. Rameez Raja scored 29. His 71-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Gavaskar. Dev broke the 11-run stand.

Naqqash, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was caught by Viswanath. Dev broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth a couple.

The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Elahi, who faced 24 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Lal off his own bowling.

The tenth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Ahmed wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he didn’t open his account. Dev dismissed him. Akram, who did not face a ball, was unbeaten.

India conceded three extras. The Pakistanis were bundled out for 87 off 32.5 overs.

Binny, who bowled three overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket, as did Lal, who bowled six overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded a dozen.

Sivaramakrishnan bowled seven overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 16. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, including five maidens. He conceded 17.

Dev bowled 6.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 17 and picked up three scalps.

India, who won by 38 runs, advanced.

India (Gavask)are at the P(ak)i(sta)nnacle

India made just one change to their playing eleven for the final – Roger Binny made way for Chetan Sharma. Pakistan made three – Zaheer Abbas, Rashid Khan and Wasim Akram were replaced by Saleem Malik, Wasim Raja and Azeem Hafeez. Javed Miandad, the latter's skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss.

Mohsin Khan faced 17 balls, scoring five. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Kapil Dev broke the 17-run stand. Mudassar Nazar, who faced 39 balls, scored 14. He was caught by Viswanath. Dev broke the second-wicket S(t)(adan)and, which was worth a dozen.

The third-wicket pair failed to get off the (U)mark. Qasim, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Dev. Rameez Raja, who faced a dozen balls, scored four. He was caught by Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Sharma broke the four-run stand.

The fifth-wicket partnership was worth 68. Imran Khan scored 35. His 67-ball l included a couple of boundaries. He was run out. Malik scored a run-a-ball 14. He was caught by Sharma. Sivaramakrishnan broke the 30-run partnership.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Miandad scored 48. His 92-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was stumped by Viswanath off the bowling of Sivaramakrishnan. Wasim, Rameez's older brother, scored 21. His 26-ball innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten. Incidentally, it was his last One-day International appearance.

Tahir Naqqash, who faced eight balls, scored 10. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Viswanath. Ravi Shastri broke the 11-run stand. Anil Dalpat, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Shastri. Sivaramakrishnan broke the three-run stand.

Although Hafeez, who faced 28 balls, was unbeaten, he wasn’t in seventh heaven. India conceded 18 extras. Pakistan scored 176 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Mohinder Amarnath, who bowled nine overs, conceded 27. He was wicketless, as was Madan Lal, who bowled six overs, including a maiden. He conceded 15.

Sharma bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 17, picking up a wicket. Shastri bowled 10 overs, conceding 44. He picked up a wicket. Sivaramakrishnan and Dev bowled nine overs apiece, picking up three scalps each. While the former conceded 35, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 23.

Shastri, the player of the series, scored 63. His 148-ball innings included three boundaries. He was unbeaten. Srikkanth, the player of the match, scored 67. His 77-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by Wasim. Imran broke the 103-run stand.

Azharuddin scored 25. His 26-ball innings included three boundaries. Naqqash broke the 39-run partnership. Dilip Vengsarkar faced 32 balls, scoring 18. He was unbeaten. Pakistan conceded four extras. India scored 177 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 47.1 overs, winning by eight wickets with 17 balls to spare.

Malik bowled a couple of overs, conceding 15. He was wicketless, as were Wasim (who concedsd 42 off 7.1 overs), Mudassar (who conceded 26 off eight overs) and Hafeez (who conceded 29 off 10 overs, which included a maiden).

Naqqash and Imran bowled 10 overs apiece, picking up a wicket each. While the former, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 35, the latter, whose spell included three maidens, conceded 28.

India, who remained undefeated, won the Benson and Hedges World Championship of Cricket.

India (Gavask)are triumphant over Pakistan

India made five changes to their playing eleven – Yashpal Sharma, Lalchand Rajput, Manoj Prabhakar, Thirumalai Sekhar and Chetan Sharma made way for 1983 World Cup heroes Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohinder Amarnath, Roger Binny and Madan Lal, and Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, who was making his One-day International debut.

Pakistan made half-a-dozen changes too. The three Alis (Saadat, Sajid and Ashraf), Naved Anjum, Manzoor Elahi and Tauseef Ahmed made way for Mohsin Khan, Qasim Umar, Rameez Raja, Imran Khan, Anil Dalpat and Wasim Akram. Their skipper, Javed Miandad, chose to bat on winning the toss.

Mohsin, who faced 13 balls, scored three. He was caught by Sadanand Viswanath. Binny broke the eight-run stand. Zaheer Abbas scored 26. His 56-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Sivaramakrishnan, who broke the second-wicket partnership, which was worth 65.

