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.
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.
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