Umar scored 57. His 102-ball innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Sivaramakrishnan, who broke the 25-run partnership. Miandad, who faced 35 balls, scored 17. He was caught by Sivaramakrishnan. Binny broke the fourth-wicket partnership, which was worth 21.

Imran scored 14. His 23-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Lal. Kapil Dev broke the 25-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair had no reason to be in seventh heaven – Mudassar Nazar, who scored six off eight balls, was run out.

Naqqash, who faced T(a)h(i)ree balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Amarnath. Lal broke the four-run stand. Rameez, who faced 37 balls, scored 29. He was caught by Ravi Shastri. Dev broke the one-run stand.

Dalpat, who faced eight balls, scored nine. He was caught by Dev. Binny broke the 27-run stand. The last-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Rashid Khan, who faced 16 balls, scored 17. He was caught by Shastri off the bowling of Binny. Akram, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

India conceded six extras. Pakistan were dismissed for 183 off 49.2 overs. Amarnath, who bowled three overs, conceded 11. He was wicketless, as was Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27. Lal bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 27, picking up a wicket.

Dev bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up a couple of wickets. Sivaramakrishnan bowled 10 overs, conceding 49. He picked up a couple of wickets. Binny bowled 8.2 overs, including three wickets. He conceded 35, picking up four scalps.

Shastri, who faced five balls, scoring just a couple. He was caught by Miandad. Imran broke the two-run stand. Krishnamachari Srikkanth scored a dozen. His 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Mohsin. Imran broke the second-wicket partnership, which was worth 25.

Mohammad Azharuddin, who scored 93, was adjudged the player of the match. His 135-ball innings included four boundaries. He was unbeaten. The third-wicket pair didn’t open his account. Vengsarkar, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Mudassar off the bowling of Imran.

Sunil Gavaskar, India’s captain, scored 54. His 92-ball innings included a boundary. Mudassar trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the fourth-wicket partnership, which was worth 132. Amarnath, who faced 16 balls, scored 11. He was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded a dozen extras. India, who scored 184 for the loss of four wickets off 45.5 overs, won by six wickets with 25 balls to spare. Rashid and Akram conceded 38 apiece. They were wicketless. But while the former bowled seven overs, the latter bowled 8.5 overs.

Naqqash bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 34. Mudassar, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 38. He picked up a wicket. Imran bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27 and picked up three scalps.

India (Pa)k(ist)an't play the reM(oh)(a)inder

India made four changes to their playing eleven. Sunil Gavaskar, Surinder Khanna, Kapil Dev and Chetan Sharma made way for Anshuman Gaekwad, Ghulam Parkar, Dilip Vengsarkar and Syed Kirmani.

Pakistan made just one to theirs – the omission of Mohsin Khan (who was married to Hindi film actress Reena Roy and debuted as an actor in a Hindi film that released in 1989, and was, interestingly, titled Batwara) paved the way for Sajid Ali to make his One-day International debut.

It was a 40-overs-a-side match. Zaheer Abbas, Pakistan’s skipper, inserted India, led for the first (and only) time by Mohinder Amarnath, on winning the toss.

Gaekwad, who faced 20 balls, scored a dozen. Mudassar Nazar broke the 35-run partnership. The second-wicket stand was worth 18. Parkar, who faced 31 balls, scored 20. He was dismissed by Mudassar.

Vengsarkar, who faced 102 balls, scored 94. He was unbeaten. Sandeep Patil, who faced 83 balls, scored 59. Tauseef Ahmed broke the 143-run stand. Shastri, who faced eight balls, scored (Ra)VI. He was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded 19 extras. India scored 240 for the loss of three wickets off 40 overs. Naved Anjum bowled a wicketless over, conceding 10. 

Tahir Naqqash, Rashid Khan and Manzoor Elahi bowled eight wicketless overs apiece. They conceded 55, 43 and 24, respectively. Elahi's spell included three maidens.

Ahmed bowled seven overs, conceding 42. He picked up a wicket. Mudassar bowled eight overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 27 and picked up a couple of scalps.

Pakistan didn’t bat, as the match was halted, and the rest of the tour was called off, due to the assassination of India’s prime minister, Indira Gandhi. 

The hosts won the three-match series (which became a two-match series) 1-0*.

It was the last limited-overs international appearance of Parkar and Balvinder Singh Sandhu.

(*Note: The third One-day International, which was slated to take place at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, on November 2, 1984, was cancelled without a ball bowled.)

India'S(uni)losing streak continues in Pakistan

India made four changes to the eleven that lost the fifth One-day International to Australia for the opening match of the series in Pakistan. Ghulam Parkar, Kirti Azad, Manoj Prabhakar and Ashok Patel were replaced by Sandeep Patil, Mohinder Amarnath, Chetan Sharma and Maninder Singh.

Pakistan, keen to avenge the Rothmans Asia Cup defeat they suffered at India's hands six months prior to this match, made seven changes to their eleven from that match – Saleem Malik, Qasim Umar, Shahid Mahboob, Abdul Qadir, Sarfraz Nawaz, Anil Dalpat and Azeem Hafeez were excluded.

While Manzoor Elahi was making his One-day International debut, the returnees were Javed Miandad, Naved Anjum, Ashraf Ali, Tahir Naqqash, Rashid Khan and Tauseef Ahmed. It was a 40-overs-a-side match. On winning the toss, Sunil Gavaskar, India's skipper, inserted the hosts.

Khan scored 13. His 27-ball (Mohs)innings included a boundary. Sharma trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 27-run partnership. Saadat Ali also faced 27 balls, scoring a dozen. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Surinder Khanna. Balvinder Singh Sandhu broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen.

The third-wicket pair put on 74. Miandad scored 25. His 51-ball innings included a boundary. He was run out. Zaheer Abbas, Pakistan's captain, scored 55. His 56-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Singh, who broke the nine-run partnership.

Anjum's knock of 30 included the only six of the match. His 27-ball innings also included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Amarnath. Kapil Dev broke the 43-run stand. Although Ashraf's innings included a boundary, he wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just six. He was caught by Singh. Dev broke the nine-run stand.

Elahi, the player of the match, scored 36. His 39-ball innings included five boundaries. Dev broke the 25-run stand. Mudassar Nazar, who faced six balls, was in seventh heaven, because he was unbeaten, as was Naqqash, who did not face a ball.

India conceded 15 extras. Pakistan scored 199 for the loss of seven wickets off 40 overs. Madan Lal bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 20. He was wicketless, as was Ravi Shastri, who bowled eight overs, conceding 30.

Singh, who bowled five overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket, as did Sharma and Sandhu, who bowled seven overs apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter conceded 35. Dev, who bowled eight overs, conceded 36. He picked up three scalps.

Shastri, who faced 22 balls, scored six. He was trapped leg before wicket by Naqqash, who broke the 33-run stand. Khanna scored 31. His 37-ball innings included four boundaries. Naqqash trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the nine-run partnership.

Roger Binny, who faced 57 balls, scored 19. He was caught by Miandad. Mudassar broke the 41-run partnership. Gavaskar scored 25. His 38-ball innings included a boundary. He was stumped by Ashraf. Ahmed broke the fourth-class partnership, which was worth eight.

The fifth-wicket pair put on just a run. Dev, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Elahi. Patil scored 11. His 17-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Ashraf. Anjum broke the 18-run stand.

Amarnath faced five balls, scoring 16. Elahi broke the four-run partnership. The eighth-wicket pair put on nine. Lal, who faced nine balls, scored six. He was run out. Sharma scored 16. His 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten.

Sandhu, who faced 10 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because Anjum broke the ninth-wicket partnership, which was worth 13. Singh, faced seven balls, scoring four. Rashid broke the tenth-wicket stand, which was worth 17.

Pakistan conceded 19 extras. India, who were dismissed for 153 off 37.1 overs, lost by 46 runs. Rashid bowled 6.1 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 20 and picked up a wicket.

Ahmed and Mudassar bowled eight overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 27, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 14.

Elahi bowled four overs, conceding 18. Anjum bowled five overs, conceding 27. Naqqash bowled six overs, conceding 35. The trio picked up two scalps apiece.

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

Ind(ia)eed, Pakistan (Gavask)aren’t (Sharj)ahappy bunch

While India made no changes to the eleven that played the match against Sri Lanka, Pakistan made six changes to the eleven that played the last Indo-Pak encounter. Javed Miandad, the Wasims (Raja and Bari), Tahir Naqqash, Jalal-ud-Din and Mohammad Nazir made way for Saadat Ali, Qasim Umar, Shahid Mahboob, Abdul Qadir, Sarfraz Nawaz and Anil Dalpat.

It was a 46-overs-a-side match. Sunil Gavaskar, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. The openers put on 54. Ghulam Parkar, who faced 55 balls, scored 22. He was run out. Dilip Vengsarkar faced 14. His 44-ball innings included a boundary. Mahboob broke the 34-run stand.

Surinder Khanna, the player of the match, scored 56. His 72-ball innings three boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by Dalpat. Mudassar broke the 22-run stand. Sandeep Patil, who faced 50 balls, scored 43. His innings included five boundaries and a six. He was caught by Saleem Malik. Nawaz broke the 78-run stand.

Gavaskar scored 36. His 55-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten. Pakistan conceded 17 extras. India scored 188 for the loss of four wickets off 46 overs. Azeem Hafeez, who bowled seven overs, conceded 41. He was wicketless, as was Qadir, who bowled 10 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 36.

Mudassar bowled nine overs, including three maidens. He conceded 34. He picked up a wicket, as did Nawaz and Mahboob, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, apiece. While the former conceded 37, the latter conceded 23.

Pakistan’s openers put on 23. Ali scored 13. His 21-ball innings included a boundary. He was run out. Khan, who faced 65 balls, scored 35. His (Mohs)innings included a boundary. He was caught by Parkar. Ravi Shastri broke the 46-run stand.

Mudassar, who faced 50 balls, scored 18. He was stumped by Khanna. Shastri broke the third-wicket partnership, which was worth a run. The fourth-wicket pair put on 22. Malik, who faced 17 balls, scored 15. He was run out.

Umar, who faced 30 balls, scored 16. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Manoj Prabhakar. Roger Binny broke the 33-run stand. Neither the sixth-wicket pair nor the seventh-wicket pair opened their account. Mahboob and Qadir were run out for first-ball ducks.

Zaheer Abbas, Pakistan’s captain, scored 27. His 45-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Madan Lal. Binny broke the three-run stand. Dalpat, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was stumped by Khanna. Shastri broke the five-run stand.

Nawaz, who faced 13 balls, scored four. He was caught by Patil. Binny broke the one-run stand. Hafeez, who faced five balls, failed to get off the mark. He was unbeaten. India conceded five extras. Pakistan, who were dismissed for 134 off 39.4 overs, lost by 54 runs.

Madan Lal bowled six overs, including a maiden. He conceded 21. He was wicketless, as were Chetan Sharma and Prabhakar, who bowled seven overs apiece. While the former conceded 18, the latter conceded 17.

Binny, who bowled 9.4 overs, conceded 33. He picked up three scalps, as did Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 40.

The Indians won the Rothmans Asia Cup.

India are Devictors at home

On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, India played their 50^th One-day International. While they fielded an unchanged eleven, the Pakistanis made one change to theirs – Qasim Umar was replaced by Saleem Malik. Speaking of fielded, that’s what the hosts did when Dev, their Kap(il)tain, won the toss. It was a 46-overs-a-side match.

Mohsin Khan, who faced 55 balls, scored 22. His innings included two boundaries. He was caught by Sandeep Patil. Madan Lal broke the 55-run stand. Mudassar Nazar, who faced 66 balls, scored 27. Roger Binny broke the two-run stand.

Javed Miandad, who faced three balls, scored just one. Lal trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the three-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair put on 40. Wasim Raja, who faced 27 balls, scored 17. He was run out.

Zaheer Abbas, Pakistan's captain, scored 48. His 59-ball innings included a boundary. Dev trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 53-run stand. Malik scored 27. His 37-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Kirti Azad. Dev broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple.

Wasim Bari, who faced 18 balls, scored five. He was unbeaten. The seventh-wicket pair failed to open its account. Tahir Naqqash, who faced six balls, was run out for a duck. Jalal-ud-Din, who faced a ball, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Lal, who broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth a blob.

The ninth-wicket partnership was worth 10. Although his run-a-ball innings included a boundary, Azeem Hafeez wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was run out. Mohammad Nazir, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

India conceded 12 extras. Pakistan scored 166 for the loss of nine wickets off 46 overs. Mohinder Amarnath bowled six overs, conceding 26. He was wicketless, as was Balvinder Singh Sandhu, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36.

Binny, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 38. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 33 and picked up a couple of wickets. Lal bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27, picking up three scalps.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who faced 24 balls, scored 17. His innings included three boundaries. Jalal-ud-Din broke the 30-run stand. Amarnath, who faced 19 balls, scored a run. Naqqash broke the 22-run stand.

Sunil Gavaskar, who faced 82 balls, scored 41. His innings included five boundaries. Nazir broke the 56-run stand. Dev, who faced 20 balls, scored nine. He was caught by Bari. Jalal-ud-Din broke the 12-run stand.

Azad, who faced 15 balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Mudassar broke the nine-run stand. Patil, the player of the match, scored 51. His 28-ball innings included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by Mohsin Khan. Nazir broke the six-run stand.

Yashpal Sharma, who faced 32 balls, scored 23. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Binny, who scored 11. His 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries.

Pakistan conceded 12 extras. India, who scored 169 for the loss of six wickets off 40.4 overs, won by four wickets with 32 balls to spare. Hafeez bowled 6.4 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24.

Naqqash bowled four overs, conceding 19. He picked up a wicket, as did Mudassar, who bowled 10 overs. He conceded 41.

Jalal-ud-Din bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 41. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Nazir, whose 10 overs included two maidens. He conceded 37.

India won the two-match series 2-0.